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Jun 27, 2017

Charging Your Devices Could Soon Be as Simple as Connecting to WiFi

Posted by in categories: internet, mobile phones, robotics/AI

  • Disney researchers have developed innovative technology that will allow people to charge their devices in a truly wireless fashion
  • If this technology could be commercially adopted, it could revolutionize the way that we use and create everything from smartphones to AI robots

It seems like almost everything has gone wireless. Yet somehow, when it comes to charging electronic devices, we still have to deal with cords. Sure wireless charging exists, but only for small devices like your smartphone. And even then, it’s not convenient as you might hope. To actually power a device, a phone must maintain contact with a charging pad, which means it can’t be used while charging. This seems to be even a bigger hassle than dealing with cords and cables.

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Jun 27, 2017

This artificial womb can grow a baby inside your living room

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

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Jun 27, 2017

Leather Is Made Entirely Of Mushrooms

Posted by in category: futurism

Would you wear mushroom leather?

Via Green Matters

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Jun 27, 2017

Machine Over Mind In A New Economy

Posted by in categories: business, economics, robotics/AI

➡🖒⛧Well worth a listen!⛧🖒⬅.


Robots moving deeper into the American workplace—how much decision-making will we turn over to machines?

For all the change that has come with the digital revolution – in the ways we work and communicate and do business – the real impact still lies ahead. Computers – machines themselves – are become smarter all the time. That intelligence is being wired into real world action. That’s overturning giant companies. It’s moving in on what we thought only humans could do. Andrew McAfee and Eric Brynjolfsson are on it. It’s exciting. And terrifying. This hour On Point: intelligent machines move in. — Tom Ashbrook

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Jun 27, 2017

Journal Club: June 27th 13:00 EST/18:00 UK

Posted by in category: life extension

Today live from Cooper Union, NYC, the June edition of Journal Club is being broadcast on our Facebook page at 13:00 EST / 18:00 UK.

We are discussing the recent paper “Common Telomere Changes during In Vivo Reprogramming and Early Stages of Tumorigenesis.” by Blaso et al.

Tune in today and get involved in the discussion. Journal Club is made possible thanks to the support of our Lifespan Heroes.

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Jun 27, 2017

If EMdrive is real and scales with Q factor then we get almost Star Trek level Technology

Posted by in categories: quantum physics, space travel

Adam Crowl considers spaceships if EM-Drive is verified as a real thing.

If the NASA emdrive performance of 1.2 millinewtons per kilowatt.

8.3 TeraWatts of power would be needed to provide 10 million newtons of thrust to accelerate a 1000 ton space-craft at 1 gee of acceleration. We have no power source that could generate 8.3 TeraWatts for a 1000 ton spacecraft.

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Jun 27, 2017

Ultra-Thin Camera Creates Images Without Lenses

Posted by in category: electronics

Engineers have built a camera that does not need lenses to focus light.

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Jun 26, 2017

Lunar Laser Link: Virtual Reality from the Moon

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel, virtual reality

The world’s first laser communication link … from the Moon!

A laser communications terminal on a private firm’s upcoming mission to the Moon has been announced during this week’s Paris Air Show.

Astrobotic of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ATLAS Space Operations Inc. of Traverse City, Michigan are now linked at the laser – offering up to one gigabit per second of data to its customers.

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Jun 26, 2017

There’s a Major Problem with AI’s Decision Making

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

‘Deep learning’ AI should be able to explain its automated decision-making—but it can’t. And even its creators are lost on where to begin.

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Jun 26, 2017

Biologists Plan to Bring the Woolly Mammoth Back to Life by 2019

Posted by in category: bioengineering

A team of researchers believe they could bring back the woolly mammoth from extinction within the next two years.

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