Jul 10, 2015
Secrets of Bear Hibernation Could Help Us Get to Mars
Posted by Albert Sanchez in categories: space, space travel
By studying bears’ months-long lethargy, scientists may have stumbled on a way to prevent astronauts’ bone loss.
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Jul 10, 2015
The Art of Time | The Plus
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: hardware, software
Art and photography often dovetail nicely, to the point of being indistinct at times. But rarely does photography achieve the sort of free-flowing, brush-like effects that Matt Molloy imbues his incredible Time Stack photographs with. “My time stack series is a lot like a digital version of what the impressionist painters where trying to achieve in the 19th-century,” says Matt.
Jul 10, 2015
EVA Movie Trailer (Science Fiction — 2015)
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: robotics/AI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ctMc4DFpik
A cybernetic engineer creates a very special child robot ★Join us on Facebook ► http://facebook.com/HorrorScifiMovies ★ Sci-Fi Fan? Don’t miss THIS ➨ http:/…
Jul 10, 2015
The Future of the Web Looks a Lot Like Bitcoin — Morgen E. Peck | IEEE Spectrum
Posted by Seb in categories: bitcoin, computing, internet
“We lack ‘true agency’ on the Internet. That is to say, all of the data we create online and all of the operations we execute are handled for us by centralized servers, most of which sit in massive data centers operated by corporations and government institutions. We depend on these servers for everything.”
Jul 9, 2015
In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline in 2014, Even as Global Economy Grows
Posted by Jeremy Lichtman in categories: energy, sustainability
Jul 9, 2015
A Celebration of Risk (a.k.a., Robots Take a Spill)
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: robotics/AI
DARPA is an agency that takes high risks in pursuit of great rewards. This video is a celebration of risk. Thank you to all of the teams that participated in…
Jul 9, 2015
Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality
Posted by Simon Waslander in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Google Ventures and the Search for Immortality
Bill Maris has $425 million to invest this year, and the freedom to invest it however he wants. He’s looking for companies that will slow aging, reverse disease, and extend life.
Jul 9, 2015
After 10 breakthroughs and $3B in research, IBM announces tiny 7-nanometer chips
Posted by Simon Waslander in categories: computing, electronics
In semiconductor chip research, IBM has been racking up the breakthroughs for decades. And now it says that work is paying off with the creation of the first 7-nanometer chips.
And these chips will ensure that industry progress, summarized as Moore’s Law, will continue for at least another generation. Once the chips proliferate in the market, we’ll see faster, cheaper, and better electronics products out in the marketplace, from faster computers to smarter “Internet of things” devices, or everyday objects that are smart and connected.
Jul 9, 2015
IBM Discloses Working Version of a Much Higher-Capacity Chip
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: computing, electronics
A consortium of which the company is a part has made working versions of ultradense seven-nanometer chips, capable of holding much more information than existing chips.
Jul 9, 2015
10 Futuristic Weapons That Will Change Modern Warfare
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: cyborgs, futurism, military
Invisibility cloaks, cyborg insects, laser beam weapons…you name it, it’s probably secretly being development as you read this right now. Advances in modern weaponry have leapt straight out of science fiction films and into military reality. The US Military budget for 2016 is $786.6 billion. With that kind of spending, it’s not surprising that there have been some insane recent advancements. Here is a list of the 10 most futuristic weapons that will change modern warfare for ever.
