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Feb 5, 2021

Fractals can help AI learn to see more clearly—or at least more fairly

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Most image-recognition systems are trained using large databases that contain millions of photos of everyday objects, from snakes to shakes to shoes. With repeated exposure, AIs learn to tell one type of object from another. Now researchers in Japan have shown that AIs can start learning to recognize everyday objects by being trained on computer-generated fractals instead.

Feb 5, 2021

Sustainable Lab-Grown Leather

Posted by in category: sustainability

Video of artificial leather. 😃


This lab-grown leather that leaves animals the fuck alone is ready to wear! About 80% of leather worldwide is tanned in a toxic process resulting in massive amounts of chemical waste flooding the environment. It also poses a serious health risk to industrial tannery workers, not to mention the animals who lose their lives for a pair of shoes. By using nature’s building blocks to create materials designed for functionality, performance AND style, Modern Meadow might just have found a win-win solution!

Feb 5, 2021

6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars

Posted by in category: space travel

Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet.

Feb 5, 2021

Episode 36 — NASA Aims For The Geophysical Heart Of Mars

Posted by in categories: evolution, space

Fascinating new episode with NASA planetary geophysicist Bruce Banerdt, the principal investigator for the Mars InSight lander which is changing the way scientists now view Mars’ interior dynamics and inner workings. Please have a listen.


I welcome Bruce Banerdt, the principal investigator for NASA’s Mars InSight lander, which has been operating on the Martian surface for two years now. Although it’s had some technical issues, it’s offered a sea change in how geophysicists are interpreting the dynamics and makeup of the Martian core. In this episode, we talk about what we currently understand about Mars’ geophysical makeup and, among other things, whether it ever had plate tectonics which was so crucial for the evolution of sentient life here on Earth.

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Feb 5, 2021

POWERPASTE, a high-density, safe, and easily transportable hydrogen energy fuel

Posted by in categories: energy, transportation

The future for hydrogen fuel? 😃


Researchers have developed a magnesium-based POWERPASTE that stores hydrogen energy at 10 times the density of a lithium battery, ideal for small vehicles.

Feb 5, 2021

‘Drone swarms’ are coming, and they are the future of wars in the air

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI

The question really is not if, but when and where drone swarms, which is the next evolution of robotic warfare, will be utilised in real-time operations.

Feb 5, 2021

Nuclear-powered rocket could get astronauts to Mars faster

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, space travel

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This rocket engine design, combined with a special fuel, could get humans from Earth to Mars in just three months.

Feb 4, 2021

Study uncovers structural features regulating mRNA processing

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

RNA is the central tenet of molecular biology, the stepping-stone between DNA and proteins.

Feb 4, 2021

Autism-linked gene FoxP1 selectively regulates the cultural transmission of learned vocalizations

Posted by in category: neuroscience

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are characterized by impaired learning of social skills and language. Memories of how parents and other social models behave are used to guide behavioral learning. How ASD-linked genes affect the intertwined aspects of observational learning and behavioral imitation is not known. Here, we examine how disrupted expression of the ASD gene FOXP1, which causes severe impairments in speech and language learning, affects the cultural transmission of birdsong between adult and juvenile zebra finches. FoxP1 is widely expressed in striatal-projecting forebrain mirror neurons. Knockdown of FoxP1 in this circuit prevents juvenile birds from forming memories of an adult song model but does not interrupt learning how to vocally imitate a previously memorized song.

Feb 4, 2021

Ballard Signs MOU with Global Energy Ventures For Development of Fuel Cell-Powered Ship

Posted by in category: energy

VANCOUVER, CANADA and WEST PERTH, AUSTRALIA – Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced that it has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Global Energy Ventures (ASX: GEV; www.gev.com) – a provider of integrated compressed shipping solutions for the transportation of energy to regional markets, headquartered in Australia – for the development of a new fuel cell-powered ship, called C-H2 Ship, designed to transport compressed green hydrogen.

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The power required for a small-scale demonstration of the C-H2 Ship is expected to be under 10 megawatts (MW). At full scale, the C-H2 Ship will have a propulsion power requirement of approximately 26MW, and a containment system for storage of 2000 tons of compressed green hydrogen.

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