Lifeboat Foundation

285 posts by Future Timeline

• Climate extremes, viruses, social unrest … war? We desperately need a Plan B – September 24, 2022
• Humanoid robot combined with GPT-3 – September 19, 2022
• Gene-edited tomato can fight cancer and heart disease – September 13, 2022
• Efficient simulation of 1 billion particles – September 12, 2022
• Is Civilization on the Brink of Collapse? – September 6, 2022
• Gene editing of soybean boosts yield by 20 percent – September 4, 2022
• Largest ever offshore windfarm is fully operational – September 4, 2022
• James Webb takes its first direct image of an exoplanet – September 3, 2022
• First detection of CO2 in atmosphere of exoplanet – August 27, 2022
• Timeline | Technology | Singularity | 2020 | 2050 | 2100 | 2150 | 2200 | 21st century | 22nd century | 23rd century | Humanity | Predictions | Events – August 26, 2022
• Global average Internet speed, 1990–2050 – August 25, 2022
• 1 in 6 Chance of Catastrophic Volcano Eruption Within a Hundred Years – August 19, 2022
• 20 exaFLOP supercomputer proposed for 2025 – August 18, 2022
• Scientists plan ‘de-extinction’ of Tasmanian tiger – August 17, 2022
• Super-Earth found ‘skimming’ habitable zone of red dwarf – August 10, 2022
• Progress towards a pan-coronavirus vaccine – August 8, 2022
• AI visualises every protein known to science – July 29, 2022
• Economic losses from weather-related events, 1970–2060 – July 29, 2022
• First commercial payload to Mars could launch in 2024 – July 26, 2022
• Lab-grown sausages to go on sale in 2025 – July 25, 2022
• Possible cure for haemophilia B – July 23, 2022
• The Last Human — A Glimpse Into The Far Future – July 17, 2022
• An open-access, multilingual AI – July 16, 2022
• First images from the James Webb Space Telescope – July 12, 2022
• UK’s first industrial-scale carbon capture and usage plant – July 12, 2022
• UK debt-to-GDP could reach 430 percent by 2072 – July 10, 2022
• New record solar cell efficiency – July 8, 2022
• Samsung begins chip production using 3 nm process – July 4, 2022
• World’s first quantum computer integrated circuit – July 3, 2022
• First solar-powered car will debut this year – June 26, 2022
• NASA plans nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – June 24, 2022
• Batteries 98 percent charged in under 10 minutes – June 18, 2022
• New drug for hair loss approved by FDA – June 16, 2022
• Google engineer believes chatbot AI is sentient – June 14, 2022
• Whole human genome sequencing for $100 – June 10, 2022
• First ocean crossing – June 8, 2022
• Future Superhuman: Our transhuman lives in a make-or-break century – June 1, 2022
• Walmart expands drone delivery service – May 31, 2022
• World’s first exascale supercomputer is officially confirmed – May 30, 2022
• Southern African hornbill’s survival threatened by 2027 – May 30, 2022
• World’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot – May 28, 2022
• Asteroid mining company raises $13m – May 27, 2022
• U.S. pledges $3.5 billion for direct air capture – May 22, 2022
• Google Maps to add ‘immersive view’ – May 17, 2022
• Dead eyes brought back to life – May 16, 2022
• Future pandemic risks are increasing – May 12, 2022
• Algae ponds could sequester gigatons of carbon – May 10, 2022
• Jack in the Box to trial robots for kitchen work – May 5, 2022
• Major advance in microwave power beaming – May 4, 2022
• Ultra-pure diamond could store 25 exabytes (EB) of data – April 29, 2022
• New York on track for zero-emission electricity by 2040 – April 27, 2022
• Report recommends future NASA missions – April 21, 2022
• Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about – April 18, 2022
• 60% of Cactus Species Impacted – April 16, 2022
• New records for most distant planet, star, galaxy – April 11, 2022
• Age of skin cells reversed by 30 years – April 8, 2022
• Development milestone for smart contact lens – April 7, 2022
• 5,000th Exoplanet is Confirmed – March 28, 2022
• Robot peels banana with deep learning – March 26, 2022
• Solar power reaches 1 TW milestone – March 24, 2022
