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Korean researchers have demonstrated a simple inexpensive robotic exoskeleton they say, if commercialized, could make elderly people more robust in walking. (techxplore.com)
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1602
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NASA May Pay $1 Billion to Destroy the International Space Station. Here’s Why. (www.scientificamerican.com)
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NYC Will Soon Be Home to 15 Robot-Run Vegetarian Restaurants From Chipotle’s Founder (ny.eater.com)
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280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles (arstechnica.com)
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1605
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Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time, IEA says (www.reuters.com)
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ChatGPT creator Sam Altman lands Microsoft job after ousting by OpenAI board (news.sky.com)
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Battery prices are forecast to fall 40% by 2025, and by 13% every year until 2030. (www.goldmansachs.com)
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1608
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A robotics developer says advanced robots will be created much sooner than most people expect. The same approach that has rapidly advanced AI is about to do the same for robotics. (techcrunch.com)
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1609
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Swiss Re, one of the world's largest insurance companies, says Waymo's self-driving cars are already safer than human driven cars. (www.swissre.com)
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1610
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A new type of AI model that can beat humans at all types of games, not just individual ones, may be a step towards AGI. (www.newscientist.com)
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1611
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Britain has greenlit the country's free healthcare system to use a CRISPR gene-editing therapy for sickle cell anaemia that it is hoped will be a complete cure for the genetic disorder. (www.theguardian.com)
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1612
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Researchers think the upcoming generation of gravitational wave detectors may be sensitive enough to detect techno-signatures of extraterrestrial civilizations. (thedebrief.org)
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1613
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In a survey of 216 Computer Science professors - 95% believe deepfake AI is now 'advanced' and 40% think digital certification should be used to deal with it. (www.axios.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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AI is coming for our jobs! Could universal basic income be the solution? (www.theguardian.com)
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1615
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Telling GPT-4 you're scared or under pressure improves performance (aimodels.substack.com)
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Scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don't have free will (phys.org)
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Warner Bros will create an AI copy of Edith Piaf, so she can star in a new movie. (variety.com)
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A new 3D printer that can simultaneously print polymers of different elasticity and rigidity allows Swiss researchers to build a fully functional robotic human hand with bones, ligaments, and tendons. (www.eurekalert.org)
submitted 2 years ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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1619
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Boom Supersonic says it's nearing first flight test of supersonic passenger jet (www.axios.com)
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1620
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Why the Pentagon is spending billions to bring laser weapons to the battlefield (www.cnbc.com)
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Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard (www.wired.com)
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Device keeps brain alive, functioning separate from body (www.utsouthwestern.edu)
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EU Nations have agreed to make restoring natural habitats legally binding. Forest, sea, agricultural and urban habitats must be restored - with a 20% target for 2030, and a 90% target for 2050. (ec.europa.eu)
submitted 2 years ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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Will China beat the United States back to the moon? It’s possible. (www.washingtonpost.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Lugh@futurology.today to c/futurology@futurology.today
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New Gene Editing Treatment Cuts Dangerous Cholesterol in Small Study - The trial involved only 10 patients, but it suggests cholesterol can be permanently reduced with a single gene-editing treatment. (www.nature.com)
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