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Feb 23, 2018

This robot can lay up to 400 bricks per hour

Posted by in categories: habitats, robotics/AI

Bricklaying robots could build your next home 5 times faster than a human. đŸ€–.

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Feb 23, 2018

Here’s why people are working on languages for computers that barely exist

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

There may soon be more quantum programming languages than there are quantum computers.

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Feb 23, 2018

For The First Time Ever, Astronomers Have Observed a Black Hole Ejecting Matter Twice

Posted by in categories: cosmology, particle physics

Black holes don’t just sit there munching away constantly on the space around them. Eventually they run out of nearby matter and go quiet, lying in wait until a stray bit of gas passes by.

Then a black hole devours again, belching out a giant jet of particles. And now scientists have captured one doing so not once, but twice — the first time this has been observed.

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Feb 23, 2018

Dyson bets on electric cars to shake up industry

Posted by in categories: engineering, sustainability, transportation

Engineering pioneer will produce 3 vehicles from scratch in bold ÂŁ2 billion venture, Financial Times reports.

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Feb 23, 2018

Quantum computers offer next level processing

Posted by in categories: computing, quantum physics

Quantum computing will transform our computing capabilities.

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Feb 23, 2018

New drug could help you burn fat without exercise or suppressing your appetite

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Credit: Hashem Al-Ghaili

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Feb 23, 2018

New Challenges May Lie Ahead for Use of CRISPR in Humans

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, law

In our weekly news roundup: researching immunity to CRISPR, this year’s flu season, the legal battle over frozen embryos, and more.

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Feb 23, 2018

Aerospace Company to Launch Private, Inflatable Space Stations

Posted by in category: space

Bigelow Aerospace announced plans for sending soft-bodied modules that are compressed during launch but expand once they reach space.

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Feb 23, 2018

Unexpected Ways That Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your Life In The Next 10 Years

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

We wanted to delve a little deeper into the future of AI, so we spoke to some experts working in the industry about how it’s expected to affect your dating, work and personal life very soon


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Feb 23, 2018

Andreessen Horowitz invests in in digital custody startup Anchor Labs

Posted by in category: futurism

Andreessen Horowitz has invested in Anchor Labs, a stealthy startup planning to provide digital asset custody, according to multiple sources. The startup is raising up to $17 million in Series A funding, according to a Delaware filing from December that Axios obtained from Lagniappe Labs, though it’s not clear whether the round has closed yet and who else participated.

Hot commodity: Anchor Labs opted to raise funds after acquisition talks with Coinbase didn’t end in a deal. In November, Coinbase unveiled its own plans to provide custody services to institutional investors.

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