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Feb 26, 2021

Mars landings that did (and didn’t) go to plan

Posted by in category: space

With two missions due to land on Mars in 2021, we look back at 60 years of attempts to get to the Red Planet.

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Feb 25, 2021

How Elon Musk’s 700 MPH Hyperloop Concept Could Become The Fastest Way To Travel

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, transportation

Current high-speed bullet trains can bring passengers from Paris to London or Tokyo to Kyoto within 2.5 hours. Hyperloops theoretically could bring passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than 45 minutes.

Feb 25, 2021

Reinforcement learning algorithms score higher than humans, other AI systems at classic video games

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

A team of researchers at Uber AI Labs in San Francisco has developed a set of learning algorithms that proved to be better at playing classic video games than human players or other AI systems. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the researchers explain how their algorithms differ from others and why they believe they have applications in robotics, language processing and even designing new drugs.

Feb 25, 2021

How Europe’s €100 billion science fund will shape 7 years of research

Posted by in category: science

But Horizon Europe also includes new elements that reflect increasing attention to open science, equality, interdisciplinary research and practical applications. Here, Nature takes a look at some of the major changes.


As Horizon Europe issues its first call for grants, Nature reviews some big changes — from open science to goal-oriented ‘missions’.

Feb 25, 2021

Electric Walking Bike

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

A very unique invention. 😃


This electric walking bike is a treadmill on wheels.

Feb 25, 2021

Artificial intelligence is killing choice and chance – changing what it means to be human

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI

FEATURE (THE CONVERSATION) — The history of humans’ use of technology has always been a history of co-evolution.

Philosophers from Rousseau to Heidegger to Carl Schmitt have argued that technology is never a neutral tool for achieving human ends. Technological innovations – from the most rudimentary to the most sophisticated – reshape people as they use these innovations to control their environment. Artificial intelligence is a new and powerful tool, and it, too, is altering humanity.

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Feb 25, 2021

You can now buy a 3D-printed home – here’s a look inside

Posted by in category: habitats

A New York homebuilder has put a 3D-printed home on the market for the first time in the United States, and he is getting a lot of offers.

Feb 25, 2021

A call for support from a foremost STEM education clinic in Africa

Posted by in categories: education, innovation

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of “Ogba Educational Clinic”.
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You can also reach us on our website, www.ogbaeduclinic.com.

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Feb 25, 2021

Neuroprivacy as a Basic Human Right

Posted by in category: futurism

New braintech can capture a vast amount of personal data. It’s time to think about how yours will be protected.

Feb 25, 2021

Victory for ‘net neutrality’ law in California

Posted by in category: law

A federal judge late Tuesday cleared the way for California to begin enforcing a net neutrality law opposed by US telecom titans.