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Oct 13, 2024

Record-shattering ultrashort laser pulses created, reach 100 MW power

Posted by in category: energy

A new laser oscillator generates ultrashort pulses, 50% more powerful than the previous record.


Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a laser oscillator that produces the most powerful ultra-short laser pulses ever.

The pulses from the laser last for less than 10−12 seconds. However, on average, they carry 550 watts of power, with peak power output reaching 100 megawatts — this is more than enough to power hundreds of thousands of vacuum cleaners together for a short duration.

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Oct 13, 2024

New AI glasses instantly reveal identities just by looking at people

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Discover superhero abilities with I-XRAY, AI glasses that reveal anyone’s personal info like address, name, and phone number with a glance.

Oct 13, 2024

Blindsight is one of the ambitious projects by Neuralink, the neurotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, neuroscience

The concept behind Blindsight involves leveraging brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) to restore or even enhance sensory perception in individuals who have lost their sight. The goal is to bypass damaged or non-functional parts of the visual system by directly interfacing with the brain’s visual cortex, allowing users to see using digital inputs processed by the Neuralink implant.

The idea is that the implant could take visual information from cameras or other sensors and transmit it directly to the brain, potentially allowing users to perceive images or their surroundings without relying on their natural eyes.

Oct 13, 2024

Wastewater bacteria can break down plastic for food

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, food

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems.


Finding could lead to bioengineering solutions to clean up plastic waste.

A new study finds that a common bacterium can break down plastic for food, opening new possibilities for bacteria-based engineering solutions to help clean up plastic waste. Illustration credit Ludmilla Aristilde/Northwestern University.

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Oct 13, 2024

Topology joke by henryseg

Posted by in categories: 3D printing, humor, mathematics

Model is featured in figure 5.4 of Visualizing Mathematics with 3D Printing. This is joint work with Keenan Crane.

Oct 13, 2024

Inside @ibm’s Quantum System Two, The World’s First Modular Utility Scale Quantum Computer

Posted by in categories: business, encryption, mathematics, quantum physics, robotics/AI

#ibm #heron #quantumcomputer #quantumphysics #softwareengineering #developers #programming #artificialintelligence #ai #neuralnetworks #machinelearning #explorepage #financialmarkets #cryptography #business #productdevelopment #researchanddevelopment #computerscience #qubit #engineering #technology #startups #science #mathematics #innovation #invention

Oct 13, 2024

Elon: AGI is likely to emerge from our autonomous cars and humanoids

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

We’re not actually specifically focused on AGI.

I’m simply saying that AGI seems likely to be an emergent property of what we’re doing, because we’re creating all these autonomous cars and autonomous humanoids that are actually a truly gigantic data stream that’s coming in and being processed.

Oct 13, 2024

Have We Maxed Out on Life Expectancy Gains?

Posted by in category: life extension

This is about life expectancy, not radical life extension.


A new study has suggested that radical life extension is all but impossible in this century [1], and it has made waves among people interested in living longer.

A paper titled “Implausibility of radical life extension in humans in the twenty-first century” was destined to ignite controversy in the longevity community. Published in Nature Aging, it lists Jay Olshansky as its corresponding author, a renowned researcher who has been studying the populational dynamics of life expectancy for decades. We delved deeper into this study and reached several prominent community members for comments.

Oct 13, 2024

SpaceX Starship Launch 5: Everything That Happened in 12 Minutes

Posted by in categories: media & arts, space travel

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Oct 13, 2024

Scientists claim two people communicated in their dreams in world first

Posted by in category: internet

I’ve been having the most insane dreams recently…


Scientists have brought science fiction one step closer to reality by achieving the first two-way communication between individuals during lucid dreaming, Report informs referring to the Daily Mail.

In an experiment that sounds like a scene out of the movie ‘Inception,’ REMspace — a California-based startup that designs technology to enhance sleep and lucid dreaming — reportedly exchanged a message between two people who were asleep.

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