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There’s an Unfinished ‘City of The Future’ Tucked Away in The Arizona Desert

Jun 3
2019

There’s a giant contradiction in the middle of the Arizona desert: an experimental city designed for thousands that now contains only a few dozen inhabitants.

For nearly five decades, a group called the Cosanti Foundation has been working to build a city that would inspire a new future of urban design. Today, the project is only 5 percent complete.

Called Arcosanti, the city was envisioned by Italian architect Paolo Soleri, whose dream was to create an advanced urban laboratory where everyday activities could be powered by Earth’s natural resources.

Humanoid AI robot opens own art exhibition

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in robotics/AI

Jun 3
2019

Ai-Da will reveal AI-made artwork at an exhibition in Oxford.

KLM to help fund Flying-V plane, where passengers fly in the wings

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in transportation

Jun 3
2019

Dutch national carrier KLM will help fund the development of the Flying-V, a plane that would carry passengers in the wings and increase efficiency.

Detection of dead body underwater

Posted by Quinn Sena in biotech/medical, computing

Jun 3
2019

Learn more about image processing, human body detection, image processing under water, underwater vision system Computer Vision Toolbox.

Using Technology to Find Hidden Graves

Posted by Quinn Sena in futurism

Jun 3
2019

Forensic anthropologist Amy Mundorff measures the depth of a grave as the remote sensing research project gets underway.

Amy Smotherman Burgess/Knoxville News Sentinel/Zuma.

Mundorff knew from her own searches for buried murder victims in the United States that investigators often fail locate hidden graves, but she didn’t expect it to be so difficult in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The country is smaller than Louisiana, and the whereabouts of 8,000 people remain unknown.

Los Angeles transit to install body scanners that will screen for weapons and explosives

Posted by Quinn Sena in terrorism, transportation

Jun 3
2019

“While we are on watch, we will not have a repeat of 9/11 or any terrorist incident inside our transportation system in the United States,” said the TSA’s administrator.

Researchers reveal how to track down a corpse

Posted by Quinn Sena in futurism

Jun 3
2019

Keele University researchers published a review which sets out best practice when it comes to finding bodies on land, including ground penetrating radar methods to image the subsurface.

The US Army’s Next Rifle May Use Facial Recognition

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in futurism, robotics/AI

Jun 3
2019

Futuristic rifles may decide who to shoot.

Target acquired.

New Gene-Editing Method Could Lead To “Creation of a Super-Baby”

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in biotech/medical, genetics

Jun 3
2019

“The technology is similar to weapons and drugs…creation of a super-baby should be banned forever.”

The scientist behind the tech is calling for a ban.

Brush your teeth—postpone Alzheimer’s

Posted by Paul Battista in biotech/medical, neuroscience

Jun 3
2019

Researchers have determined that gum disease (gingivitis) plays a decisive role in whether a person develops Alzheimer´s or not.

“We discovered DNA-based proof that the bacteria causing gingivitis can move from the mouth to the brain,” says researcher Piotr Mydel at Broegelmanns Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen (UiB).

The bacteria produces a protein that destroys nerve cells in the brain, which in turn leads to loss of memory and ultimately, Alzheimer´s.