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Jul 5, 2017
Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: government, quantum physics
Quantum theory says that stuff doesn’t exist when we’re not looking at it. But weirder-than-weird experiments are resurrecting a long-derided alternative.
By Anil Ananthaswamy
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Jul 5, 2017
“Self-driving room” adapts to each passenger’s needs
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
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National Electric Vehicle Sweden, which purchased Saab’s assets back in 2012, is using CES Asia to show its vision of autonomous commuting. Owning a car is out in this particular mobility vision, and vehicles not only pick you up and drop you off autonomously, they change their interiors around your needs and whims. So you enjoy a personalized ride and can make the most of every moment.
Jul 5, 2017
The not-so-secret plan to genetically modify astronauts
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: genetics, space
Some scientists are thinking about what human space travelers will look like in the future. They might be extra-small and radiation-proof.
Jul 5, 2017
How SoftBank is Betting Billions to Prepare for the Singularity
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: singularity
Jul 5, 2017
Reality guide: A poster of how everything fits together
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: physics
Our ultimate user’s guide to fundamental physics – all on one spectacular poster for you to download for free.
Download the poster as a PDF file.
Jul 5, 2017
The Roots Of Consciousness: We’re Of 2 Minds
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Surgery that severs the link between brain hemispheres reveals that those halves have way different views of the world. We ask a pioneering scientist what that tells us about human consciousness.
Jul 5, 2017
Billionaire Fortress Investor: Cryptocurrencies Will Be Worth $5 Trillion by 2022
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: cryptocurrencies
Billionaire investor Michael Novogratz explains that the cryptocurrency market will be worth $5 trillion by 2022.
Jul 5, 2017
Building Circuits Without Touching Them: Watch Carbon Nanotubes Self-Assemble
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: nanotechnology
Through Teslaphoresis, nanotubes can be directed to assemble themselves into wires within this force field, making it possible to build circuits without physical contact.
Scientists from Rice University found a way to conduct electricity without making physical contact between the circuit and the energy source. Using a Tesla coil’s antenna to project a gradient high-voltage forcefield into air, they were able to polarize carbon nanotubes within this Teslaphoretic (TEP) field, which then spring out like webs to assemble themselves into wires.
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Jul 5, 2017
This Camera Technology Doesn’t Have a Lens at All
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: electronics
Engineers have developed a type of camera that doesn’t require any lenses. They’re replacing curved glass with something that does the same job computationally – an ultra-thin optical phased array.
Researchers hope that the findings could turn a wide range of flat surfaces into image collectors.
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