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Aug 6, 2021

Window-cleaning drone

Posted by in category: drones

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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 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 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 in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode

Hackers are targeting U.S. hospitals just as COVID-19 cases surge again.

Aug 6, 2021

NASA Saved SpaceX With $1.5 Billion Contract. “It’s True,” Says Elon Musk

Posted by 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 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.

Aug 6, 2021

Synthetic brain cells that store ‘memories’ are possible, new model reveals

Posted by in categories: particle physics, robotics/AI

Scientists have created key parts of synthetic brain cells that can hold cellular “memories” for milliseconds. The achievement could one day lead to computers that work like the human brain.

These parts, which were used to model an artificial brain cell, use charged particles called ions to produce an electrical signal, in the same way that information gets transferred between neurons in your brain.

Aug 6, 2021

Rust? Trains? Why clean energy is turning to exotic ideas to fix its storage problem

Posted by in categories: energy, sustainability, transportation

Energy storage ideas.


Mateo Jaramillo sees the future of renewable energy in thousands of iron pellets rusting away in a laboratory in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Jaramillo is chief executive of Form Energy, a company that recently announced what it says is a breakthrough in a global race: how to store renewable energy for long periods of time.

Aug 6, 2021

A new generation of AI-powered robots is taking over warehouses

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Within a few years, any task that previously required hands to perform could be partially or fully automated away.

Aug 6, 2021

Mazda RX-Vision-like sports coupe revealed in patent filings

Posted by in category: futurism

Mazda sports coupe that looks like the 2015 RX Vision Concept from the Tokyo Motor Show revealed in patent filings.