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Jan 1, 2020

Bionic Skin Lets Prosthetic Limbs Feel

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, transhumanism

This bionic skin lets amputees feel their prosthetic limbs.

Jan 1, 2020

Motions of the planets put new limit on graviton mass

Posted by in category: space

Range of gravitational field cannot be shorter than 18 trillion kilometres.

Jan 1, 2020

Knotty: 20 december 2019

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Does string theory offer an all-encompassing alternative to the Standard Model — or is this one-dimensional approach fraying at the edges?

Jan 1, 2020

Organic electrochemical transistor monitors bone cell differentiation

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing

New technique detects real-time concentrations of an important cytokine molecule secreted as stem cells transform into bone.

Jan 1, 2020

Final Rockot Booster Launches Russian Satellites Into Orbit

Posted by in categories: military, satellites

The final Rockot booster converted from an intercontinental ballistic missile launched into space Friday (Dec. 27) carrying a trio Russian satellites and a military payload into orbit.

The Rockot, a launch vehicle based on Russia’s RS-18 ballistic missile, launched three Gonets-M communications satellites into space from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The rocket also reportedly carried a military payload called Blits-M, a glass sphere designed to serve as a laser reflector, according to Russianspaceweb.com, which tracks the Russian space industry.

Jan 1, 2020

Automotive futurist Syd Mead dies at 86

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Syd Mead, creator of amazing vehicles and the universe of the movie “Blade Runner” died on December 30 at the age of 86.

Jan 1, 2020

Google AI Beats Doctors at Breast Cancer Detection—Sometimes

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

Google’s health research unit said it has developed an artificial-intelligence system that can match or outperform radiologists at detecting breast cancer, according to new research. But doctors still beat the machines in some cases.

The model, developed by an international team of researchers, caught cancers that were originally missed and reduced false-positive cancer flags for patients who didn’t actually have cancer, according to a paper published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Data from thousands of mammograms from women in the U.K. and the U.S. was used to train the AI system.

But the algorithm isn’t yet ready for clinical use, the researchers said.

Jan 1, 2020

The 10 largest robotics mergers and acquisitions of 2019

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

MDA created the Canadarm robotic manipulator. | Credit: MDA

In 2019, The Robot Report tracked 68 mergers and acquisitions for companies in the robotics industry, as of press time. This included 30 mergers and acquisitions through the first half of the year.

In many cases, the companies involved did not disclose the terms of their deal. For example, self-driving car maker Waymo recently acquired U.K.-based startup Latent Logic, but it did not reveal the purchase price. So the list consists only of mergers and acquisitions for which we know the terms.

Jan 1, 2020

Elon Musk Shares Awe-Inspiring Animation of What SpaceX Is About to Achieve Next

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, space travel

Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of populating outer space. But in the nearly 18 years since – and even as the rocket company continues to disrupt the global launch industry – the most complex life-form SpaceX has flown is a mouse.

That should all change in early 2020, though, as SpaceX prepares to launch its first crewed mission aboard its new capsule-like spaceship, called Crew Dragon.

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Jan 1, 2020

If The Universe Is 13.8 Billion Years Old, How Can We See 46 Billion Light Years Away?

Posted by in category: space

Distances in the expanding Universe don’t work like you’d expect. Unless, that is, you learn to think like a cosmologist.