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Nov 10, 2018

Scientists Now Believe That The Universe Itself Is Conscious

Posted by in categories: cosmology, neuroscience

I think aspects of our Universe are conscious. Dark matter or the æther perhaps. Stagnancy is death so change inherently means something is making decisions.


A new scientific concept has recently come to light, which scientists are calling “panpsychism.” Panpsychism says that the universe could be capable of consciousness, which could change everything.

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Nov 10, 2018

Dubai Police Receive First Delivery of Innovative Hoversurf Drone, Begin Training

Posted by in categories: drones, innovation

Hoversurf showed its rideable drone off in Dubai last October, and now, police are actively training to operate them for routine use.

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Nov 10, 2018

World’s Largest Neuromorphic Supercomputer Activated

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, supercomputing

SpiNNaker was built under the leadership of Professor Steve Furber at The University of Manchester, a principal designer of two products that earned the Queen’s Award for Technology —the ARM 32-bit RISC microprocessor, and the BBC Microcomputer.

“The ultimate objective for the project has always been a million cores in a single computer for real time brain modelling applications, and we have now achieved it, which is fantastic.” — Professor Steve Furber, The University of Manchester

Inspired by the human brain, the SpiNNaker is capable of sending billions of small amounts of information simultaneously. The SpiNNaker has a staggering 1 million processors that are able to perform over 200 million actions per second.

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Nov 10, 2018

Material scientists create fabric alternative to batteries for wearable devices

Posted by in categories: energy, health, wearables

A major factor holding back development of wearable biosensors for health monitoring is the lack of a lightweight, long-lasting power supply. Now scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by materials chemist Trisha L. Andrew report that they have developed a method for making a charge-storing system that is easily integrated into clothing for “embroidering a charge-storing pattern onto any garment.”

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Nov 10, 2018

Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

An inexpensive way to make products incorporating nanoparticles—such as high-performance energy devices or sophisticated diagnostic tests—has been developed by researchers.

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Nov 10, 2018

Elon Musk authorizes Tesla employees to provide assistance for the California wildfires and ‘not worry about payment’

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation

California, Tesla’s home state, is currently on fire as the current wildfire season is proving to be particularly devastating.

CEO Elon Musk has authorized Tesla employees to provide assistance for the wildfires and not worry about payment.

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Nov 10, 2018

Researchers Uncover A Circuit For Sadness In The Human Brain

Posted by in categories: health, neuroscience

Sadness Circuit Found In Human Brain : Shots — Health News When people are feeling glum, it often means that brain areas involved in emotion and memory are communicating. Researchers now have observed the circuit in action in humans.

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Nov 10, 2018

Gravitational waves could solve a cosmological crisis within five years—or shake physics to its core

Posted by in categories: physics, space

This could be the last decade that cosmologists debate how fast the universe is expanding.

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Nov 10, 2018

F.D.A. Plans to Seek a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

Posted by in category: futurism

The move is part of an aggressive campaign against many products containing nicotine, including flavored e-cigarettes. Menthol has long been a concern among African-Americans because of its addictive qualities.

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Nov 10, 2018

How History Forgot the Woman Who Defined Autism

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Grunya Sukhareva characterized autism nearly two decades before Austrian doctors Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger.

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