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Mar 2, 2021

Photos of Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie and others come alive (creepily), thanks to AI

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

In AI-generated animations, faces that were once frozen in time blink, turn their heads and even smile.

Mar 2, 2021

Japanese billionaire to fly eight members of the public on SpaceX moon flight

Posted by in category: space travel

Yusaku Maezawa announced he will choose eight members of the public to join him on a trip around the moon, scheduled to fly on SpaceX’s Starship in 2023.

Mar 2, 2021

Future of Vision: Augmented Reality Contact Lenses Are Here

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, futurism

Smart contact lenses are finally becoming a reality. And the future of this intriguing technology is nothing like what you might expect.

Mar 2, 2021

Desarrollan en la UNAM Inmunosensor óptico para diagnóstico de tuberculosis

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The device is more reliable for the diagnosis of tuberculosis than conventional methods for the detection of this disease.


Investigadores de la UNAM desarrollaron un inmunosensor interferométrico, dispositivo más confiable para el diagnóstico de la tuberculosis que los métodos convencionales para la detección de esta enfermedad.

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Mar 2, 2021

NASA Is Testing an All-Electric Airplane

Posted by in category: transportation

NASA’s finally ready to test its all-electric X-57.

Mar 2, 2021

DARPA Announces Research Teams Selected to Semantic Forensics Program

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Researchers to develop automated tools that aid analysts as they tackle the looming rise of automated multimodal media manipulation.


Today we announced the SemaFor research teams that are developing #AI tools to help detect & understand media manipulations @Kitware @LifeAtPurdue @SRI_Intl @UCBerkeley @Google @nvidia @AccentureFed @nyuniversity @LockheedMartin https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-03-02

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Mar 2, 2021

DARPA Initiates Design of LongShot Unmanned Air Vehicle

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Contracts have been awarded to @GeneralAtomics, @LockheedMartin, and @northropgrumman for the new LongShot project to develop an air-launched unmanned air vehicle that can employ multiple air-to-air weapons. https://ddmdraft.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-02-05b

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Mar 2, 2021

Detecting multiple sepsis biomarkers from whole blood – made fast, accurate, and cheap

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, robotics/AI

The Wyss Institute’s eRapid electrochemical sensor technology now enables sensitive, specific and multiplexed detection of blood biomarkers at low cost with potential for many clinical applications.


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The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University (http://wyss.harvard.edu) uses Nature’s design principles to develop bioinspired materials and devices that will transform medicine and create a more sustainable world. Wyss researchers are developing innovative new engineering solutions for healthcare, energy, architecture, robotics, and manufacturing that are translated into commercial products and therapies through collaborations with clinical investigators, corporate alliances, and formation of new startups. The Wyss Institute creates transformative technological breakthroughs by engaging in high risk research, and crosses disciplinary and institutional barriers, working as an alliance that includes Harvard’s Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Arts & Sciences and Design, and in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston University, Tufts University, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, University of Zurich and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mar 2, 2021

DARPA Launches Entrepreneurial Initiative to Propel over 150 Cutting-Edge National Security Innovations to Market

Posted by in categories: innovation, security

In partnership with InQtel Emerge, DARPA is expanding its successful Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative to aggressively accelerate 150 DARPA-backed technologies out of the lab and into products. https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-02-23a

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Mar 2, 2021

Technologies to Rapidly Restore the Electrical Grid after Cyberattack Come Online

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, energy

Under our RADICS program, researchers developed tools to aid in the rapid recovery of our power grids amidst a cyberattack. Today we’re spotlighting the program’s many accomplishments: https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2021-02-23

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