Start-Up Company Says It Can Upload Your Brain, But There’s a Deadly Catch
Apparently there is already a waiting list! This type of thing is fascinating but I haven’t given it enough thought to say whether or not I would go for something like this, but without thinking about it too deeply I would tend to say I would probably go for it if I had the option and opportunity. Would you? via … Continue reading
US Military Plans to Have More Robot Soldiers Than Humans by 2025
DARPA is thrilled about the this development. It may sound like a good thing to have cyborgs fighting instead of humans but this brings about many new dilemmas. There are many ethical aspects to this. One being, think about one country using robots to kill their adversaries human soldiers, doesn’t seem right. I suppose if both sided were of the … Continue reading
Tiny Nano Robots that ‘Starve’ Cancer Tumors Developed by Chinese Scientists
Over the past decade there has been some fantastic inventions and innovations in the fight against cancer, it is very encouraging, I hope we start putting a serious dent in this deadly foe very soon! via: CGTN Chinese scientists said they have successfully created and tested the world’s first autonomous DNA nanorobots to combat cancer tumors, paving the way for … Continue reading
DARPA Investigating Possibility of ‘Slowing Biological Time’
While it is unfortunate that war is often the inspiration for these projects and programs I guess in the long run the potential benefits will eventually make its way to peaceful (non military) applications. via Unexplained-Mysteries: When a soldier is injured, time is of the essence. Known as Biostasis, the program aims to increase the odds of survival for injured … Continue reading
New Vision Correcting “Nanodrops” Could Ultimately Replace Glasses and Contacts
This is a fantastic breakthrough, sometimes it takes something like this to come along and remind us of what a fantastic time we live with regards to technology and science. via Contentbuket: New eye drops produced by experts from the Shaare Zedek center and Bar-Ilan University in Israel can improve both nearsightedness and farsightedness, the inventors claim. However, up to … Continue reading
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
New Trojan Malware Threat Could Mind-Control Neural Networks
Each new technological breakthrough comes seemingly prepackaged with a new way for hackers to kill us all: self-driving cars, space-based weapons, and even nuclear security systems are vulnerable to someone with the right knowledge and a bit of code. Now, deep-learning artificial intelligence looks like the next big threat, and not because it will gain sentience to murder us with … 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
Infrasound Microphones Could Provide Early Warning of Volcano Eruptions
Maybe we should be using this on Yellowstone volcano..am I right? via Digital Trends: Their technology involves monitoring inaudible low frequencies, called infrasound, which are produced by a type of active volcano such as the in southern Chile. “Many volcanoes produce energetic infrasound — not ultrasound — which is low-frequency sound that travels long distances through the atmosphere and can … Continue reading
