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Harvard Researchers Create Electronic Artificial Eye
Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens, that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major contributors to blurry images: focus, astigmatism, and image shift. The research is published in Science Advances. “This … Continue reading
Breakthrough Test Reveals AI Can Read Our Minds and Reproduce Images We Think of
I wonder if this type of AI technology could one day make lying obsolete? via Express UK: ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) can be used to read people’s minds and recreate faces they are imagining through the examination of electrical signals, neuroscientists have found. Subjects of the test, the full findings of which were published in the eNeuro journal, were hooked up … Continue reading
Mysterious Heat Anomaly Detected In The Gulf Of Mexico
An unusual observation has been noticed in the Gulf of Mexico as a persistent heat anomaly continues to appear on multiple instruments and weather maps. Is an underwater volcano starting to erupt or is a hydro thermal vent possibly? The last reading was 133 degrees! One of the largest underwater volcanoes, a so-called asphalt volcano, resides in the Gulf of … Continue reading
New Theory as to How Our Moon May Have Formed [Infographic]
How our moon came to be seems to bring about interesting theories. Here is the latest. via Forbes: A new theory on how the Moon was formed has been published. It has some new ideas that explain a lot more about the Moon’s chemical composition. It seems to stack up well against the giant impact theory. Which theory do you … Continue reading
This Strange Species is Like Alien Life on Earth, it Lives Off Nuclear Energy
This is beyond amazing, how nature…how? via Science Alert: When you’re trying to figure out what alien life might look like, it makes sense to be looking in the most extreme environments Earth has available. One such place where life has been found to thrive is three kilometres (1.86 miles) beneath the ground, the home of one of the strangest … Continue reading
Researcher Doesn’t Think the Pineal Gland Alters Consciousness by DMT Secretion
Psychedelic researcher David E. Nichols is pushing back against the belief that the pineal gland in the brain produces mystical experiences because it creates a powerful psychoactive substance called N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). The pineal gland is a small structure inside the brain that influences the sleep cycle by secreting the hormone melatonin. But claims have spread that the pineal gland also … Continue reading
A Strange Extremely Long Trail Was Seen in the Sky Extending the Entire Length of the Earth
It’s amazing how things like this don’t make the mainstream news even as a side story. via UfoSightingsHotSpot: Several days ago there was a really bizarre observation on Google Earth and Google Maps. A baffling line of thousands of miles that extended from the South Pole, Antarctica to the North Pole has not only spotted on Google Earth and Google … Continue reading
Mysterious Humming Noise Has Plagued Canadian City For Years, Driving Residents ‘Mad’
A mysterious low-level humming noise which has plagued a Canadian city for years has left residents unable to cope with the persistent sound with poor health. The Windsor Hum, can be heard throughout Windsor, Ontario, home to almost 220,000 people, but it has been reported 90 miles away in the US city of Cleveland. Complaints of the part noise, part … Continue reading
Digital Immortality: Swedish Scientists Look to Revive the Dead in Robots Using AI
Fascinating and of course being an unknown, it’s also a little terrifying when you really think about what that might actually be like to be revived into a robot. Will the person go mad, will they be happy or learn to be happy with their shell? How will others react to interacting with it, will this be a new life … Continue reading
Google’s AI to Use Retinal Scan to Predict Heart Disease and Hypertension
Google always brings tremendous innovations but with like everything they do I can’t help but always feel their intentions might be more than meets the eyes (no pun intended). via USA Today: I can look into your eyes and see straight to your heart. It may sound like a sappy sentiment from a Hallmark card. Essentially though, that’s what researchers … Continue reading
