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Jan 7, 2019

Linux 5 is on the way

Posted by in category: computing

But even Linus Torvalds says it’s not that big of a deal.


Jan 7, 2019

Samsung is getting into robots

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, robotics/AI

The company is showing several prototypes at CES, including an exoskeleton and a home robot.


Jan 7, 2019

This is how Elon Musk plans to use SpaceX to give internet to everyone

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites

You get internet! And YOU get internet!


The Starlink satellite launch is just the beginning of SpaceX’s plan to cover the globe with internet.

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Jan 7, 2019

TresClean: The #TresClean Project will develop high- throughput laser-based texturing for fluid- repellent and antibacterial metal surfaces using innovative industrial high-average power ultrashort-pulsed lasers in combination with high-performance scanning heads

Posted by in categories: biological, food

These technologies will be applied to produce self- cleaning and aseptic machine parts for food industry.


Project will develop high-throughput laser-based texturing for fluid-repellent and antibacterial metal surfaces using innovative industrial high-average power ultrashort-pulsed lasers in combination with high-performance scanning heads. These technologies will be applied to produce self-cleaning and aseptic machine parts for food industry (e.g. components in contact with biological foods) and home appliances (e.g. dishwashers) by utilising a beam deliverary method over areas that can reach 250mm2.


Jan 7, 2019

Share Your Thoughts and Gain Perspective with IBM Project Debater

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

#ProjectDebater –Speech by Crowd is an experimental #AI platform that uses your arguments to create pro and con narratives on topics of debate.

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Jan 7, 2019

LG flexes roll-up TV as screens start to bend

Posted by in category: electronics

LG on Monday unveiled a roll-up television screen as a trend of bendable displays began taking shape at a consumer electronics extravaganza in Las Vegas.

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Jan 7, 2019

Bill Gates warns that nobody is paying attention to this state-of-the-art scientific technology that could make inequality even worse

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

Gene editing is one of the most promising new approaches to treating human diseases today.

It also raises “enormous” ethical questions, Bill Gates recently warned, and “could make inequity worse, especially if it is available only for wealthy people.”

“I am surprised that these issues haven’t generated more attention from the general public,” he said in a December blog post, adding that “this might be the most important public debate we haven’t been having widely enough.”

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Jan 7, 2019

Bottle feeding may play role in whether kids are left-handed

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Bottle feeding infants is associated with left-handedness, according to a new study.

The study finds that the prevalence of left-handedness is lower among breastfed infants as compared to bottle-fed infants. The researchers identified this finding in about 60,000 mother-infant pairs and they accounted for known risk factors for handedness.

The results provide further insight into the development of complex brain functions which ultimately determine which side of the batter box the infant likely will choose.

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Jan 7, 2019

Triple-negative breast cancer responds to new dual-target therapy

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

An experimental therapy that targets two growth pathways reduced cancer cell proliferation and spread in mice with triple-negative breast cancer.

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Jan 7, 2019

New Drug Trial Could Halt Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

The drug already provides short-term benefits to people with ALS.

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