• Moore’s Law, 1970–2100 – March 22, 2022
• Transistor gate is just 0.3 nm long – March 20, 2022
• AI voices include subtleties of speech – March 15, 2022
• New record temperature for spherical tokamak – March 14, 2022
• ‘Ultra-intelligence’ computer planned for 2024 – March 13, 2022
• Aging reversed in middle-aged and elderly mice – March 11, 2022
• NASA to fund research into future technology concepts – March 2, 2022
• Next-generation geothermal tech will drill deeper than ever before – February 28, 2022
• New therapy kills cancer without harming normal cells – February 26, 2022
• The first controlled study of caloric restriction in humans – February 25, 2022
• Changing diet can add more than a decade to life expectancy – February 20, 2022
• AI may be ‘slightly conscious’ – February 17, 2022
• New report argues for ownership of the Moon – February 16, 2022
• Koalas are now endangered – February 14, 2022
• New planet detected around closest star – February 10, 2022
• Major breakthrough in fusion energy – February 9, 2022
• Walmart invests in vertical farming – February 9, 2022
• Telecommunications bit rates 1798–2120 – February 8, 2022
• Astronomers discover mysterious new object in space – January 29, 2022
• Scientists regrow frog’s missing leg – January 27, 2022
• Human brain signals in record-breaking resolution – January 26, 2022
• First molecular electronics chip – January 25, 2022
• New coral reef discovered near Tahiti – January 22, 2022
• Anti-aging startup launches with $3bn in funding – January 21, 2022
• Breakthrough in separating plastic waste – January 20, 2022
• BMW reveals colour-changing car – January 20, 2022
• First heart transplant from a pig to a human – January 11, 2022
• First 3D-printed, owner-occupied home in U.S. – January 10, 2022
• Drone with defibrillator saves first heart attack patient – January 8, 2022
• 2021 Highlights in Science And Technology – December 31, 2021
• First signature of a magnetosphere around an exoplanet – December 29, 2021
• Shifting conferences online cuts carbon footprint – December 29, 2021
• A vaccine against multiple variants of COVID-19 – December 23, 2021
• Cultivated seafood company announces first U.S. retail partners – December 22, 2021
• New semiconductor design could extend Moore’s Law – December 20, 2021
• Efficiency breakthrough cuts cost of fusion power – December 20, 2021
• A vaccine to eliminate aged cells – December 12, 2021
• Mining robot can bore through ‘previously impenetrable geologies’ – December 10, 2021
• Stem cell-based treatment produces insulin in patients with Type 1 diabetes – December 7, 2021
• China plans major reforestation effort – December 4, 2021
• World’s most advanced humanoid robot is revealed – December 3, 2021
• Ultracompact camera is the size of a salt grain – November 29, 2021
• Carbon-absorbing skyscraper design unveiled – November 29, 2021
• World’s first autonomous, all-electric container ship – November 26, 2021
• 256-qubit Quantum Computer Unveiled – November 24, 2021
• Wirelessly powered consumer devices arriving in 2022 – November 19, 2021
• IBM reveals 127-qubit quantum processor – November 17, 2021
• First ever simulation of baryons on a quantum computer – November 12, 2021
• Clean energy could supply 100% of U.S. electricity by 2035 – November 11, 2021
• New way to infiltrate hard-to-treat cancers – November 5, 2021
• Water detected 12.9 billion light years away – November 4, 2021
• High-speed laser could write 500 TB of data into glass – November 4, 2021
• AI provides fast, accurate diagnosis of heart failure – November 2, 2021
• $70M Aging Research Project is Launched – October 25, 2021
• NASA’s Visions of the Future – October 23, 2021
• Tesco opens new checkout-free store – October 19, 2021
• New cryopreservation technique revives heart tissue after three days – October 18, 2021
• Lucy begins 12-year mission to Trojan asteroids – October 16, 2021
• Bipedal robot can ride a skateboard and walk a slackline – October 9, 2021
• Intel launches 2nd generation neuromorphic chip – October 8, 2021
