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Mar 16, 2017
Warming Mars and thickening its atmosphere can be done in 10–100 years
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biological, engineering, environmental, space
If all the solar incident on Mars were to be captured with 100% efficiency, then Mars would warm to Earth-like temperatures in about 10 years. However, the efficiency of the greenhouse effect is plausibly about 10%, thus the time it would take to warm Mars would be ~100 years. This assumes, of course, adequate production of super greenhouse gases over that entire time. The super greenhouse gases desired for use on Mars would be per fluorinated compounds (PFCs) as these are not toxic, do not destroy ozone, will resist degradation by ultraviolet life, and are composed of elements (C, S, and F) that are present on Mars. Fluorine has been detected on Mars by Curiosity.
The Warming Phase of a terraforming project on Mars results in a planet with a thick CO2 atmosphere. The thickness is determined by the total releasable CO2 present on Mars.
The temperatures would become well above freezing and liquid water is common. An Earth-like hydrological cycle is maintained. Photosynthetic organisms can be introduced as conditions warm and organic biomass is thus produced. A rich flora and fauna are present. A natural result of this is the biological consumption of the nitrate and perchlorate in the.
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Mar 15, 2017
Another new book is just out by a major publisher on radical science called The Body Builders: Inside the Science of the Engineered Human, by Adam Piore
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in category: science
I’m quoted on the back cover saying it’s a great book! Give it a read! https://www.amazon.com/Body-Builders-Inside-Science-Engineer…atfound-20
Mar 15, 2017
One Small Change Could Bring Manufacturing Back to the US
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI
Welcome to the world’s first robot-operated 3D printer factory.
This is about as futuristic as it gets.
Mar 15, 2017
You’ll Want One of These for Your Next Camping Trip
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: mobile phones
Mar 15, 2017
George Church, Lumosity want those with good memory to ‘share it, not hoard it’
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
George Church is very interested in your memories now.
Harvard researcher George Church is looking for people with exceptionally good memory to take part in a study aimed at finding genetic mechanisms that boost memory in research that could one day result in better drugs or diagnostic tests.
Church and other researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Harvard Medical School’s Personal Genome Project, in collaboration with Lumos Labs — the makers of the brain-training game Lumosity — will look for common genetic markers in individuals with exceptional memories, attention and reaction speeds.
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Mar 15, 2017
‘Bigger than the cloud’ … Xero makes first move towards automated accounting
Posted by Alireza Mokri in categories: business, robotics/AI
The chief executive of listed accounting software business Xero has claimed machine learning-based automation will be a bigger change than the advent of cloud computing, as it starts to offer options to automate accounting tasks.
Xero boss Rod Drury said the company would unveil a new feature to its software this week which would automate the coding of invoices and bank transactions for its small business customers, work that has been conducted personally by business owners or accountants until now.
The process was targeted for automation after Xero’s Find & Recode feature showed 3.1 million invoices had been incorrectly recorded by its 862,000 subscribers in the 18 months to September 2016. It is the first introduction of machine learning automation at Xero since it shifted its infrastructure to run on Amazon Web Services in 2016.
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Mar 15, 2017
Baidu is restructuring to focus on artificial intelligence
Posted by Alireza Mokri in category: robotics/AI
Since appointing the former Microsoft executive Lu Qi as the new Chief Operating Officer and Vice Chairman, Baidu has reshuffled its senior management team and company structure to focus more on artificial intelligence.