A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity. And they can smile like us too. Rory BathgateLive ScienceTue, 25 Jun 2024 © Shoji Takeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), the University of Tokyo Researchers have pioneered a method that […]
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If this technology takes off like cellphones did, then yes, we truly are doomed. “People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.” – Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) “Humans became slaves to the machines they created” Frank Herbert, (Dune) Clown Planet […]
Something unprecedented is happening in Earth orbit. In only a few short years, the satellite population has skyrocketed, more than doubling since 2020. In the past year alone, more satellites have been launched than during the first thirty years of the Space Age. Much of this activity is driven by […]
Frank Herbert, the author of Dune, warned about humanity becoming slaves to our own technology and “thinking machines”. I loathe AI with a vengeance. Especially ChatGPT. Nick cave and Stephen fry I both have the utmost respect for, however. Martin Stephen Fry reads Nick Cave’s stirring letter about ChatGPT and […]
AI has become almost inescapable, but how many realize just what the dangers are? Takes a lot to scare me, but this gave me the chills…MH YT channel The Why Files is immensely popular thanks to the clever blend of solid research and entertaining presentation style. If you haven’t seen […]
Revelations are still pouring forth from the World Economic Forum! Check out this little clip. It’s all happening in 2030 it seems. From Mark Crispin Miller Thanks to Pam Vernon at EWR for the heads-up. READ AT THE LINK: News from Underground http://allthatstreaming.com/media/ats/video/petta-lundmark.mp4 Cue the inevitable Borg reference: Martin comments: […]
Electric Vehicles (EVs) will speed us down the path to Net Zero, right? Except that making the EVs generates emissions, and recharging the battery generates emissions, and replacing the batteries every 5 years generates emissions. So how do we know switching to EVs would actually reduce CO2 emissions? 01 Jun […]
This is creepy. What’s even creepier is the resemblance to Joe Biden… And here’s something even creepier… This Robot would let 5 People die | AI on Moral Questions | Sophia answers the Trolley Problem
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Impossible? Not any more! Will this discovery quietly disappear like so many other “impossibilities”? MH University of ArkansasPhys.orgFri, 02 Oct 2020 A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene’s thermal motion and converting it into an electrical current. “An energy-harvesting circuit based […]