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May 10, 2019
Secrets of fluorescent microalgae could lead to super-efficient solar cells
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: solar power, sustainability
Tiny light-emitting microalgae, found in the ocean, could hold the secret to the next generation of organic solar cells, according to new research carried out at the Universities of Birmingham and Utrecht.
Microalgae are probably the oldest surviving living organisms on the planet. They have evolved over billions of years to possess light harvesting systems that are up to 95 per cent efficient. This enables them to survive in the most extreme environments, and adapt to changes our world has seen over this time-span.
Unravelling how this system works could yield important clues about how it could be used or recreated for use in new, super-efficient organic solar panels. Because of the complexity of the organisms and the huge variety of different species, however, progress in this area has been limited.
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May 10, 2019
Humanoid robot delicately ‘walks a tightrope’ of tiny blocks
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: information science, robotics/AI
Researchers trained the 165-pound ‘humanoid robot’ to walk across narrow terrain by using human-like control, perception and planning algorithms. The video shows the robot, called Atlas, carefully moving across a balance beam using body control created using LIDAR…
Researchers from the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition in Florida have created a robot that uses a planning algorithm to balance its way across an uneven path of cinder blocks.
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May 10, 2019
From the A bomb to the AI bomb, nuclear weapons’ problematic evolution
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: information science, military, robotics/AI
From autonomous nuclear submarines to algorithms detecting a threat, to robot-guided high-speed missiles, artificial intelligence could revolutionise nuclear weapons – risking some profound ethical conundrums – a recent report reveals.
May 10, 2019
Brain Computer Interface Market — Bridging Gaps Between Machines And Humans
Posted by Marcos Than Esponda in categories: computing, habitats, neuroscience, virtual reality
A rise in the number of game developers, adoption of brain computer technology to enhance the complete gaming experience is triggering the growth of BCI market. The BCI application in 2017 has also influenced the smart home control sector and is believed to grow rapidly during the forecast period of 2018 to 2025. The high living standards across U.S and Canada are held responsible for the demand of BCI in smart home control system industry.
Brain-computer interface (BCI) is a technology that agree to communicate between a human-brain with an external technology. The term can be referred to an interface that takes signals from the brain to an external piece of hardware that sends signals to the brain. There are different brain-computer interface technologies developed, through different methods and for diversified purposes, including in virtual reality technology.
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Researchers plan for new centre to explore refreezing the poles, sucking out CO2 and ocean greening.
May 10, 2019
Bizarre New Theory: Something Tampered With the Early Universe
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: cosmology
Cosmologists have a new guess about why the universe is expanding outward faster than data says it ought to.
The hypothesis, according to research first shared on the preprint server ArXiv in November, goes as follows: When the universe was just a mere 100,000 years old, a mysterious energy field that scientists are calling “early dark energy” formed, rapidly pushing the still-forming cosmos outward even faster than before.
Another 100,000 years after that, the research suggests, the strange energy field faded away — and left the young, accelerated universe to its own devices.
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May 10, 2019
How a Woman’s Donated Body Became a Digital Cadaver | National Geographic
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Follow the life, death, and groundbreaking 3D resurrection of Susan Potter whose body became a high resolution digital cadaver.
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May 10, 2019
Newly-Invented “Zombie-Like Cells” Act Alive “Despite Being Dead”
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
All you need to do is switch out the cell type, and you can fish out a different type of drug candidate.
May 10, 2019
A distracted, divided U.S. is no match for China’s long-term plan for domination
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: government
The government and tech companies have trouble seeing beyond the next presidential term or fiscal period.
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