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Feb 6, 2021

Australia plans world’s biggest battery for 2023

Posted by in category: futurism

A new $2.4bn battery will have a power capacity of 1200 megawatts (MW), which is quadruple the current world’s largest, and 24 times greater than the record holder in 2016.

Feb 6, 2021

Bali’s thieving monkeys can spot high-value items to ransom

Posted by in category: electronics

Study finds macaques go for tourists’ electronics and wallets over empty bags and then maximise their profit.

Feb 6, 2021

Startup Unveils World’s First Flying Racecar

Posted by in category: transportation

It can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in a blistering 2.3 seconds.

Feb 6, 2021

Cryptocurrencies: Fad or the future?

Posted by in categories: cryptocurrencies, futurism

Governments consider regulation as the popularity of investing in cryptocurrencies grow.

Feb 6, 2021

MonoRacer: Fully enclosed motorcycle for long distance travel

Posted by in category: transportation

Freedom of classic motorcycles with the safety of cars.

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MonoRacer is a fully enclosed motorcycle for long distance travel. It offers the freedom of classic motorcycles with the safety of cars.

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Feb 6, 2021

How the 700 mph hyperloop concept could become the fastest way to travel

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, transportation

OEC promoting STEM in Africa.


Elon Musk introduced the concept of the hyperloop in 2013. Here’s where we are in hyperloop development.

Feb 6, 2021

Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief R&D Officer, U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) — Facilitating Innovation

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, military

Facilitating Novel Health-Tech and Bio-Medical Innovations For Over 9 Million Veterans — Dr. Rachel Ramoni, Chief of R&D, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.


Dr. Rachel Ramoni, is the Chief Research and Development Officer of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), where she oversees their nationwide research enterprise, encompassing some 2000 active projects, at more than 100 sites, with a total budget of $2 billion in both direct VA support, and research funding from outside entities such as the National Institutes of Health, other federal agencies, and nonprofit and private organizations.

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Feb 6, 2021

A warp in the Milky Way linked to galactic collision

Posted by in category: space

When most of us picture the shape of the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our own sun and hundreds of billions of other stars, we think of a central mass surrounded by a flat disc of stars that spiral around it. However, astronomers know that rather than being symmetrical, the disc structure is warped, more like the brim of a fedora, and that the warped edges are constantly moving around the outer rim of the galaxy.

Feb 6, 2021

Machine learning algorithm may be the key to timely, inexpensive cyber-defense

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, information science, robotics/AI

Attacks on vulnerable computer networks and cyber-infrastructure—often called zero-day attacks—can quickly overwhelm traditional defenses, resulting in billions of dollars of damage and requiring weeks of manual patching work to shore up the systems after the intrusion.

Feb 6, 2021

Matt Kaeberlein on the biology of aging. Excerpts from an interview with Brian Kennedy

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Excerpts from an enlightening interview / conversation conducted by Brian Kennedy with Matt Kaeberlein on the biology of aging.
The interview took place in November 2020 as the first one under the healthy longevity webinar series organized by Brian Kennedy from the National University of Singapure (NUS).

During the conversation, Matt Kaeberlein makes a nice description about what aging is, as well as about therapies, drugs and other interventions that, at least in animals of various kinds, manage to modulate (delay / reverse) the progress of aging.

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