Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Fri, 31 May 2024 11:23:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 Tesla’s 8/8 Event: Robotaxi Predictions & Autonomous Vehicles https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/teslas-8-8-event-robotaxi-predictions-autonomous-vehicles https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/teslas-8-8-event-robotaxi-predictions-autonomous-vehicles#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 11:23:20 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/teslas-8-8-event-robotaxi-predictions-autonomous-vehicles

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‘Vanishing’ stars may be turning into black holes without going supernova, new study hints https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/vanishing-stars-may-be-turning-into-black-holes-without-going-supernova-new-study-hints https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/vanishing-stars-may-be-turning-into-black-holes-without-going-supernova-new-study-hints#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 11:22:46 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/vanishing-stars-may-be-turning-into-black-holes-without-going-supernova-new-study-hints

Stars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova first, a new study of a bizarre binary star system suggests.

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New AI tech predicts cardiac events due to coronary inflammation https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/new-ai-tech-predicts-cardiac-events-due-to-coronary-inflammation https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/new-ai-tech-predicts-cardiac-events-due-to-coronary-inflammation#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 11:22:32 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/new-ai-tech-predicts-cardiac-events-due-to-coronary-inflammation

“The ORFAN study is an expanding global registry which will include long-term clinical and outcome data for 250,000 patients from around the world, and we are very pleased to publish these initial results,” said Keith Channon, MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Oxford, Caristo Chief Medical Officer, and co-author of The Lancet publication.

“Coronary inflammation is a crucial piece of the puzzle in predicting heart attack risk. We are excited to discover that CaRi-Heart results performed exceptionally well in predicting patient cardiac events. This tool is well positioned to help clinicians identify high-risk patients with seemingly ‘normal’ CCTA scans.”

Ron Blankstein, MD, Professor of Medicine and Radiology at Harvard Medical School, Director of Cardiac Computed Tomography at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and co-author of the publication, applauded The Lancet for publishing results from one of the largest studies in the field of CCTA.

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Precision’s Brain Chip Sets Record with 4,096 Electrodes on Brain, Better Than Neuralink? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/precisions-brain-chip-sets-record-with-4096-electrodes-on-brain-better-than-neuralink https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/precisions-brain-chip-sets-record-with-4096-electrodes-on-brain-better-than-neuralink#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 09:22:23 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/precisions-brain-chip-sets-record-with-4096-electrodes-on-brain-better-than-neuralink

In this new standard set by Precision Neuroscience, the rising brain chip industry is seeing significant growth, especially with Neuralink, also known for its first successful implant in the past.

Precision’s Brain Chip Sets Record With 4.096 Electrodes on Brain

Precision Neuroscience shared its latest milestone on its brain-computer interface (BCI), which it recently placed on a human brain in collaboration with the Mount Sinai Health System, successfully placing 4,096 electrodes on cerebral matter.

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Researchers Visualize Energetic Ion Flow in Fusion Devices https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/researchers-visualize-energetic-ion-flow-in-fusion-devices https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/researchers-visualize-energetic-ion-flow-in-fusion-devices#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 07:23:08 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/researchers-visualize-energetic-ion-flow-in-fusion-devices

For the first time, scientists successfully track energetic ion flow through space and energy driven by electromagnetic waves in fusion plasmas.

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Squishy magnetic microjoints bend the rules of microrobotics https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/squishy-magnetic-microjoints-bend-the-rules-of-microrobotics https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/squishy-magnetic-microjoints-bend-the-rules-of-microrobotics#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 05:23:14 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/squishy-magnetic-microjoints-bend-the-rules-of-microrobotics

Soft materials and magnetic fields enable a new generation of dexterous, fast-moving microrobotic joints for complex object manipulation tasks.

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NASA’s ChatGPT-like AI will let spaceships talk to astronauts https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/nasas-chatgpt-like-ai-will-let-spaceships-talk-to-astronauts https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/nasas-chatgpt-like-ai-will-let-spaceships-talk-to-astronauts#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 05:22:52 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/nasas-chatgpt-like-ai-will-let-spaceships-talk-to-astronauts

NASA is developing a ChatGPT-style interface for future spacecraft, giving astronauts the ability to talk to the systems using natural language — and have the systems talk right back.

Space talk: In June 2018, a massive dust storm on Mars engulfed NASA’s Opportunity rover, cutting off communication with Earth. Eight months later, NASA announced an end to the rover’s 15-year Mars mission.

“The last message [NASA] received was basically, ‘My battery is low and it’s getting dark,’” tweeted science reporter Jacob Margolis after talking to NASA about the rover.

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Cellular Origins and CGT Catapult partner to automate cell and gene therapy manufacturing https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/cellular-origins-and-cgt-catapult-partner-to-automate-cell-and-gene-therapy-manufacturing https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/cellular-origins-and-cgt-catapult-partner-to-automate-cell-and-gene-therapy-manufacturing#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 03:27:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/cellular-origins-and-cgt-catapult-partner-to-automate-cell-and-gene-therapy-manufacturing

Cellular Origins and the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult (CGT Catapult) have announced a new collaboration to demonstrate universal automation of CGT manufacturing.

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Even the smartest AI likely won’t be “alive.” Here’s why https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/even-the-smartest-ai-likely-wont-be-alive-heres-why https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/even-the-smartest-ai-likely-wont-be-alive-heres-why#comments Fri, 31 May 2024 03:26:29 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/even-the-smartest-ai-likely-wont-be-alive-heres-why

33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question ‘Is life computable?’

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Nanoscale engineering brings light-twisting materials to more extreme settings https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/nanoscale-engineering-brings-light-twisting-materials-to-more-extreme-settings https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/nanoscale-engineering-brings-light-twisting-materials-to-more-extreme-settings#respond Fri, 31 May 2024 03:24:31 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/05/nanoscale-engineering-brings-light-twisting-materials-to-more-extreme-settings

Imaging the hot turbulence of aircraft propulsion systems may now be possible with sturdy sheets of composite materials that twist light beams, according to research led by the University of Michigan and Air Force Research Laboratory.

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