May 12, 2024
Microsoft, Sanctuary AI tie up to build better general-purpose robots
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: robotics/AI
The robotics company will use Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure for training, inference, networking and storage.
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May 12, 2024
AI systems are getting better at tricking us
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: robotics/AI
May 12, 2024
Earthquakes Caused by Mysterious Blobs Inside Earth, Scientists Say
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in category: space
Blobs left behind from a collision between the Earth and a Mars-sized object may have led to plate tectonics and eventually earthquakes.
May 12, 2024
Man who married a hologram can no longer communicate with his virtual wife after 3 years together
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: holograms
A man who married a hologram of his favourite fictional character has found himself no longer able to communicate with his virtual wife.
May 12, 2024
What you need to know about tonight’s rare appearance of the northern lights
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: particle physics
Plasma, particles and energy released from the Sun on Thursday are heading for Earth and they could produce a light show in the sky visible into the Deep South.
May 11, 2024
Lavazza2018_Article_CognitiveEnhancementThroughGen.pdf
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
May 11, 2024
CRISPR in Neuroscience: How Precision Gene Editing May Unravel How the Brain Works (and Why it Sometimes Doesn’t)
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience
The brain is one of the most complex entities in biology. For thousands of years, humans have wondered how the human brain works, but only in the past few years has technology evolved so that scientists can actually answer some of the many questions we have. What are the causes of brain disorders? How do our brains develop? How does the brain heal after a head injury? While we still have a long way to go before we can understand the many facets of the human brain, one technology – CRISPR – has allowed us to start answering these questions on a genetic level.
What is CRISPR?
May 11, 2024
Are You Ready for Tech That Connects to Your Brain?
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: business, cybercrime/malcode, education, neuroscience
Imagine having telepathic conversations with loved ones, instantaneously accessing superhuman computational power, playing back memories and dreams, or immersing yourself and every sense you possess into a virtual entertainment experience. In the distant future, if brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are successful at reading and writing information to the brain, and if humans adapt to the technology, we could experience some pretty amazing scenarios. But, there are many outstanding questions for how we could ensure a bright future: Who will own the data generated by our brains? Will brain data be bought and sold by data brokers like other personal information today? Will people be forced to use certain BCIs that surveil their brain activity (for example, to make sure you’re paying attention at work and school)? Will BCIs put peoples’ brains at risk of being hacked? As with all new technology, more of these philosophical questions will need to be investigated and answered before there is widespread adoption and use of BCIs in the future.
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Who owns that data?
May 11, 2024
CRISPR-Cas9: A double-edged sword
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
What if someone handed you a tool and said that you could better the lives of people before their birth by changing their genes? Would you do it?
CRISPR-Cas9 is one such tool. It’s an efficient and effective gene-editing technology that works by tagging a section of DNA with an RNA segment, and then using a protein called Cas9 to cut the DNA at the specified point. Then, the cell’s own DNA machinery works to add or delete DNA.
This technology opens up the pathway to a variety of gene-editing applications, from eliminating HIV in living organisms to creating a potential cure for Huntington’s disease. There is especially high potential for single-gene disorders to be eradicated. For example, promising results from the successful removal of a gene known to cause fatal heart disease from the embryo will not only save lives but also prevent the passing down of the gene.
