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Live off-grid in a UFO home

April 27, 2016

A more stylish option to wait out the apocalypse, is a fully sustainable floating home. The Unidentified Floating Home, from Italian mini yacht-maker offers a completely off-grid existence on the ocean. According to the company’s co-founders, Pierpaolo Lazzarini and Luca Solla, the UFO is intended for “living in a floating house and moving slowly around the world.” “Slowly” in this case means a leisurely maximum speed of 3.5 knots (6.5 km/h, 4 mph), using a waterjet-propelled Torqeedo Deep Blue 1800 electric motor.

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Gene therapy against human aging successful

April 26, 2016

Elizabeth Parrish, CEO of Bioviva USA Inc, has undergone a gene therapy, created by her own company that has reversed 20 years of telomere shortening. This makes Parrish the first human to be successfully rejuvenated by gene therapy. Telomere score is calculated according to telomere length of white blood cells (T-lymphocytes). This result is based on the average T-lymphocyte telomere length compared to the American population at the same age range. The higher the telomere score, the “younger” the cells.

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Ray Kurzweil predicts Solar Will Dominate Energy Within 12 Years

April 26, 2016

Ray Kurzweil has made a number of predictions that have been surprisingly correct in the last few decades. His newest prediction, made at a medical technology conference, is that in a little over a decade solar dominate the energy arena. That may be difficult to believe considering it currently only supplies 2% of global energy.

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Robot Snakes are making underwater maintenance a whole lot easier

April 26, 2016

The new Eelume robot is a self propelled aquatic mechanical snake. The Eelume is designed to do subsea repair and inspection work that is difficult or impossible for humans to do. This robot is perfect for the task because it emulates something that actually lives under the sea.

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Could we start living forever by 2029, Google’s chief futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks we could

April 22, 2016

Ray Kurzweil, Google’s chief futurist, is one of the biggest believers in The Singularity. The singularity is the moment when humans, with the aid of technology will live forever. In a recent interview with Playboy Kurzweil, laid out what he thinks the next few decades will look like. He pinpoints the exact year as being 2045 when, according to his calculations, nonbiological intelligence created that year will be a billion times more powerful than all of human intelligence today.

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The need for Lithium has greatly increased with the release of the Tesla Model 3

April 22, 2016

Lithium, the gasoline for Tesla Model 3 electric car, is causing a feeding frenzy that has only just begun. Unveiled on March 31st the car has already received 325,000 orders. Even the market know that this is more than just another electric vehicle, with its record breaking sales in its week one launch. Lithium will need significant advancements in order to keep up with the demand for these new vehicles.

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Why Gendered Robots Could Be Problematic

April 22, 2016

A gender designed robot is a deception and can lead to confusion and deception of vulnerable users. Designing robots to resemble men, women, boys or girls is immoral, and breaks one of the five principles of robotics, that robots should not be designed to be deceptive or exploit. Thier machine nature should always be transparent.

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New nanowire battery can survive thousands of charges

April 24, 2016

Batteries haven’t seen a technological leap in years, mainly due to the volatile chemicals they contain. The most effective one produced being the lithium ion cell. Even with experimentation of exotic compounds the new wave of batteries is still many years away. Recently new research in the area of nanowires – surfaces “thousands of times thinner than a human hair” could prove to mitigate the short lifespan of batteries without needing any new chemicals. Continue reading…

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Dubai’s New Underwater Rooms are also Sanctuaries for Seahorses

April 22, 2016

Underwater apartments are the most spectacular thing to come out of Dubai so far this year. Dubai has become well-known for their grand architecture and grandiose, and for good reason. The floating Seahorse, a luxury floating villa, that is partially underwater, costs about 1.8 million dollars and is the latest in ambitious projects to come from the city.

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Transparent wood is the new glass

April 22, 2016

Wood, an inexpensive and renewable resource, has many applications. Including building materials for high rises, bicycles, and foam insulation. Recently researchers developed transparent wood for potential use in windows, and solar cells, providing a cheaper alternative to silica-based glass. Led by Prof. Lars Berglund at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, researchers chemically remove lignin from natural wood fibers – lignin is one component of wood cell walls. What was left was a material that was “beautifully white,” but still not transparent.

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What food will we make with 3D printers?

April 20, 2016

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3d printing food is talked about a lot, but few sighting. No one really knows if its real or not. The idea is to take a 3D printer replace the non-edible material with something edible and delicious like food purée or mixes, etc. The results have been less than amazing with taking perfectly good food and turning it into odd shapes designs. Still, a few companies are still trying to pave the way to real business in this space.

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The age of the computer chip brain implant

April 20, 2016

Though he was left paralyzed from the neck down, Ian Burkhart can now play Guitar Hero with his thoughts. A computer chip in his brain enables him to play along to the rhythm of the songs, a process detailed in a paper published on April 13th.

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