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Nov 29, 2021

Shifting Colors for On-Chip Photonics To Power Next Generation Quantum Computers and Networks

Posted by in categories: computing, internet, quantum physics, space

On-chip frequency shifters in the gigahertz range could be used in next generation quantum computers and networks.

The ability to precisely control and change properties of a photon, including polarization, position in space, and arrival time, gave rise to a wide range of communication technologies we use today, including the Internet. The next generation of photonic technologies, such as photonic quantum networks and computers, will require even more control over the properties of a photon.

One of the hardest properties to change is a photon’s color, otherwise known as its frequency, because changing the frequency of a photon means changing its energy.

Nov 29, 2021

Exploring Robotic Minds Using the Free Energy Principle

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Nov 29, 2021

Boosting Memory Performance by Finding Amplitude of Brain Waves and Speeding Oscillations

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Summary: Entrainment can safely manipulate brain waves to induce improvements in memory, a new study reveals.

Source: Florida Institute of Technology.

The brain is made of millions of cells called neurons, that send electrical messages to talk to each other in patterns of vertical electric activity called oscillations. By inducing them first, then finding the amplitude of the specific brain waves is improved during memory, ultimately memory performance itself is boosted. Once introduced, what if a person can boost the speed of these oscillations to improve memory? A university study in a journal for adolescents may show we can.

Nov 29, 2021

Introduction of Bioenergetics

Posted by in category: futurism

This video explains introduction of bioenergetics.

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Nov 29, 2021

3D-printed ‘living ink’ is full of microbes and can release drugs

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, materials

An ink made using engineered bacterial cells can be 3D-printed into structures that release anti-cancer drugs or capture toxins from the environment.

The microbial ink is the first printable gel to be made entirely from proteins produced by E.coli cells, without the addition of other polymers.

“This is the first of its kind… a living ink that can respond to the environment. We have repurposed the matrix that these bacteria normally utilise as a shielding material to form a bio-ink,” says Avinash Manjula-Basavanna at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston.

Nov 29, 2021

Explainable AI is about to become mainstream: The AI audits are here — Impact of AI recruitment bias audit in New York city

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Candidates can ask for an explanation or a human review.

‘AI’ includes all technologies – from decision trees to neural networks.

The regulation is needed and already, there is discussion about adding ageism and disabilities to this audit.

Nov 29, 2021

The Big Misconception About Electricity

Posted by in category: energy

Prepare to be Baffled.


The misconception is that electrons carry potential energy around a complete conducting loop, transferring their energy to the load. This video was sponsored by Caséta by Lutron.

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Nov 29, 2021

Carbon-absorbing skyscraper design unveiled

Posted by in category: futurism

Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has presented ‘Urban Sequoia’ – a concept for transforming the built environment into a network for absorbing carbon.

Nov 29, 2021

World’s first wingless, compact eVTOL aircraft moves a step closer to reality

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

Urban Aeronautics, the Israel-based aerospace company behind the world’s first compact, wingless electric vertical takeoff, and landing (eVTOL) vehicle, is getting closer to turning its groundbreaking concept into reality. The company said it has raised the first $10 million of a $100 million funding round this week towards CityHawk from private investors in the US, Brazil, and Israel.

According to the company, the car-sized, six-seater CityHawk has more in common with birds than with nearly every other eVTOL prototype in existence. With a distinct, wingless exterior and patented fully-enclosed Fancraft rotor system, the CityHawk is mainly designed for commercial air charters and emergency medical services (EMS). It will be fueled by hydrogen, the most sustainable technology in development today. This means it must be able to conduct multiple trips within a city per day with zero emissions and minimal noise.

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Nov 29, 2021

Corny Lithium-Ion Batteries Could Hold Quadruple the Charge

Posted by in categories: chemistry, energy, nanotechnology, sustainability, transportation

The extra juice comes from a secret ingredient…corn starch.


Could a simple materials change make electric car batteries able to four times more energy? Scientists in South Korea think so. In a new paper in the American Chemical Society’s Nano Letters, a research team details using silicon and repurposed corn starch to make better anodes for lithium ion batteries.

This team is based primarily in the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), where they’ve experimented with microemulsifying silicon, carbon, and corn starch into a new microstructured composite material for use as a battery anode. This is done by mixing silicon nanoparticles and corn starch with propylene gas and heating it all to combine.

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