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Jan 10, 2017

Invisible Combat Vehicles May Now Be Possible; Russian Scientists Claim

Posted by in categories: innovation, transportation

https://youtube.com/watch?v=VTXmmttInWk

Interesting.


20 Armata tanks boasted with a science breakthrough idea that reduced visibility with high-tech armor protection have successfully been tested in Russia.

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Jan 9, 2017

Very Large Telescope joins Breakthrough search for Alpha Centauri’s planets

Posted by in categories: innovation, space

One of the most powerful observing instruments on Earth, the Very Large Telescope, will join the search for potentially habitable planets around the Alpha Centauri star system.

The survey will take place in 2019 under the terms of an agreement signed by the European Southern Observatory, which operates the VLT in Chile, and by the Breakthrough Initiatives.

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Dec 30, 2016

Humans will soon control SWARMS of robots using their MIND

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

HUMANS can now control swarms of robots using just their thoughts and eye movements.

In an incredible feat for science, a human has successfully guided a collection of robots using just their brain power.

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Dec 29, 2016

Harvard Biologist Retracts Groundbreaking Diabetes ‘Breakthrough’

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

A Harvard research team led by biologist Douglas Melton has retracted a promising research paper following multiple failed attempts to reproduce the original findings.

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Dec 29, 2016

Graphene Enables Spin Filtering at Room Temperatures for First Time

Posted by in categories: innovation, materials

Breakthrough could be a boon for next-generation MRAM.

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Dec 28, 2016

Artificial Intelligence Gained Consciousness in 1991

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Jürgen Schmidhuber is the most important A.I. engineer and thinker you don’t know about.

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Dec 13, 2016

Cobra venom can help surgeons spot cancer tumours

Posted by in categories: innovation, quantum physics

What do lethal cobra venom, quantum dots and cancer diagnosis have in common? Nothing — till a team of Russian and Indian scientists put their heads to it and developed an innovative technique to take sharp images of cancer growths.

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Dec 11, 2016

Smart contact lens is discussed at electron devices meeting

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, innovation

Cannot wait to get my AR Contacts.


(Tech Xplore)—Can we look at a future smart contact lens for those with eye problems? The iris, a key part of our eyes, modulates the amount of light reaching the retina, said researchers, and an estimated 200,000 individuals worldwide suffer from iris deficiencies.

These deficiencies bring discomfort and extreme photosensitivity, such as aniridia and leiomyoma.

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Dec 7, 2016

Is it too late to get into Bitcoin and the Blockchain?

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, hardware, innovation, internet

At Quora, I occasionally role play, “Ask the expert” under the pen name, Ellery. Today, I was asked “Is it too late to get into Bitcoin and the Blockchain”.

A few other Bitcoin enthusiasts interpreted the question to mean “Is it too late to invest in Bitcoin”. But, I took to to mean “Is it too late to develop the next big application—or create a successful startup?”. This is my answer. [co-published at Quora]…


The question is a lot like asking if it is too late to get into the television craze—back in the early 1930s. My dad played a small role in this saga. He was an apprentice to Vladamir Zworykin, inventor of the cathode ray tube oscilloscope. (From 1940 until the early 2000s, televisions and computer monitors were based on the oscilloscope). So—for me—there is fun in this very accurate analogy…

John Logie Baird demonstrated his crude mechanical Televisor in 1926. For the next 8 years, hobbyist TV sets were mechanical. Viewers peeked through slots on a spinning cylinder or at an image created from edge-lit spinning platters. The legendary Howdy Doody, Lucille Ball and Ed Sullivan were still decades away.

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Nov 27, 2016

This Nifty Infographic Is a Great Introduction to Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Therapy

Posted by in categories: innovation, neuroscience

Did you know you can rewire your brain? Neuroscientific research breakthroughs are revealing fascinating new truths about the malleability of our brains and, thus, the malleability of ourselves as well.

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