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Sep 27, 2019
Solar panels made with ink
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: solar power, sustainability
Forget solar roofs, these solar panels are cheap, paper-thin and made with a revolutionary conductive ink.
Sep 27, 2019
This Fortune 500 Company Is Drafting AI Laws for Congress
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: government, robotics/AI
Jeff Bezos may be trying to get ahead of mounting criticism of its controversial Rekognition tech.
Sep 27, 2019
Three Supermassive Black Holes Are About to Collide
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: cosmology
Sep 27, 2019
Dr. Luis Garza, MD-PhD — Johns Hopkins School of Medicine — Wound Healing and Limb Regeneration — ideaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, bioprinting, biotech/medical, disruptive technology, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, science
Sep 27, 2019
Microsoft chief Brad Smith says rise of killer robots is ‘unstoppable’
Posted by Amberley Levine in categories: drones, robotics/AI
The rise of killer robots is now unstoppable and a new digital Geneva Convention is essential to protect the world from the growing threat they pose, according to the President of the world’s biggest technology company.
In an interview with The Telegraph, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said the use of ‘lethal autonomous weapon systems’ poses a host of new ethical questions which need to be considered by governments as a matter of urgency.
He said the rapidly advancing technology, in which flying, swimming or walking drones can be equipped with lethal weapons systems – missiles, bombs or guns – which could be programmed to operate entirely or partially autonomously, “ultimately will spread… to many countries”.
Sep 27, 2019
Physicists score double hit in LED research
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: computing, physics
In two breakthroughs in the realm of photonics, City College of New York graduate researchers are reporting the successful demonstration of an LED (light-emitting diode) based on half-light half-matter quasiparticles in atomically thin materials. This is also the first successful test of an electrically driven light emitter using atomically thin semiconductors embedded in a light trapping structure (optical cavity).
The research is led by graduate physics student Jie Gu and post-doctoral fellow Biswanath Chakraborty, in collaboration with another graduate student, Mandeep Khatoniyar.
According to Vinod Menon, chair of physics in City College’s Division of Science and the research team’s mentor, their double feat, reported in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, marks an important milestone in the field of 2-D materials and, more broadly, LEDs.
Sep 27, 2019
Senescent Cells Linked to Age-Related Blood Clot Formation
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Researchers at the Buck Institute, including Dr. Judy Campisi, have published a new study that shows, for the first time, that senescent cells are associated with age-related blood clots [1].
As we get older, increasing numbers of our cells enter into a state known as cellular senescence. Senescent cells do not divide or support the tissues of which they are part; instead, they emit a range of potentially harmful chemical signals known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), which encourages nearby healthy cells to enter the same senescent state.
The presence of high levels of SASP reduces tissue repair, increases chronic inflammation, and can even raise the risk of cancer and other age-related diseases.
Sep 27, 2019
The New AI Toilets Will Scan Your Poop To Diagnose Your Ailments
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, health, robotics/AI
Well, it’s sound weird but in the upcoming future, your toilet will be your mini doctor. A company called Micron is developing a smart artificial intelligence-powered toilet that will reportedly be able to diagnose your state of health and risk of disease by analyzing your bodily waste.
The major goal of this technology is to analyze bowel movements and recognize the signs for health issues or ailments early on. This information will also use to understand early symptoms of certain diseases.
Like many new technologies, light propulsion was originally conceived as a tool of war and national defense. But the “Star Wars” missile defense system may eventually send rockets, rather than missile-destroying lasers, into space.