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/
If you’re writing space opera, you can probably just ignore all this (along with the need for reaction mass, how hard it is to reach orbit, and how long it takes to get around a solar system). But if you’re writing hard SF set in space, you need to know it.
Originally shared by Singularity Hub
What Happens to the Brain in Zero Gravity?
Originally shared by Anne-Marie Clark
Berliners have shown how to stop the march of the far right
“The demise of German fascist group Wir für Deutschland shows that citizens can unite to banish hatred”
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“Something significant has just occurred in Berlin. The far-right group Wir für Deutschland (We for Germany), which has been marching in the capital since 2016, has just announced that it will no longer protest there. Explaining the decision in a frustration-filled statement on Facebook, Wir für Deutschland credited three factors in particular…”
Lots of people are working on this kind of stuff, and making decent progress.
Originally shared by Judah Richardson
Does your mouth water at the prospect of a nice juicy steak? How about a nice juicy 3D-printed steak, made using a paste composed of vegetable-based materials like rice, peas, and seaweed? That’s what a new Spanish startup, Novameat, is working hard to bring to market.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/3d-printed-steak-rice-peas-seaweed/
If you follow food tech as I do, there’s nothing really new in this article, but it pulls together a number of innovations in one place and provides a decent summary.
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Thanksgiving Food for Thought: The Tech Helping Make Food Abundant