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Dec 12, 2020

Team Builds 1.4 Million Lumen “World’s Brightest” Flashlight

Posted by in category: mobile phones

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How bright is your flashlight? I only have the one on my phone because I’m completely unprepared for any sort of emergency situation. Well, presumably with the belief that it should be daylight all the time, the team over at Hacksmith Industries took it upon themselves to build a giant, 1,414,224 lumen flashlight. I can already imagine myself staring at it until I go blind.

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Dec 12, 2020

Carbon Nanotubes Could Replace Copper Wiring in Cars, Report Says

Posted by in categories: nanotechnology, transportation

Circa 2019


The average car features up to 60 pounds of copper wiring, but researchers are looking to reduce some of that weight. Combing aluminum with carbon nanotubes could be the solution, those researchers believe. The nanotubes reportedly add strength and conductivity to lightweight aluminum.

Dec 12, 2020

Meet Bunny, the talking dog in Tacoma who’s captured the world’s attention

Posted by in category: futurism

Alexis Devine of Tacoma no longer has to wonder what her Sheepadoodle, Bunny, is thinking. Bunny just tells her herself. From the day she brought Bunny home in September of 2019, Devine was determined to cement their bond and immediately began working on basic obedience and connection. She started following dog trainers on Instagram, joined Facebook groups, binge-watched YouTube videos, and read books on dog behavior to learn and put the motions into practice.

Dec 12, 2020

7 Predictions For How Technology Will Shape Healthcare in 2021

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, internet, robotics/AI

From the COVID-19 vaccine to advances in machine learning, AI, improved W-Fi and 5G, and telemedicine, experts expect a move to “patient-centric” health next year.

COVID-19 accomplished what entrepreneurs, doctors, and activists couldn’t: Designing a healthcare system that works for patients instead of providers and health insurance companies.

The industry promised to be “patient-centered” for the last decade but only the harsh demands of COVID-19 have made this a reality. As Ian McCrae, CEO of Orion Health, described it, COVID-19 is ushering in the long-overdue transformation of the healthcare system and, finally, a move to “patient-centric” health.

Dec 12, 2020

Yuri Deigin — Defeating Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, cryonics, genetics, life extension, neuroscience

Andres de Tenyi.


Yuri Deigin, MBA is a serial biotech entrepreneur, longevity research evangelist and activist, and a cryonics advocate. He is an expert in drug development and venture investments in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. He is the CEO at Youthereum Genetics and the Vice President at Science for Life Extension Research Support Foundation.
http://youthereum.ca/

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Dec 12, 2020

The century-long quest for worldwide wireless power

Posted by in category: mobile phones

Ever dream about never having to charge your phone?


Nikola Tesla couldn’t figure out the secret to ubiquitous wireless power. Now, more than 100 years later, are we any closer to pulling it off?

Dec 12, 2020

Stephen Langevin

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, education, life extension, robotics/AI, transhumanism

I just read an incredible post about Transhumanism by Francesco Neo Amati, CM of Transhumanism: The Future of Humanity.

What an excellent representation of how pragmatic and collaborative our community can be. People like Francesco Neo Amati are the reason why I call myself a Transhumanist…

“Community Announcement:

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Dec 12, 2020

Hubble Discovers a Strange Exoplanet That Resembles the Long-Sought “Planet Nine”

Posted by in category: space

The 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away and it may be offering clues to something that might be much closer to home: a hypothesized distant member of our Solar System dubbed “Planet Nine.” This is the first time that astronomers have been able to measure the motion of a massive Jupiter-like planet that is orbiting very far away from its host stars and visible debris disc.

The exoplanet HD106906 b was discovered in 2013 with the Magellan Telescopes at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert. However, astronomers did not then know anything about the planet’s orbit. This required something only the Hubble Space Telescope could do: collect very accurate measurements of the vagabond’s motion over 14 years with extraordinary precision.

Dec 12, 2020

Amazon selling prescription medication will push public trust in Prime to the limit

Posted by in category: futurism

Amazon Pharmacy is the first time its Prime service has broken into a market where consumers might stop and worry about their data.

Dec 12, 2020

Tesla’s German Gigafactory construction rolls on, despite hibernating snakes

Posted by in category: sustainability

Reptiles having their annual nap are the latest roadblock to Tesla’s progress in Berlin, but a local court said the carmaker can carry on.