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Apr 12, 2022

The Army Has Created Augmented Reality Goggles for Dogs

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, military

It’s a very good plan for some very good boys and girls.


The U.S. Army’s military working dogs are entering augmented reality, thanks to the service’s investment in a company developing AR goggles for canines.

➡ You love badass military tech. So do we. Let’s nerd out together.

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Apr 12, 2022

These Solar Cells Produce Electricity at Night

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, satellites, solar power, sustainability

Researchers used radiative cooling to generate enough to power LEDs or charge a cell phone.


NASA has agreed to test startup SpinLaunch’s kinetic launcher, a giant circular accelerator that aims to shoot 200 kilogram satellites into space.

The California-based SpinLaunch’s launcher is located at the Spaceport America facility in New Mexico where it will carry out a test flight with NASA later this year, according to the firm.

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Apr 12, 2022

NASA will test this ‘SpinLaunch’ system that hurls satellites into space

Posted by in category: satellites

SpinLaunch says it will launch a NASA payload later this year after signing an agreement with the space agency.

Apr 12, 2022

New nanotechnology bubbles could speed up pharma development

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

A new technique for synthesising and screening molecules developed by Danish researchers has been described in a paper published in Nature Chemistry.

The technique, dubbed “single particle combinatorial lipidic nanocontainer fusion based on DNA-mediated fusion” or SPARCLD, uses tiny soap-like “bubbles” to produce more than 40,000 different molecules on an area the size of a pinhead.

The bubbles form “nano-containers” inside which molecules can be produced using DNA nanotechnology. About 42,000 nano-containers can fit on one square millimetre.

Apr 12, 2022

Unreal Engine 5 | Sizzle Reel

Posted by in category: futurism

Ready for what’s next? Watch our Unreal Engine 5 sizzle reel for a glimpse at what’s now possible with real-time technology.

With Unreal Engine 5, we aim to empower both large and small teams to really push the boundaries of creativity, visually and interactively. UE5 will enable game developers and creators across industries to realize next-generation real-time 3D content and experiences with greater freedom, fidelity, and flexibility than ever before.

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Apr 12, 2022

Future computer chips may be made out of honey

Posted by in categories: computing, futurism

A new study from Washington State University shows that honey might be the key to the future of neuromorphic computing, and thus, computing as a whole.

Apr 12, 2022

At long last, a radio telescope on the moon’s far side

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

The Lunar Crater Radio Telescope is now moving into Phase 2 of development. It’ll be built by robots, into a natural bowl-shaped crater on the moon’s far side. If completed, it’ll be the largest radio telescope in the solar system.

Apr 12, 2022

All the Biomass of Earth, in One Visualization

Posted by in category: futurism

Our planet supports approximately 8.7 million species, of which over a quarter live in water.

But humans can have a hard time comprehending numbers this big, so it can be difficult to really appreciate the breadth of this incredible diversity of life on Earth.

In order to fully grasp this scale, we draw from research by Bar-On et al. to break down the total composition of the living world, in terms of its biomass, and where we fit into this picture.

Apr 12, 2022

AI predicts if and when someone will experience cardiac arrest

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI

Credit: Getty Images.

The work, led by Johns Hopkins University researchers, is detailed today in Nature Cardiovascular Research.

Apr 12, 2022

Israeli startup Viz.ai nabs $100m for AI tech that detects brain conditions in scans

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode, finance, media & arts, robotics/AI

Medical tech company Viz.ai, a developer of an AI-powered stroke detection and care platform, has pulled in a new investment of $100 million at a valuation of $1.2 billion, making it Israel’s newest unicorn (a private company valued at over $1 billion).

The company said Thursday that the Series D funding will be used to expand the Viz platform to detect and triage additional diseases and grow its customer base globally.

Viz.ai’s newest round was led by Tiger Global Management, a New York-based investment firm focused on software and financial tech, and Insight Partners, a VC and private equity firm also based in New York. Tiger Global has invested in Israeli companies such as cybersecurity companies Snyk and SentinelOne as well as payroll tech companies Papaya Global and HoneyBook. Insight Partners is a very active foreign investor in Israeli companies, with at least 76 local portfolio startups to its name including privacy startup PlainID, bee tech startup Beewise, and music tech startup JoyTunes.