• 1 Million Neurons Tracked in Real Time – October 7, 2021
• 23 species declared extinct in the U.S. – October 5, 2021
• New foundation will distribute $1bn for aging research – October 1, 2021
• Ford and SK to invest $11.4bn in EVs – September 28, 2021
• Electrified road to wirelessly charge EVs in Michigan – September 25, 2021
• New optical transistor is up to 1,000 times faster, at lowest switching energy possible – September 24, 2021
• Alien life chances receive a boost – September 17, 2021
• Co-op to expand use of robots – September 16, 2021
• MRNA cancer therapy enters human trials after success in mice – September 13, 2021
• The science and technology of growing young – August 28, 2021
• Dust-sized supercapacitor has voltage of AAA battery – August 26, 2021
• World’s first brain-scale AI solution – August 25, 2021
• New record for 6G data transmission – August 23, 2021
• Artificial camouflage on a robot chameleon – August 22, 2021
• Fusion breakthrough: 70% yield from input energy – August 20, 2021
• Brain organoids develop optic cups that respond to light – August 17, 2021
• Reforestation holds promise for Europe’s increasingly drier summers – August 15, 2021
• Asteroid impact chances increased – August 13, 2021
• New observations of exoplanets in the L 98–59 system – August 11, 2021
• Monkey brain mapped in 3D at micron resolution – August 9, 2021
• Omega-3 can boost life expectancy – August 2, 2021
• DeepMind AI predicts 350,000 protein structures – July 31, 2021
• Acoustic tweezers can pick up objects without physical contact – July 31, 2021
• New Zealand is best place to survive collapse – July 30, 2021
• Next-generation artificial heart implanted in first U.S. patient – July 27, 2021
• Humanoid robot plays basketball at Olympics – July 27, 2021
• First clear detection of moon-forming disc around exoplanet – July 22, 2021
• Japan sets new Internet speed record: 319 Tbit/s – July 19, 2021
• $315M Biotech Company Emerges From Stealth – July 18, 2021
• Fossil fuel electricity generation has peaked worldwide – July 16, 2021
• World’s first 3D-printed steel bridge opens in Amsterdam – July 16, 2021
• Europe’s largest battery comes online – July 15, 2021
• World’s first 3D printed school opens in Malawi – July 13, 2021
• First robotic pizza restaurant opens in Paris – July 11, 2021
• Sails boost cargo ship fuel efficiency – July 8, 2021
• New chip wiring method scales down to 3nm – July 5, 2021
• Construction begins on the Square Kilometre Array – July 4, 2021
• World’s first scalable multi-chip quantum processor – July 3, 2021
• Volvo to use fossil-free steel in cars by 2026 – July 1, 2021
• New method cuts dengue fever cases – June 17, 2021
• New record distance for quantum communications – June 14, 2021
• AI outperforms humans in microchip designs – June 11, 2021
• Future washable smart clothes powered by Wi-Fi – June 10, 2021
• First fully reusable, entirely 3D-printed rocket – June 8, 2021
• Multi-strain vaccine blocks COVID-19 in monkeys – June 3, 2021
• Humans could live to 150, according to study – June 3, 2021
• New drone is first to reach Level 4 autonomy – June 3, 2021
• Chinese fusion reactor sets world record – June 3, 2021
• Atoms viewed at highest ever resolution – May 27, 2021
• Nanotubes aligned in pristine condition – May 27, 2021
• Nanotech batteries will charge 70 times faster than lithium-ion – May 22, 2021
• AI is thousands of times faster at simulating Universe – May 22, 2021
• BCI decodes neural signals for handwriting – May 22, 2021
• AI can now detect sarcasm – May 22, 2021
• Electric vehicles could number 230 million worldwide by 2030 – April 29, 2021
• Weed-killing robot is 20 times faster than humans – April 27, 2021
• Malaria vaccine is first to exceed 75% efficacy – April 25, 2021
• Carbon dioxide turned into oxygen on Mars – April 24, 2021
• Ultra-white paint cools surfaces – April 19, 2021
• New processor will enable 10 times faster training of AI – April 16, 2021
• 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