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Aug 6, 2017

The Israeli Military is Buying Copter Drones With Machine Guns

Posted by in categories: drones, military, robotics/AI

A breakthrough in drone design gives a glimpse into the future of urban warfare.

The Israeli military is buying small multi–rotor drones modified to carry a machine gun, a grenade launcher and variety of other weapons to fight tomorrow’s urban warfare battles. Their maker, Florida startup Duke Robotics, is pitching the TIKAD drone to the U.S military as well.

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Aug 6, 2017

Many people ask us why the government does not seem to fund longevity research

Posted by in categories: government, life extension

Aubrey gives his opinion, and explains how audience members can help support research at SENS.

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Aug 6, 2017

Alexandra Elbakyan – Science Should be Open to all Not Behind Paywalls

Posted by in category: science

A few days ago, at the international exhibition Geek Picnic 2017 in Moscow, LEAF director Elena Milova had the opportunity to talk with the founder of Sci-Hub, Alexandra Elbakyan. The Sci-Hub website is devoted to providing scientists, students, and researchers with free access to scientific publications which would otherwise be locked behind paywalls.

In this exclusive interview, Alexandra talks about the history of the project and shares her vision on how to stimulate the transition to an open access system globally.

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Aug 6, 2017

The Self Drive Act, Bit Coin Clone, NASA Hiring Someone To Protect The Earth From Aliens & The Hive Mind

Posted by in categories: alien life, government, robotics/AI, transportation

Last week, a U.S. House Committee gave its approval for the SELF DRIVE Act, a bill that introduces breakthrough legislation in favor of autonomous vehicles. The bill could pass Congress before the end of 2017, ushering in a new era in self-driving tech.

In a report published in 2016, the White House estimated that nearly 3.1 million drivers working today could have their jobs automated by autonomous vehicles.

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Aug 6, 2017

A Powerful Energy Beam in Space Seems to Exceed the Speed of Light

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

Strange beams of plasma that have been observed that seem to defy the laws of physics by moving faster than the speed of light.

In the Galaxy M87 (which was created when two other galaxies merged), a jet of hot plasma — caused by gas being sucked into a central black hole, being heated, and then shot out by magnetic fields — has been helping us gain insight into the weird origins of our galaxy. It is shaped like a thin beam and is emitted from the center of a black hole.

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Aug 6, 2017

4 Ways Tech Is Going To Improve And Enhance Humans

Posted by in categories: entertainment, futurism

Human beings have always wanted to improve themselves, it’s an intrinsic human drive. We’ve come to a point in time where technology allows us to do just that and in the very near future we’re going to see dramatic changes in what it means to be a human being. So, let’s take a look at the likely advancements we all soon maybe upgrading to.

Exo-skeletons:

1984 was the year that introduced The Terminator to the world as a cold, ruthless killing machine, but only part-machine. The cybernetic organism was described in the movie as “living tissue over a metal endoskeleton.” It was a fictional concept back then, but in the 2020’s, it might not be fiction, but reality.

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Aug 6, 2017

Some Nuclear Power Facts

Posted by in category: nuclear energy

Via: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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Aug 5, 2017

Amazon gets patent for a shipping label with a built-in parachute for drone deliveries

Posted by in category: drones

Amazon was granted a patent for a shipping label with a built-in parachute for drone deliveries.

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Aug 5, 2017

This FDA Approved Drug Could Permanently Repair Brain Damage in Stroke Victims

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

  • Using a drug already approved for clinical trials, researchers were able to reduce brain damage and boost the growth of new brain cells in mice suffering from strokes.
  • The research offers new hope to those dealing with the aftermath of strokes, which are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States.

Researchers from the University of Manchester have developed a new treatment that could limit the damage caused by strokes and also promote repair in the affected area of the brain. What’s more, the drug they’re using has already been clinically approved.

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Aug 5, 2017

How to turn a crystal into an erasable electrical circuit

Posted by in categories: electronics, physics

Washington State University researchers used light to write a highly conducting electrical path in a crystal that can be erased and reconfigured. (Left) A photograph of a sample with four metal contacts. (Right) An illustration of a laser drawing a conductive path between two contacts. (credit: Washington State University)

Washington State University (WSU) physicists have found a way to write an electrical circuit into a crystal, opening up the possibility of transparent, three-dimensional electronics that, like an Etch A Sketch, can be erased and reconfigured.

Ordinarily, a crystal does not conduct electricity. But when the researchers heated up crystal strontium titanate under the specific conditions, the crystal was altered so that light made it conductive. The circuit could be erased by heating it with an optical pen.

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