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Feb 27, 2017
Chiral superconductivity experimentally demonstrated for the first time
Posted by Kevin Huang in categories: materials, nanotechnology
(Phys.org)—Scientists have found that a superconducting current flows in only one direction through a chiral nanotube, marking the first observation of the effects of chirality on superconductivity. Until now, superconductivity has only been demonstrated in achiral materials, in which the current flows in both directions equally.
The team of researchers, F. Qin et al., from Japan, the US, and Israel, have published a paper on the first observation of chiral superconductivity in a recent issue of Nature Communications.
Chiral superconductivity combines two typically unrelated concepts in a single material: Chiral materials have mirror images that are not identical, similar to how left and right hands are not identical because they cannot be superimposed one on top of the other. And superconducting materials can conduct an electric current with zero resistance at very low temperatures.
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Feb 27, 2017
This Neural Probe Is So Thin, The Brain Doesn’t Know It’s There
Posted by Bruno Henrique de Souza in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI
Wiring our brains up to computers could have a host of exciting applications – from controlling robotic prosthetics with our minds to restoring sight by feeding camera feeds directly into the vision center of our brains.
Most brain-computer interface research to date has been conducted using electroencephalography (EEG) where electrodes are placed on the scalp to monitor the brain’s electrical activity. Achieving very high quality signals, however, requires a more invasive approach.
Integrating electronics with living tissue is complicated, though. Probes that are directly inserted into the gray matter have been around for decades, but while they are capable of highly accurate recording, the signals tend to degrade rapidly due to the buildup of scar tissue. Electrocorticography (ECoG), which uses electrodes placed beneath the skull but on top of the gray matter, has emerged as a popular compromise, as it achieves higher-accuracy recordings with a lower risk of scar formation.
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Feb 27, 2017
Roborace finally reveals its self-driving racecar
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
Robot racing series Roborace finally pulled the wraps off its first real self-driving racecar. The British company behind the series showed off the “Robocar” for the first time ever in public during a press conference at Mobile World Congress today.
The cars of Roborace — the early design of which was revealed one year ago — were designed by Daniel Simon, the man behind the light cycles in Tron: Legacy. “I’ve worked on a lot of cool stuff — Tron, Bugatti, Star Wars — but this takes the cake,” Simon said on stage.
Feb 27, 2017
Space, environment, resources, jobs
Posted by Nicola Bagalà in categories: employment, energy, space
An answer to concerns about rejuvenation-induced overpopulation from a logistical point of view.
Why do we worry about overpopulation? What’s so bad about it? Well, several things. We could have too many people with respect to the space available on Earth; too many people and not enough jobs for everyone; too many people and not sufficient resources; too many people polluting the environment beyond what it can take.
Feb 27, 2017
‘They want to be literally machines’: Writer Mark O’Connell on the rise of transhumanists
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, cyborgs, life extension, neuroscience, transhumanism
Slate book columnist Mark O’Connell’s new book To Be a Machine, which is specifically about #transhumanism, is out tomorrow. So there’s a ton of reviews out in major media. The last chapter in the book is about my work. Here are 3 reviews just out on the book. ALSO, I highly encourage you to BUY the book to help transhumanism grow. Mark’s book is the first book specifically on the movement with this kind of international attention, and the better the book does the first week, the more people will know about transhumanism: http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/25/14730958/transhumanism-mar…biohackers &
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-rev…e34127614/ &
http://www.themillions.com/2017/02/mark-oconnell-doesnt-want…rview.html
Feb 27, 2017
Superintelligent AI explains Softbank’s push to raise a $100BN Vision Fund
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: robotics/AI, singularity
Anyone who’s seen Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son give a keynote speech will know he rarely sticks to the standard industry conference playbook.
And his turn on the stage at Mobile World Congress this morning was no different, with Son making like Eldon Tyrell and telling delegates about his personal belief in a looming computing Singularity that he’s convinced will see superintelligent robots arriving en masse within the next 30 years, surpassing the human population in number and brainpower.
“I totally believe this concept,” he said, of the Singularity. “In next 30 years this will become a reality.”
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Feb 27, 2017
New Nokia 3310 Has Month-Long Battery Life And ‘Snake’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Feb 27, 2017
Universal Everything’s Futuristic Prototypes Build on Humanity’s Relationship With Technology
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: futurism, materials
‘screens of the future’ is a digital series of protuct prototypes based on the emerging technologies of flexible display and shape-shifting materials.