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May 19, 2017
Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts
Posted by Brett Gallie II in categories: climatology, sustainability
No seeds were lost but the ability of the rock vault to provide failsafe protection against all disasters is now threatened by climate change.
May 19, 2017
Is There an AI President in Our Future? That Might Be an Upgrade
Posted by Gerard Bain in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
An artificial Intelligence would consider all the facts before making the most rational decision for the greatest good. What could possibly go wrong?
May 19, 2017
An AI invented a bunch of new paint colors that are hilariously wrong
Posted by Sean Cusack in category: robotics/AI
Ronching blue or stummy beige? —
An AI invented a bunch of new paint colors that are hilariously wrong.
Let’s just say this neural network won’t make you fear the robot uprising.
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May 19, 2017
Something Weird Is Happening to the ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: alien life
Tabby’s star, famous for its inexplicable dips in brightness, is going through one of those dips right now.
May 19, 2017
What is Plant-Based Meat?
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: environmental, ethics, food, futurism, health, science
A type of food that has been around for centuries, but is primed to be increasingly relevant to the future: Plant-Based “Meat.”
In this video series, the Galactic Public Archives takes bite-sized looks at a variety of terms, technologies, and ideas that are likely to be prominent in the future. Terms are regularly changing and being redefined with the passing of time. With constant breakthroughs and the development of new technology and other resources, we seek to define what these things are and how they will impact our future.
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May 19, 2017
U.S. Air Force Sends Robotic F-16s Into Mock Combat
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: robotics/AI, transportation
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated a mixed formation of manned and unmanned F-16s in a simulated combat environment.
The Have Raider demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base in California included two phases, Lockheed announced on April 10, 2017. The first phase, Have Raider I, focused on formation-flying. Have Raider II sent the pilotless F-16 on a mock bombing run through “dynamic” enemy defenses.
“This demonstration is an important milestone in AFRL’s maturation of technologies needed to integrate manned and unmanned aircraft in a strike package,” Capt. Andrew Petry, an AFRL engineer, said in a Lockheed press release.
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May 19, 2017
World Asteroid Day Hackathon
Posted by Brett Gallie II in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, cybercrime/malcode, education, existential risks, media & arts
“A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest or codefest) is a design sprint-like event in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, and others, often including subject-matter-experts, collaborate intensively on software projects. Occasionally, there is a hardware component as well. Hackathons typically last between a day and a week. Some hackathons are intended simply for educational or social purposes, although in many cases the goal is to create usable software.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon
In February 2014, Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist and famed guitarist for the rock band QUEEN, began working with Grigorij Richters, the director of a new film titled 51 Degrees North, a fictional story of an asteroid impact on London and the resulting human condition. May composed the music for the film and suggested that Richters preview it at Starmus, an event organized by Dr. Garik Israelian and attended by esteemed astrophysicists, scientists and artists, including Dr. Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Rick Wakeman. The result was the beginning of discussions that would lead to the launch of Asteroid Day in 2015. See : https://asteroidday.org/