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Feb 25, 2022

Artificial intelligence listens to the sound of healthy machines

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Sounds provide important information about how well a machine is running. ETH researchers have now developed a new machine learning method that automatically detects whether a machine is “healthy” or requires maintenance.

Whether railway wheels or generators in a power plant, whether pumps or valves—they all make sounds. For trained ears, these noises even have a meaning: devices, machines, equipment or rolling stock differently when they are functioning properly compared to when they have a defect or fault.

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Feb 25, 2022

Neuramatrix — How China may soon surpass the US in Brain Science

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, science

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Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interfaces, brain injuries, and artificial intelligence will be explored. Host Ryan Tanaka synthesizes informationopinions, and conducts interviews to easily learn about Neuralink and its future.

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Feb 25, 2022

How To Survive Inflation With Or Without Crypto

Posted by in category: futurism

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Inflation is destroying the value of your money. Hedge yourself!

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Feb 25, 2022

Clinical trial begins for promising HIV cure developed by Temple scientists

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

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The treatment, which is based on breakthrough CRISPR technology, uses gene-editing to to eradicate the genetic material of HIV from infected cells.

Feb 25, 2022

Russia’s cyberattacks foreshadow the future of war

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, futurism

Russia ramped up its cyberattacks on Ukraine prior to its physical invasion, potentially foreshadowing how future conflicts will play out.

Feb 25, 2022

New Solar Hydropanel Can Pull 10 Liters of Drinking Water Per Day Out of the Air

Posted by in category: sustainability

By harvesting water vapor from the air and condensing it into liquid, atmospheric water generators can essentially pull water from the air.

Feb 25, 2022

Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease Share Common Genetic Roots

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience

Epidemiological data have long linked depression with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive dementia that affects nearly 6 million Americans. Now, a new study identifies common genetic factors in both depression and AD. Importantly, the researchers found that depression played a causal role in AD development, and those with worse depression experienced a faster decline in memory. The study appears in Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier.

Co-senior author Aliza Wingo, MD, of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA, said of the work, “It raises the possibility that there are genes that contribute to both illnesses. While the shared genetic basis is small, the findings suggest a potential causal role of depression on dementia.”

The authors performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS), a technique that scans the entire genome for areas of commonality associated with particular conditions. The GWAS identified 28 brain proteins and 75 transcripts – the messages that encode proteins – that were associated with depression. Among those, 46 transcripts and 7 proteins were also associated with symptoms of AD. The data suggest a shared genetic basis for the two diseases, which may drive the increased risk for AD associated with depression.

Feb 25, 2022

Fusion tech is set to unlock near-limitless ultra-deep geothermal energy

Posted by in category: energy

MIT spin-off Quaise says it’s going to use hijacked fusion technology to drill the deepest holes in history, unlocking clean, virtually limitless, supercritical geothermal energy that can re-power fossil-fuelled power plants all over the world.

Feb 25, 2022

Department of Defense Awards $28.7M in Grants for the FY2021 Minerva Research Initiative

Posted by in categories: engineering, security

DoD announced today awards of $28.7 million in grants to 17 university-based faculty teams through the FY2021 Minerva Research Initiative to support research in social and behavioral science.

“We live in a dynamic world, and many of the challenges we face are social or have social elements to them,” said Dr. Bindu Nair, Director, Basic Research Office in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. “The knowledge and methodologies generated from Minerva awardees have improved DoD’s ability to define sources of present and future conflict with an eye toward better understanding the political trajectories of key regions of the world.”

This initiative supports basic research that focuses on topics of particular relevance to U.S. national security. Through its network of faculty investigators, the Minerva Research Initiative also strengthens the Department’s connections with the social science community and helps DoD better understand and prepare for future challenges, including National Defense Strategy priorities.

Feb 25, 2022

AT&T begins testing and deployment of discreet 5G radios on city street lamp posts

Posted by in categories: energy, internet

These smaller 5G antenna setups are coming to more cities.


AT&T is expanding tests of small cell 5G radios that can discreetly hide on top of city street light posts without extra power or boxes. The technology was developed in partnership with Ericsson and Ubicquia.