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Apr 8, 2018

Goodyear goes green in Geneva with photosynthesizing concept tire

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Many great ideas in this article!


For the last few years, Goodyear has rolled into the Geneva Motor Show with new tire designs that could be described as intriguing concepts at best and crazy, outlandish ideas at worst. Either way, they do provoke thought around the future of transport and this year’s rendition is no different, hiding living moss inside the sidewall to cleanse the surrounding air as the car rolls down the road.

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Apr 8, 2018

Study Suggests You Can Survive Certain Black Holes

Posted by in categories: cosmology, futurism

A black hole could strip your past and give you infinite futures, according to a new study.

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Apr 8, 2018

New Scientific Theory Suggests That The Universe Is Conscious And We Are A Part Of A Giant Mind!

Posted by in category: particle physics

WE ARE THE UNIVERSE BECOMING CONSCIOUS OF ITSELF!

Science and technology have relatively bridged the gap between man and the universe throughout the history of time. Yet there remains a lot more to be discovered.

From theories explaining gravity to establishing atoms as the building blocks of all matter, scientific developments have come a long way to introduce man into the hidden truths of the world.

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Apr 8, 2018

Robot attends class at MIT, can’t find a seat

Posted by in categories: habitats, robotics/AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFYvUJfnuPg

SpotMini attends MIT 6.S099: Artificial General Intelligence https://agi.mit.edu Thanks to our friend from Boston Dynamics for the visit. Notes: There’s no audio. SpotMini’s movements are not sped up. All were performed live in front of a packed house of students. It was amazing to witness in person.

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Apr 8, 2018

Iran hit by global cyber attack that left U.S. flag on screens

Posted by in category: cybercrime/malcode

DUBAI (Reuters) — Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our elections”, the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer keyboard in front of the displayed cyber code in this illustration picture taken on March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo.

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Apr 8, 2018

Gene therapy may help astronauts going to Mars resist deadly radiation

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, space travel

Researchers and scientists say new discoveries and drug creation could be beneficial to future astronauts on deep space missions.

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Apr 8, 2018

How to See the ‘Jupiter Triangle’ in April’s Night Sky

Posted by in category: space

Jupiter and two bright stars make up a “Jupiter triangle” in the night sky. Here’s how to look for it in April and through summer.

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Apr 8, 2018

3 Worlds in a Line

Posted by in category: space

The waning moon is in the predawn sky, busily passing planets. EarthSky community photos of the moon, Mars and Saturn, here.

moon, Saturn, Mars over Triton fountain

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Apr 8, 2018

The CDC is terrified of these germs, so it’s trying to contain them

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

As might be expected, the CDC is spooked by these bacteria. If they spread, as infections are want to do, the agency is tasked with stopping them, and that’s no easy task.

On April 3, CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat announced the agency’s latest containment strategy, which recommends an aggressive response to the appearance of even a single case of drug-resistant infection. The germs usually appear in hospital settings, so the CDC says health care workers should be prepared to contain the drug-resistant microbes before they can travel beyond a hospital’s doors.

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Apr 8, 2018

Elon Musk Urges People to Watch Chris Paine’s A.I. Movie While It’s Free

Posted by in categories: education, Elon Musk, robotics/AI

“Do You Trust this Computer?” is a documentary about artificial intelligence and it’s free to stream until tonight.


Chris Paine, the man behind “Who Killed the Electric Car” that looked at General Motors and Tesla, has a new documentary called “Do You Trust This Computer” that looks at how artificial intelligence could threaten the future of humanity. Elon Musk shared the video on Twitter.

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