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Nov 6, 2023
PROJECT HYPERION: THE HOLLOW ASTEROID STARSHIP — DISSEMINATION OF AN IDEA
Posted by Andreas M. Hein in categories: materials, space
A large space mirror heats up an asteroid, slowly melting it. Water, which was injected into the center of the body expands, blows up the melted material, creating the shape of a balloon. After cooling down, rotation is induced into the hollow body creating artificial gravity. An artificial fusion Sun brings daylight to the dark interior. A team of bio-life-support system experts, urban planners, and ecologists starts to create an artificial world inside the balloon, preparing it for the first settlers. The small world is then provided with a propulsion system and launched to one of the next stars or used as a space colony.
Nov 6, 2023
StoreDot Says Its Silicon Batteries Don’t Degrade When Charged Extremely Fast
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
The startup did 1,000 consecutive extreme fast charging cycles and compared them to slow charging scenarios.
Nov 6, 2023
The Evolution of Mammalian Brain Folding Has Been Revealed
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: evolution, neuroscience
Scientists have characterized the folding of the cerebellar cortex using data from a sample of 56 mammalian species, allowing them to study the diversity and evolution of cerebellar folding.
Nov 6, 2023
Maths problem solved after stumping the world for nearly a century
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: mathematics
Forget politics; if you want to divide a crowd, ask if anyone enjoys mathematics. But even the most maths-averse people may still be impressed by two researchers who have solved a problem that has been stuck in the same puzzling place since 1937.
Nov 6, 2023
Tata to use JLR’s EMA platform for premium electric cars
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: sustainability, transportation
Electric SUV platform – to be used by next Discovery Sport and Evoque – will underpin new brand Avinya’s EVs.
Nov 6, 2023
Tesla to integrate Elon Musk’s new AI assistant in its vehicles
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, space, sustainability
Tesla is going to integrate Elon Musk’s newly launched Grok AI assistant in its electric vehicles, according to the CEO.
Earlier this year, Musk launched a new AI startup, xAI, and said that it will work closely with Tesla.
The company’s mission is “to understand the true nature of the universe”, but in practice, its first project is to build a chatbot or AI assistant à la ChatGPT.
Nov 6, 2023
Rats have an imagination, new research finds
Posted by Zola Balazs Bekasi in categories: neuroscience, virtual reality
As humans, we live in our thoughts: from pondering what to make for dinner to daydreaming about our last beach vacation. Now, researchers at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus have found that animals also possess an imagination.
A team from the Lee and Harris labs developed a novel system combining virtual reality and a brain-machine interface to probe a rat’s inner thoughts.
They found that, like humans, animals can think about places and objects that aren’t right in front of them, using their thoughts to imagine walking to a location or moving a remote object to a specific spot.
Nov 6, 2023
How to Become Smarter and Wiser: 16 Strategies to Boost Your Brainpower
Posted by Paul Battista in category: futurism
Follow these tips to help you improve your focus, memory and creative problem-solving ability so you can get smarter and wiser.
Nov 6, 2023
El Niño may be drying out the southern hemisphere — here’s how that affects the whole planet
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
New research finds fresh water losses are concentrated in South America, most of Africa and much of Australia.