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Mar 1, 2022

Digital Twins: The Virtual Future Of Healthcare

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience

While advancements in healthcare have come in leaps and bounds since the 20th century, there is perhaps none more exciting than what digital twin technology could offer. The healthcare industry has the potential to be revolutionized by this application of new advancements, which will ultimately lead to improved research capabilities and patient outcomes.

Defined as the virtual representation of a physical object or system across its life cycle, a digital twin is a computer program that uses real world data to create simulations that can predict the outcomes of a product or process. A concept initially utilized by NASA in the 1960s, this technology has grown exponentially in the last decade, now further expanding into the world of healthcare.

Beginning in 2014 with The Living Heart Project headed by Dassault Systémes, healthcare research with digital twins has broadened to include organs such as the brain and lungs, as well as projects for virtual parts of the body. With these models, doctors have the potential to discover undeveloped illnesses, experiment with treatments, and improve surgical outcomes. They allow clinicians to test multiple treatments across a vast range of therapies, equipment, and interventions by comparing possible outcomes without taking any risks in terms of patient safety. Ultimately, care can become more precise, targeted, and based on the most accurate data available when digital twins are utilized.

Mar 1, 2022

15th century futurism: Leonardo da Vinci’s famous helicopter design finally takes flight

Posted by in category: transportation

Da Vinci dreamed up a helicopter 400 years before they actually existed. Now, engineers have brought his design to life, but with a twist.

Mar 1, 2022

Amazon’s Growth In Healthcare Is Unparalleled

Posted by in category: futurism

Amazon has repeatedly proven its might in disrupting legacy industries. Healthcare will be no different.

Mar 1, 2022

Nvidia Hackers Threaten to Release Mining-Limiter Killer

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

But they also request that Nvidia remove the mining performance limiter itself.


Following last week’s purported hack conducted by South-America-based Lapsus$ group, the hackers have now started to release data obtained from the 1 TB-worth of stolen information — and threaten to release a mining performance unlocker should Nvidia not do it first.

Mar 1, 2022

Astronomers have potentially spotted kilonova afterglow for the first time

Posted by in categories: physics, space

Researchers at the Northwestern University and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences may have potentially come across a kilonova afterglow, the first of its kind ever to be observed, according to a university press release.

A kilonova is the merger of two neutron stars that creates a blast 1,000 times brighter than a classical nova. On August 17, 2017, astronomers observed the first-ever neutron star merger, GW170817, using light as well as gravitational waves. Ever since researchers across the globe have been pointing ground and space telescopes towards this event to study it across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Mar 1, 2022

Universal Consciousness | Part IV of Consciousness: Evolution of the Mind (2021) Documentary

Posted by in categories: biological, education, life extension, neuroscience, robotics/AI, singularity

There’s only one Universal Consciousness, we individualize our conscious awareness through the filter of our nervous system, our “local” mind, our very inner subjectivity, but consciousness itself, the Self in a greater sense, our “core” self is universal, and knowing it through experience has been called enlightenment, illumination, awakening, or transcendence, through the ages.

Here’s Consciousness: Evolution of the Mind (2021), Part IV: UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS

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Mar 1, 2022

Scientists Invent “Profound” Quantum Sensor That Can Peer Into the Earth

Posted by in categories: innovation, quantum physics

A major breakthrough in quantum sensing technology is being described as an “Edison moment” that could, scientists hope, have wide-reaching implications.

A new study in Nature describes one of the first practical applications of quantum sensing, a heretofore largely theoretical technology that marries quantum physics and the study of Earth’s gravity to peer into the ground below our feet — and the scientists involved in this research think it’s going to be huge.

Known as a quantum gravity gradiometer, this new sensor developed by the University of Birmingham under contract with the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense is the first time such a technology has been used outside of a lab. Scientists say it’ll allow them to explore complex underground substructures much more cheaply and efficiently than before.

Mar 1, 2022

NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

Posted by in category: space

Lattice confinement fusion eliminates massive magnets and powerful lasers.

Mar 1, 2022

Dr. Adam Wolfberg, MD, MPH — Chief Medical Officer, Current Health — Quality Healthcare In The Home

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, information science, wearables

Is the Chief Medical Officer at Current Health (https://currenthealth.com/), a Best Buy Health company (https://healthcare.bestbuy.com/) and part of the American multinational consumer electronics retailer.

Current Health is an organization that enables the delivery of healthcare services in the home to enable healthcare organizations to deliver high-quality, patient-centric care at a lower cost. The company integrates patient-reported data with data from biosensors – including their own continuous monitoring wearable devices – to provide healthcare organizations with actionable, real-time insights into the patient’s condition. Leveraging clinical algorithms that can be tailored to the individual patient, Current Health identifies when a patient needs clinical attention, allowing organizations to manage patient care remotely or coordinate in-home care via integrated service partners. The Current Health platform brings together tele-health capabilities, patient engagement tools, and in-home connectivity to provide a single solution to manage all care in the home. Dr. Wolfberg also leads implementation and account management at the organization.

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Mar 1, 2022

Self-Driving Trucks Start to Propel Land Rush Near Major Cities

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Alterra Property and Embark are forming an alliance to create autonomous-trucking hubs across the U.S.