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Witness the reinvention of the humble EVA suit.

The humble EVA suit needed to fit the mission profiles — and the regular launches of the Space Shuttle meant it had to fit all stripe of folks.

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have achieved a two-order improvement in the response speed of solid-state batteries.

Lead author Yurii Victorovich Kovtun, despite being forced to evacuate the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology amid the current Russia-Ukraine war, has continued to work with Kyoto University to create stable plasmas using microwaves.

Getting plasma just right is one of the hurdles to harnessing the massive amounts of energy promised by nuclear fusion.

Plasmas — soups of ions and electrons — must be held at the right density, temperature, and duration for atomic nuclei to fuse together to achieve the desired release of energy.

(0:00) Nick kicks off the show.
(1:24) Under the hood of ChatGPT
(7:53) What is a neural net?
(10:05) Cast.ai — Get a free cloud cost audit with a personal consultation at https://cast.ai/twist.
(11:33) Determining values and weights in a neural net.
(18:28) Vanta — Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist.
(19:33) Emulating the human brain.
(23:26) Defining computational irreducibility.
(26:14) Emergent behavior and the rules of language.
(31:49) Discovering logic + creating a computational language.
(38:10) Clumio — Start a free backup, or sign up for a demo at https://clumio.com/twist.
(39:38) Wolfram’s ChatGPT plugin.
(43:46) The rapid pace of AI
(58:45) The “Post-Knowledge Work” era.
(1:03:52) The unintended consequences of AI
(1:11:45) Rewarding innovation.
(1:16:12) The possibility of AGI
(1:20:07) Creating a general-purpose robotic system.

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Ectogenesis—gestation using an artificial womb—is fast approaching reality. Yet without legislation, this innovation also has the potential to cause harm.

Scientists have achieved a “temporal analogue” to the famous double-slit experiment that could lead to new optical technologies. ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. Scientists have discovered “unexpected physics” by opening up “slits” in time, a new study reports, achieving a longstanding dream that can help to probe the behavior of light and pioneer advanced optical technologies.

Explore the history of artificial intelligence, from Alan Turing’s Turing Test to the latest breakthroughs in machine learning and natural language processing.

We’re half way there! Join us… and find out more!

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In a quest to expand human settlement to the moon and beyond, NASA and industry partners are developing landing systems to take astronauts from orbit to the lunar surface with its mission Artemis. However, a small but pertinent issue of excessive dust on the surface is posing a considerable challenge for fulfilling such explorations.

To counter this, the agency is seeking ideas from university students for solutions to mitigate the issue related to dusty landings. NASA’s new Human Lander Challenge invites college students to research ways to regulate the plume effect, the process in which a cloud of dust is stirred up by lunar vehicles when rocket engines are used to provide thrust for a smooth landing on unprepared surfaces. NASA had conducted a similar program for students, through its Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing challenge in 2020 for solutions to the same issue.