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Nov 9, 2020

Scientists used a human gene to grow bigger monkey brains

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Video. Hopefully they are satisfied with this. Otherwise, I think we would end up with planet of the apes…

At least they know which gene helps make brains bigger.


Scientists used a human gene to grow bigger monkey brains.

Nov 9, 2020

‘Electronic skin’ promises cheap and recyclable alternative to wearable devices

Posted by in categories: electronics, wearables

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a wearable electronic device that’s “really wearable”—a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board that’s inspired by, and sticks onto, human skin.

The team, led by Jianliang Xiao and Wei Zhang, describes its new “” in a paper published today in the journal Science Advances. The can heal itself, much like real skin. It also reliably performs a range of sensory tasks, from measuring the body temperature of users to tracking their daily step counts.

And it’s reconfigurable, meaning that the device can be shaped to fit anywhere on your body.

Nov 9, 2020

China sends ‘world’s first 6G’ test satellite into orbit

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

The telecoms industry is still several years away from agreeing on 6G’s specifications, so it is not yet certain the tech being trialled will make it into the final standard.

It involves use of high-frequency terahertz waves to achieve data-transmission speeds many times faster than 5G is likely to be capable of.


The satellite is meant to trial new technology expected to be many times faster than 5G.

Nov 9, 2020

NASA: Crew Arrival Media Event at Kennedy with the following participants:

Posted by in category: space travel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUPnhlMpbkY&feature=share

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine
Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana
Junichi Sakai, manager, International Space Station Program, JAXA
NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, pilot
NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, mission specialist
JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, mission specialist
Credit : NASA

This video has been used with NASA permission here :
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines/index.html

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Nov 9, 2020

China successfully sends world’s first 6G satellite into orbit to test technology

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

#China is in the rush to shape the future.


The rollout of 5G networks is nowhere near complete, but China is already looking ahead to what comes next. The Asian power this week successfully launched the world’s first 6G satellite into space to test the technology.

The experimental satellite containing sixth-generation telecommunications technology was launched into Earth’s orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China’s northern Shanxi Province on Friday.

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Nov 9, 2020

Join us for a LIVE virtual Dharma discussion, meditation and Q&A with wisdom keepers Sharon Salzberg and Ram Dev (Dale Borglum)

Posted by in category: education

Sharon and Ram Dev will explore the idea of universal compassion including the boundless nature of our hearts and the ability to stay open in the face of divisiveness, chaos and uncertainty. They will look at timeless wisdom and time-tested methods that help us move beyond the struggle and into loving what was previously unlovable.

Event will include meditation and live Q & A.

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Ram Dev (Dale Borglum) founded and directed the Hanuman Foundation Dying Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the first residential facility in the United States to support conscious dying. He has been the Executive Director of the Living/Dying Project in Santa Fe and since 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the co­author with Ram Dass, Daniel Goleman, and Dwarka Bonner of Journey of Awakening: A Meditator’s Guidebook, Bantam Books and has taught meditation since 1974. Dale lectures and gives workshops on the topics of meditation, healing, spiritual support for those with life ­threatening illness, and on caregiving as a spiritual practice.
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Sharon Salzberg is a meditation pioneer and industry leader, a world-renowned teacher and New York Times bestselling author. As one of the first to bring meditation and mindfulness into mainstream American culture over 45 years ago, her relatable, demystifying approach has inspired generations of meditation teachers and wellness influencers. Sharon is co-founder of The Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA, and the author of eleven books, including the New York Times bestseller, Real Happiness, now in its second edition, her seminal work, Lovingkindness and her newest book, Real Change: Mindfulness To Heal Ourselves and the World, coming in September of 2020 from Flatiron Books.

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Nov 8, 2020

Researchers claim their graphene “SuperBattery” achieves a 15-second charging time

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

Skeleton Technologies and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) say they have developed a graphene-based battery with a 15-second charging time, as well as charging cycles counted in the hundreds of thousands.

The so-called SuperBattery’s key component is Skeleton’s patented Curved Graphene carbon material, which enables the high power and long lifetime of ultracapacitors to be applied in a graphene battery.

“The SuperBattery is a game-changer for the automotive industry. Together with Li-ion batteries, they have it all: high energy and power density, long lifetime and 15-second charging time,” said Skeleton Technologies CEO Taavi Madiberk.

Nov 8, 2020

MAST Upgrade achieves first plasma

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

The UK Atomic Energy Authority’s fusion energy experiment — the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak Upgrade tokamak at Culham Science Centre — has achieved first plasma for the first time. MAST Upgrade will be the forerunner of the UK’s prototype fusion power plant — Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production -…

Nov 8, 2020

UK general says a quarter of the army could be robots by the 2030s

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

The head of the UK military, General Sir Nick Carter, believes robots could make up a quarter of the army by the 2030s.

Nov 8, 2020

To Understand Gravity, Toss a Hard Drive into a Black Hole

Posted by in categories: computing, cosmology, particle physics, quantum physics

We probably think we know gravity pretty well. After all, we have more conscious experience with this fundamental force than with any of the others (electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces). But even though physicists have been studying gravity for hundreds of years, it remains a source of mystery.

In our video Why Is Gravity Different? We explore why this force is so perplexing and why it remains difficult to understand how Einstein’s general theory of relativity (which covers gravity) fits together with quantum mechanics.

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