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New cancer therapy causes cancer cells to explode.

Presidential candidate, Zoltan Istvan, claims he knows two Americans who are travelling abroad to get the technology. He says it could become a widespread practice in 5 to 10 years.

A new paper concludes that a super-Earth size planet may reside in the habitable zone of a star only 16 light years away.

The US Air Force’s 846th Test Squadron is on a bit of a roll when it comes to breaking world speed records. A couple of years ago, the unit set the speed record for magnetic levitation at 510 mph. Then earlier this year on March 2nd, the squad broke the record again at Holloman’s Air Force Base in New Mexico, sending a 2,000 pound, magnetically levitated, rocket-powered sled down a nearly frictionless track at 513 mph. But that record only stood for two days, when the 846th set a new one at an incredible 633 mph.

UCLA researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope.

Bots are only as good as their under pinning legacy infrastructure/ networks. Glad to see this article and someone speaking again for investors outside SV.

Bots hit the mark on every pattern Silicon Valley loves. But for investors and entrepreneurs — and executives outside of San Francisco trying to figure out what this bot business is all about — it’s worth taking a step back and looking at this frenzy with fresh eyes and a bigger picture.

Simple interactions between people — making a connection, following and messaging — when captured in a digital network of people who know each other already personally, professionally or by reputation, have created a handful of extremely valuable networks where three billion people today spend the majority of their time.

Continue reading “Build Networks, Not Bots” »

Again; many problems with AI & IoT all ties back to the infrastructure of things. Focus on fast tracking QC and an interim solution (pre-QC) such as a mix of Nvidia’s GPU, blockchain for financial transactions, etc. to improve the infrastructure and Net then investors will begin to pay more attention to AI, etc.

After more than 60 years since its conceptual inception — and after too many hype-generating moments — AI is yet again making its presence felt in mainstream media.

Following a recent WEF report, many perceive AI as a threat to our jobs, while others even go so far to assert that it poses a real threat to humanity itself.

Continue reading “What Does it Mean to ‘Move to the Cloud’? This eBook Breaks Down the Myths” »

We’re not there yet. First step will be BMIs which last week’s announcement of the 1st successful human BMI enabling a paralyzed man to use his hands again. Once we perfect BMI plus bio computing as well as other nano technologies we can then say we’re in the age of real HCI and Singularity.

The same theory that explains the puzzling fly-by anomalies could also explain how the controversial EmDrive produces thrust.