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Aug 7, 2021
Who Will Win the Metaverse? Not Mark Zuckerberg or Facebook
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: computing
The social networking giant and its CEO have vast ambitions to dominate the next big thing in computing, but other tech giants are in a better position to turn the hype into reality.
Aug 7, 2021
Potential COVID-19 medication found among tapeworm drugs
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in category: biotech/medical
A group of medications long prescribed to treat tapeworm has inspired a compound that shows two-pronged effectiveness against COVID-19 in laboratory studies, according to a new publication appearing online in the journal ACS Infectious Disease.
The compound, part of a class of molecules called salicylanilides, was designed in the laboratory of Professor Kim Janda, Ph.D., the Ely R. Callaway, Jr. Professor of Chemistry and director of the Worm Institute for Research and Medicine at Scripps Research, in La Jolla, CA. “It has been known for 10 or 15 years that salicylanilides work against certain viruses,” Janda says. “However, they tend to be gut-restricted and can have toxicity issues.” Janda’s compound overcomes both issues, in mouse and cell-based tests, acting as both an antiviral and an anti-inflammatory drug-like compound, with properties that auger well for its use in pill form.
Aug 6, 2021
Digest | Newest Robots and Technologies of the Future | All July Technology News in One Issue
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: drones, Elon Musk, military, robotics/AI
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You’re on PRO Robotics, and in this video we present the July 2,021 news digest. New robots, drones and drones, artificial intelligence and military robots, news from Elon Musk and Boston Dynamics. All the most interesting high-tech news for July in this Issue. Be sure to watch the video to the end and write in the comments, which news you are most interested in?
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This drone is cleaning windows 1,100 feet above the ground, so humans don’t have to.
Aug 6, 2021
From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics – scientists’ most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
Three pioneering technologies have forever altered how researchers do their work and promise to revolutionize medicine, from correcting genetic disorders to treating degenerative brain diseases.
Aug 6, 2021
Technology is shaping the future of food but practices rooted in tradition could still have a role to play
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: business, food, sustainability
Discussions about how and where we produce food are set to continue for a long time to come as businesses, governments and citizens try to find ways to create a sustainable system that meets the needs of everyone.
It’s perhaps no surprise then that some of the topics covered above are starting to generate interest among the investment community.
Speaking to CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” in June, Morgan Stanley’s global head of sustainability research, Jessica Alsford, highlighted this shift.
Aug 6, 2021
Ransomware Attack Forces Indiana Hospital to Turn Ambulances Away
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode
Aug 6, 2021
NASA Saved SpaceX With $1.5 Billion Contract. “It’s True,” Says Elon Musk
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
“I will tell you, that was definitely helpful,” said Musk, appearing to be overcome by the memory of those difficult days.
“Yeah, they did,” Mr Musk replied.
Financially and maybe emotionally, the interviewer continued.
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Aug 6, 2021
To create AGI, we need a new theory of intelligence
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: robotics/AI
There’s no doubt that the digital computation of intelligence has yielded impressive results, including the variety of deep neural network architectures that are powering applications from computer vision to natural language processing. But despite the similarity of their results to what we perceive in humans, what they are doing is different from what the brain does, Raghavachary says.
The “considered response” theory zooms back and casts a wider net that all forms of intelligence, including those that don’t fit the problem-solving paradigm.
“I view intelligence as considered response in that sense, emanating from physical structures in our bodies and brains. CR naturally fits within the S->P paradigm,” Raghavachary said.
