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105 posts by Future Timeline

• Monkey uses brain implants to play Pong – April 11, 2021
• ‘Neutrobots’ deliver cancer drugs to the brain – April 10, 2021
• First ever 3D atomic imaging of amorphous solid – April 9, 2021
• Artificial life can grow and divide normally – April 3, 2021
• First high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface for humans – April 2, 2021
• Asteroid collision ruled out for 100+ years – March 30, 2021
• Autonomous hives could save bee populations – March 29, 2021
• Boston Dynamics warehouse robot to debut in 2022 – March 29, 2021
• Virtual reality – future trends – March 28, 2021
• Artificial neurons are smaller and more energy efficient – March 22, 2021
• First model of physical warp drives – March 17, 2021
• Earth’s oxygen will last another billion years – March 16, 2021
• Engineers design ‘lunar ark’ to save Earth’s species – March 15, 2021
• Doubling of antimatter created in the laboratory – March 13, 2021
• ‘Camera-in-a-pill’ helps to spot cancer – March 12, 2021
• New data cable exceeds 100 Gbit/s – March 11, 2021
• Nanoparticle cuts cholesterol – March 3, 2021
• New deepfake tool reanimates the dead – March 3, 2021
• Hydrogel could repair heart attack damage – March 1, 2021
• Michelin tyres will be 100% sustainable by 2050 – February 27, 2021
• Holographic touchscreens could improve public hygiene – February 26, 2021
• NASA reveals video of Perseverance landing – February 22, 2021
• Green tea compound may help fight cancer – February 16, 2021
• New device for scaling up quantum computers – February 11, 2021
• New versions of the Spot robot – February 10, 2021
• Brain stem cells could improve AI – February 6, 2021
• Australia plans world’s biggest battery for 2023 – February 6, 2021
• Humans would be unable to control an artificial superintelligence – January 15, 2021
• A potential vaccine for multiple sclerosis – January 12, 2021
• Gene-editing method shows promise for premature-aging syndrome – January 7, 2021
• Scientists find way to boost desalination efficiency – January 4, 2021
• 2020 Highlights – January 1, 2021
• Boston Dynamics’ robots dance to ‘Do you love me’ – December 30, 2020
• World’s first robotic kitchen goes on sale – December 24, 2020
• Lab-made milk could replace dairy cows – December 20, 2020
• Milestone towards a viable quantum internet – December 18, 2020
• Thymus built from human stem cells – December 15, 2020
• Mass of human-made materials now equals the planet’s biomass – December 14, 2020
• Europe’s largest vertical farm will have 1,000-tonne annual capacity – December 10, 2020
• Radishes grown in space for first time – December 7, 2020
• Quantum coherence times, 2000–2040 – December 1, 2020
• 50-year Mystery of Protein Folding Solved by AI – November 30, 2020
• Completion of the Australia–ASEAN Power Link – November 24, 2020
• CRISPR-based treatment destroys two cancer types – November 23, 2020
• Alien Worlds – November 22, 2020
• Largest 3D-printed apartment building in Europe – November 21, 2020
• Wind-powered, transatlantic car carrier planned for 2024 – November 20, 2020
• World’s first cultured chicken restaurant is launched – November 17, 2020
• New algorithm provides 50 times faster Deep Learning – November 12, 2020
• First passengers travel safely on a Hyperloop – November 9, 2020
• Building in China ‘walks’ using robotic legs – October 31, 2020
• World record resolution in cryo-electron microscopy – October 24, 2020
• Solar power is now ‘lowest cost electricity ever seen’ – October 15, 2020
• World’s largest cement maker pledges carbon neutrality – September 24, 2020
• NASA publishes Moon landing plan for 2024 – September 22, 2020
• Wall-mounted technology detects COVID-19 in the air – September 21, 2020
• Device captures microplastic pollution from tyre wear – September 20, 2020
• New drug highly effective against SARS-CoV-2 – September 16, 2020
• Molecular analyser is 100 times faster – September 6, 2020
• 50-fold Increase in Transistor Density is Possible by 2030 – August 31, 2020
• Elon Musk reveals new details of Neuralink – August 29, 2020
• Progress towards a cure for herpes – August 26, 2020
• Africa has eradicated wild poliovirus – August 26, 2020
• New fastest Internet speed: 178 Tbps – August 24, 2020
• IBM reveals next-generation processor – August 20, 2020
• Quantum coherence breakthrough: 10,000 times longer – August 15, 2020
• Virgin Galactic unveils Mach 3 aircraft design – August 6, 2020
• Vertical farming of wheat: up to 600 times greater yield – August 5, 2020
• NASA launches Mars 2020 rover mission – July 30, 2020
• AI can spot prostate cancer with almost 100% accuracy – July 30, 2020
• Virgin Galactic reveals SpaceShipTwo cabin interior – July 29, 2020
• World’s first cultivated bacon and pork belly – July 27, 2020
• 700-petaflop AI supercomputer planned for 2021 – July 27, 2020
• Apple commits to carbon neutrality by 2030 – July 24, 2020
• Inhaler cuts risk of severe COVID-19 – July 21, 2020
• New cobalt-free lithium-ion battery reduces costs without sacrificing performance – July 17, 2020
• Pentadiamond, a new addition to the carbon family – July 17, 2020
• New 8K video standard compresses data – July 16, 2020
• World population expected to peak by 2064 – July 15, 2020
• Internet balloons provide 4G coverage in Kenya – July 13, 2020
• Robot scientist discovers a new catalyst – July 10, 2020
• 3D-printed Mars habitat – July 9, 2020
• Plant tissue engineering improves drought and salinity tolerance – July 7, 2020
• U.S. autonomous freight network planned for 2023–2024 – July 6, 2020
• Warehouse robot kills 90% of viruses – July 1, 2020
• Japanese supercomputer is world’s fastest – June 22, 2020
• Possible first detection of axion particle – June 20, 2020
• New EV battery lasts for 1.2 million miles – June 14, 2020
• AI makes blurry faces look 64 times sharper – June 14, 2020
• Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floor – June 13, 2020
• U.S. can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035 – June 10, 2020
• Synthetic red blood cells mimic natural ones, plus have new abilities – June 9, 2020
• Robots with flexible feet walk 40% faster – June 8, 2020
• World’s first study of potential COVID-19 antibody treatment in humans – June 5, 2020
• Using hydrogen to heat steel – June 1, 2020
• New 5G switches bring better battery life, higher bandwidth and speeds – May 30, 2020
• Giant new offshore wind turbine to debut in 2024 – May 25, 2020
• Tattoo electrodes can record brain activity – May 23, 2020
• A potentially major breakthrough in anti-aging medicine – May 19, 2020
• COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise – April 5, 2020
• New test can detect COVID-19 in just five minutes – April 1, 2020
• New test can detect COVID-19 within 45 minutes – March 24, 2020
• World’s fastest supercomputer finds potential drug compounds for COVID-19 – March 24, 2020
• Freeman Dyson, 1923–2020 – March 3, 2020
• Amazon opens first large-scale, cashierless grocery store – March 3, 2020