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Dec 23, 2021

Take a look at this delicious lickable screen to see the future we knew was coming

Posted by in categories: chemistry, futurism

The ultimate cooking show experience.


A professor has created Taste the TV (TTTV), a system of chemicals and rolling plastic that lets you lick a screen to taste what it’s displaying. The mind reels with the endless possibilities of this kind of tech.

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Dec 23, 2021

Quantum computing: Japan takes step toward light-based technology

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics, quantum physics

NTT, University of Tokyo and Riken aim for full-fledged system by 2030.


TOKYO — A Japanese team of scientists on Wednesday announced a key step in the development of a quantum computer using photons, or particles of light, that eliminates the need for an ultracold environment used to cool existing machines.

Dec 23, 2021

Quantum Marbles in a Bowl of Light — The Speed Limit for Quantum Computations

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

An international study shows which factors determine the speed limit for quantum computations.

Which factors determine how fast a quantum computer can perform its calculations? Physicists at the University of Bonn and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have devised an elegant experiment to answer this question. The results of the study are published in the journal Science Advances.

Quantum computers are highly sophisticated machines that rely on the principles of quantum mechanics to process information. This should enable them to handle certain problems in the future that are completely unsolvable for conventional computers. But even for quantum computers, fundamental limits apply to the amount of data they can process in a given time.

Dec 23, 2021

SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivers Christmas presents (and supplies) to space station

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

A turkey dinner and presents arrived in time for the holidays.


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station early Wednesday (Dec. 22), carrying with it a holiday haul of science gear and Christmas treats for the astronauts living on the orbital outpost.

The autonomous Dragon resupply ship docked itself at the orbital outpost at 3:41 a.m. EST (0841 GMT), ahead of its planned 4:30 a.m. docking time. It parked itself at the space-facing port on the station’s Harmony module, with NASA astronauts Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn monitoring the docking from inside the station.

Dec 23, 2021

Axiom Space developing in-house spacesuits to prepare for future stations

Posted by in categories: futurism, space

Even as commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space prepares to launch the first fully private crew to the International Space Station early next year, its engineers are also developing in-house spacesuits.

Texas-based Axiom teased the spacesuits in a tweet posted on Nov. 23. While the suits fit into Axiom’s own long-term plans of creating private space stations that can host paid research missions, the company also hopes to provide the suits to NASA as the space agency prepares for crewed Artemis program launches to the moon.

Dec 23, 2021

I can’t deal with this anymore… so this will be my last attempt…

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

This is an interesting rant about how Google, who owns YouTube, refuses to provide basic tools to stop scammers from stealing everyone’s money. The reason this is important is it shows how there is going to be virtually NO ONE trying to stop someone from creating an unfriendly AGI or a nanoweapon, etc. Maybe on the one thousandth nanoweapon they would do something, assuming there are any survivors from the first 999 such weapons…

Governments/organizations are very slow to respond to problems.

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Dec 23, 2021

Woman with rare gene mutations feels no pain, anxiety

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

“Each of these mutations teach us something, and point to a particular gene as a potential target for new and more effective pain medications,” said Dr. Stephen G. Waxman, a neurologist at Yale, told the New York Times.

The hope is that discoveries like these lead to better treatments for chronic pain, which affects about 50 million U.S. adults and is often the reason people become addicted to opioids. Scientists also plan to investigate how Cameron’s wounds seem to heal quickly and leave little scarring.

Dec 23, 2021

Web 3.0 Is Coming, But Not Everyone Will Love It

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, business, cybercrime/malcode, internet, privacy, robotics/AI

Go beyond the hype.

Dubbed as the internet of tomorrow, Web 3.0 seems to be the next big thing that’s going to change our lives by fundamentally reshaping the internet.

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Dec 23, 2021

New Space-Based Solar Panels Could Beam a Great Abundance of Energy to Earth

Posted by in categories: solar power, space, sustainability

It’s the stuff of science fiction but it’s real.

Although it may sound like science fiction, space-based solar power has started making headway with several projects underway. In February, we brought you news of technology firm Redwire acquiring Deployable Space Systems (DSS), a leading supplier of deployable solar arrays capable of enabling space missions with the intention of using them to deploy space-based solar power.

Meanwhile, last August we brought you further news, of Caltech’s Space Solar Power Project (SSPP) that collected solar power in space to be transmitted wirelessly to Earth offering energy unaffected by weather or time of day. The project promised to make solar power that could be continuously available anywhere on earth.

Dec 23, 2021

UK and Japan Join Hands to Build the Sixth Generation Fighter Jet Engine

Posted by in categories: government, military

Over 300 million dollars earmarked for developing a demonstrator.

Governments of Japan and the United Kingdom have joined hands to collaborate and develop the jet engine of the sixth-generation fighter aircraft and have signed a memorandum of cooperation to this effect, said a press release from the U.K. government.

The two countries have been exploring opportunities for collaboration for some time and are vested in the development of future combat air systems, the press release said. Earlier this year, U.K.‘s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth set out on her maiden voyage which included a trip to Japan. The U.K. intends to deepen industrial relationships in the defense sector in the Indo-Pacific region where the two countries are looking to counter China’s growing influence.

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