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Oct 3, 2021

The Emergent Fine Structure Constant of Quantum Spin Ice Is Large

Posted by in categories: energy, quantum physics

PDF | Condensed matter systems act as mini-universes with emergent low-energy properties drastically different from those of the standard model. A case… | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.

Oct 3, 2021

Facebook’s smart Ray-Ban glasses are disappointingly familiar

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, mobile phones, wearables

But first, Facebook is going to have to bridge the territory of privacy — not just for those who might have photos taken of them, but for the wearers of these microphone and camera-equipped glasses. VR headsets are one thing (and they come off your face after a session). Glasses you wear around every day are the start of Facebook’s much larger ambition to be an always-connected maker of wearables, and that’s a lot harder for most people to get comfortable with.

Walking down my quiet suburban street, I’m looking up at the sky. Recording the sky. Around my ears, I hear ABBA’s new song, I Still Have Faith In You. It’s a melancholic end to the summer. I’m taking my new Ray Ban smart glasses for a walk.

The Ray-Ban Stories feel like a conservative start. They lack some features that have been in similar products already. The glasses, which act as earbud-free headphones, don’t have 3D spatial audio like the Bose Frames and Apple’s AirPods Pro do. The stereo cameras, on either side of the lenses, don’t work with AR effects, either. Facebook has a few sort-of-AR tricks in a brand-new companion app called View that pairs with these glasses on your phone, but they’re mostly ways of using depth data for a few quick social effects.

Oct 3, 2021

Zoom is adding live translation services, more hybrid work features

Posted by in category: futurism

Zoom unveils a number of upgrades to the video chat platform to help co-workers connect, whether they’re in the office or working remotely.

Oct 3, 2021

Bioengineers Develop New Class of Giant Magnetoelastic Effect Human-Powered Bioelectronics

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, cybercrime/malcode, encryption

Traditional networks are unable to keep up with the demands of modern computing, such as cutting-edge computation and bandwidth-demanding services like video analytics and cybersecurity. In recent years, there has been a major shift in the focus of network research towards software-defined networks (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), two concepts that could overcome the limitations of traditional networking. SDN is an approach to network architecture that allows the network to be controlled using software applications, whereas NFV seeks to move functions like firewalls and encryption to virtual servers. SDN and NFV can help enterprises perform more efficiently and reduce costs. Needless to say, a combination of the two would be far more powerful than either one alone.

Oct 3, 2021

Building a template for the future 6G network

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, cybercrime/malcode, encryption, internet, virtual reality

Traditional networks are unable to keep up with the demands of modern computing, such as cutting-edge computation and bandwidth-demanding services like video analytics and cybersecurity. In recent years, there has been a major shift in the focus of network research towards software-defined networks (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), two concepts that could overcome the limitations of traditional networking. SDN is an approach to network architecture that allows the network to be controlled using software applications, whereas NFV seeks to move functions like firewalls and encryption to virtual servers. SDN and NFV can help enterprises perform more efficiently and reduce costs. Needless to say, a combination of the two would be far more powerful than either one alone.

In a recent study published in IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, researchers from Korea now propose such a combined SDN/NFV network architecture that seeks to introduce additional computational functions to existing network functions. “We expect our SDN/NFV-based infrastructure to be considered for the future 6G network. Once 6G is commercialized, the resource management technique of the network and computing core can be applied to AR/VR or holographic services,” says Prof. Jeongho Kwak of Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Korea, who was an integral part of the study.

The new network architecture aims to create a holistic framework that can fine-tune processing resources that use different (heterogeneous) processors for different tasks and optimize networking. The unified framework will support dynamic service chaining, which allows a single network connection to be used for many connected services like firewalls and intrusion protection; and code offloading, which involves shifting intensive computational tasks to a resource-rich remote server.

Oct 3, 2021

Stargate Atlantis — The Battle for Atlants

Posted by in category: futurism

10,000 Years ago the Siege of Atlantis Lasted Decades with the Wraith superior in numbers and they kept coming at the Ancients until they decided to submerge the city and make it lost to the Wraith. Its present day and the Wraith have just awakened from hibernation and are now in search of their new feeding ground — Earth. But to get there they have to overpower the human controlled Atlantis.

Oct 3, 2021

A Chinese Biotech Startup Could Best Conventional Meat Prices by 2025

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical

Leveraging 3D printing to make the meat appear more appetizing.

A biotech startup in China recently showcased its lab-grown pork and is aiming for cost-parity with conventionally sourced pork by 2,025 Reuters reported.

Amidst growing concerns of emissions resulting from meat production, countries are looking for protein alternates that can feed their population while also being eco-friendly. Plant-based meats have been around for a while but need further development to stand in as replacements to animal meats. Cultured or lab-grown meats are sourced from animal cells and show a high resemblance to conventional meat but lack production at scale and are expensive to manufacture, making it difficult for consumers to switch. 3D printing to make the meat appear more appetizing.

Oct 3, 2021

Futuristic Tires That Are Nearly Indestructible

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Long gone are the days where tires were kind of boring.

Tires are there to make cars roll. They serve a simple function and should therefore be rather simple and boring. Right? Wrong! Now, in this video, we bring you advanced We dare you to watch them in action and not be impressed.

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Oct 3, 2021

Could Autonomous Robots Be More Dangerous than Nukes?

Posted by in categories: biological, chemistry, law, military, policy, robotics/AI

Without a new legal framework, they could destabilize societal norms.


Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History could well identify this as the starting point of the next major arms race, one that has the potential to be humanity’s final one.

Autonomous weapon systems are robots with lethal weapons that can operate independently, selecting and attacking targets without a human weighing in on those decisions. Militaries around the world are investing heavily in autonomous weapons research and development. The U.S. alone budgeted US$18 billion for autonomous weapons between 2016 and 2020.

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Oct 2, 2021

Digenome-seq: genome-wide profiling of CRISPR-Cas9 off-target effects in human cells

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

In vitro digestion of genomic DNA with Cas9 and single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) yields genome-wide off-target sites at frequencies below 0.1%. Off-target sites can be further reduced with modified sgRNAs.