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Aug 26, 2022

We are building a “species-level brain” with big data and ubiquitous sensors

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

We need the computers and sensors to better our lives, to allow everyone access to the wisdom of the ages. We can’t collect all the data ourselves and try to make sense of it without machines because our brains aren’t up to the task. Imagine if every little decision everyone has made over the past thousand years along with its outcome had been recorded on index cards and stored in a gargantuan facility somewhere. Remember that giant warehouse at the end of the first Indiana Jones movie where they ended up storing the Ark of the Covenant? That’s where index cards AA through AC are housed. Imagine five thousand more of those to store all that data. What could we do with it? Nothing useful.

Computers can do only one thing: manipulate ones and zeros in memory. But they can do that at breathtaking speeds with perfect accuracy. Our challenge is getting all that data into the digital mirror, to copy our analog lives in their digital brains. Cheap sensors and computers will do this for us, with prices that fall every year and capabilities that increase.

Coupling massive processing power with sensors will create a species-level brain and memory. Instead of being billions of separate people with siloed knowledge, we will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect. Comparisons to The Matrix are easy to make but are not really apropos. We aren’t talking about a world without human agency but with enhanced agency, information-based agency. Making decisions informed by data is immeasurably better. Even if someone ignores the suggestion of the digital mirror, they are richer for knowing it. Imagine having an AI that could not only tell you what you should do but would allow you to insert your own values into the decision process. In fact, the system would learn your values from your actions, and the suggestions it gives you would be different from those it would give everyone else, as they should be. If knowledge is power, such a system is by definition the ultimate in empowerment. Every person on the planet could effectively be smarter and wiser than anyone who has ever lived.

Aug 26, 2022

‘Levitating’ nanoparticles could push the limits of quantum entanglement

Posted by in categories: computing, nanotechnology, quantum physics

Interaction between glass spheres suspended in a vacuum might one day lead to advances in quantum computing.

Aug 26, 2022

Behold! Telescope image captures a dusty dance from merging galaxies

Posted by in category: cosmology

NGC 7,727 will someday merge with a nearby galaxy — and intertwine their black holes in the process.


The galaxy’s violent past is written into its shape and composition, and the details are visible via telescope. This week, the European Southern Observatory released a new image of NGC 7,727 taken with the ground-based Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Captured in visible light with the VLT’s FOcal Reducer and low dispersion Spectrograph 2 instrument, streams of dust kicked up by the two merging galaxies can be seen spiraling around NGC 7727. Bright blue and purple clusters of stars dot the inner arms of the galaxy.

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Aug 26, 2022

Water World Found? Just 100 Light Years Away! Prospects for Life Profound

Posted by in categories: cosmology, space travel

Have we found a water planet with deep oceans nearby (in astronomical terms)? Could water worlds be plentiful near red dwarf stars? Would life have a better chance on such worlds? Listen to see what we know so far about this and planet TOI-1452 b.

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Aug 26, 2022

SLS Artemis I Rocket Overview

Posted by in categories: cosmology, space travel

A tour of the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis-I Rocket.
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Aug 26, 2022

Timeline | Technology | Singularity | 2020 | 2050 | 2100 | 2150 | 2200 | 21st century | 22nd century | 23rd century | Humanity | Predictions | Events

Posted by in categories: futurism, singularity

An interesting (and futuristic) project being developed in Switzerland…


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Much of Bangkok is being abandoned due to flooding.

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Aug 26, 2022

3D-printed solar cells are cheaper, easier to produce, and deployable at speed

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, solar power, sustainability

99 percent of the panels were made of PET.

Do you remember the solar panels that Prof. Paul Dastoor from the University of New Castle and his team produced with a 3D printer? If you don’t, it’s an evergreen story worth remembering. Let’s dive in…

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Aug 26, 2022

Start Your Company in the U.S. from anywhere

Posted by in categories: business, finance

The perfect helping hand you need to start and run your business!

The fintech company Workhy effortlessly completes incorporation procedures online and provides financial process management services for entrepreneurs worldwide.

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Aug 26, 2022

Finally! NASA’s Space Launch System is at the rocket pad, ready for launch

Posted by in category: space travel

The launch of Artemis I will be a symphony of high-powered machinery.

The countdown is well underway to launch NASA’s moon-bound Artemis I mission. NASA is preparing to launch SLS to orbit as soon as Monday, August 29. Once there, the Orion spacecraft hitching a ride atop SLS will detach to make its way towards the moon.

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Aug 26, 2022

T‑Mobile Takes Coverage Above and Beyond With SpaceX

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, mobile phones, satellites

Ending cellular dead zones in the U.S. is the ultimate goal.

Cellular service provider T-Mobile has teamed up with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide universal coverage using the constellation of Starlink satellites, a press release reveals.

Cellular services have gone through many iterations since their first roll-out. Most countries around the world are currently seeing a roll-out of the fifth generation (5G) of mobile connections that allows the bandwidth for high-speed gaming and streaming high-definition videos.

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