Via Winchell Chung.
Originally shared by Troy
Cutting wound healing time from two weeks to 3 days sounds like the stuff of cyberpunk. But since it’s small electrical impulses, it could also be how healing magic works in fantasy settings, coming from the Lightning schools instead of divine magic. Perhaps some kind of quartz-like material placed over a dressing.
There’s a big gap between knowing that an asteroid contains a lot of valuable metal and extracting that metal, let alone bringing it back to Earth. Of course, you could use it to build things in space which you wouldn’t have to lift out of a gravity well, and that is probably the most compelling use case for asteroid mining, in reality.
Originally shared by Alan Brown
This would be a real achievement for NASA, diamonds, platinum and gold from space mining.
See the facebook blog: https://www.facebook.com/nightskyuniverse/notifications/
https://futurism.com/nasa-fast-tracking-plans-explore-metal-asteroid-worth-10000-quadrillion
It appears that at least some senior leadership at Google are flouting the “Don’t be Evil” principle of the founders.
Via Bliss Morgan.
Originally shared by Cindy Brown
Holy moly!
Our own Yonatan Zunger has words.
I think I’m going to be pulling further back from google products.
A nice little bit of knowledge that could easily become a plot point: on the moon, things are further away than they look to Earth-adapted eyes.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
How One Researcher Is Using VR to Help Our Eyes Adapt to Seeing in Space
Brain prosthetics. Sounds like they work smoothly and seamlessly, giving people who are unable to move their limbs access to any app they want to use.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Paralyzed Patients Can Now Control Android Tablets With Their Minds
The answer to the headline’s question is, of course, “Yes”.
An interesting argument about why scientific progress continues at a fairly steady rate even though the number of scientists increases.
An actual false flag operation is behind a lot of the most extreme fake news.
Originally shared by BBC News
Fake news! Meet one of the world’s most prolific writers of disinformation.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
Incepting Sight? This Brain Implant Lets Blind Patients “See” Letters
Originally shared by Eduardo Suastegui
EXCLUSIVE: Chinese scientists are creating CRISPR babies – MIT Technology Review
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612458/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/