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Feb 25, 2020

China bans trade, eating of wild animals in battle against coronavirus

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food

Fast-tracked decision to prohibit consumption of wildlife comes into effect immediately.

Feb 25, 2020

Tracking Entanglement in a Quantum Simulator

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Austrian researchers construct what they describe as the largest fully controllable entangled quantum system to date.

Feb 25, 2020

Photos show what Italy is like under lockdown as the country becomes Europe’s epicenter of the coronavirus with 283 cases reported in 4 days

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Authorities have closed down 12 Italian towns as they try to stop the virus from spreading. Photos show what it looks like on the ground.

Feb 25, 2020

Russia’s AI Quest is State-Driven — Even More than China’s. Can It Work?

Posted by in categories: government, internet, military, robotics/AI

Handicaps: weak private sector, Soviet-style bureaucracy. Helps: Great STEM education — and history.

More than Western governments and even more than China’s, the Russian government is trying to position itself as a facilitator of innovation in artificial intelligence, the technology that Vladimir Putin said will lead whoever masters it to global advantage. Russia seeks “to go our own way,” said Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, borrowing Lenin’s 1917 words about various anti-capitalist ideologies to describe his government’s 21st-century attempt to shake the world.

Those who doubt that this uniquely state-heavy approach can succeed would do well to remember that today’s internet and mobile telecommunications grew out of Pentagon-funded research, that the Soviet Union led the Space Race for a decade, and that U.S. astronauts currently ascend to orbit atop Russian rockets.

Feb 25, 2020

Mars is humming. Scientists aren’t sure why

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

NASA’s latest robotic geologist is starting to reveal the red planet’s pulse.

Feb 25, 2020

Robot Vehicle Can Tow A 2,500lb Car

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Thanks to the Mega Hurtz, you can move vehicles without lifting a finger! 😎 🚘.

Feb 25, 2020

How Bionic Limbs Are Changing Lives | VICE on HBO

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, computing, cyborgs, neuroscience, transhumanism

A bionic revolution is brewing, as recent advancements in bioengineering have brought about scientific breakthroughs in rehabilitation for people with disabilities. The most cutting edge research is happening inside the human brain, where implanted technology allows people to communicate directly with computers, using their thoughts.

VICE’s Wilbert L. Cooper travels to Zurich to see the first-ever bionic Olympics and discovers a host of technologies that are expanding what it means to be human.

Continue reading “How Bionic Limbs Are Changing Lives | VICE on HBO” »

Feb 25, 2020

Huge loss for mankind 😞

Posted by in categories: innovation, space travel

Great woman.


Her impeccable calculations had already helped plot the successful flight of Alan B. Shepard Jr., who became the first American in space when his Mercury spacecraft went aloft in 1961. • • Johnson’s work over 33 years propelled many of America’s breakthroughs in space exploration, including Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” on the Moon. • • Rest in Peace Ma’am 😓.

Feb 25, 2020

Pentagon Adopts New Ethical Principles for Using AI in War

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

The Pentagon is adopting new ethical principles as it prepares to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield.

Feb 25, 2020

NASA Remembers Hidden Figure Katherine Johnson

Posted by in category: space

With slide rules and pencils, Katherine Johnson’s brilliant mind helped launch our nation into space.

No longer a Hidden Figure, her bravery and commitment to excellence leaves an eternal legacy for us all: https://youtu.be/E8wBJ71zJ34