Collaborate Disseminate
Current AI training methods burn colossal amounts of energy to learn, but the human brain sips just 20 W. Swiss startup FinalSpark is now selling access to cyborg biocomputers, running up to four living human brain organoids wired into silicon chips.Co… Continue reading Living brain-cell biocomputers are now training on dopamine
Kenworth has unveiled a sleek-looking SuperTruck 2 at the Advanced Clean Transport expo in Las Vegas, attempting to squeeze the maximum possible efficiency out of a diesel powertrain. It works, too, beating the company’s most efficient truck by 100%.Co… Continue reading Remarkable Kenworth SuperTruck 2 cuts fuel bills by 50%
Shipping is an extremely efficient way to move bulk goods around the planet, but it’s responsible for around 3% of global man-made carbon emissions, and the unique energy requirements of long-haul cargo ships make them extremely difficult to decarboniz… Continue reading Ridiculously simple idea cuts cargo ship emissions by 17.3% in first trials
Coal ash is abundant around coal-fired power stations. In fact, that might be considerably understating things – globally, power stations produce around 1.2 billion tonnes annually, and in Australia coal ash accounts for nearly 20% of all waste. It’s a… Continue reading Long-life low-carbon concrete switches 80% of its cement for coal ash
To briefly outline the crisis in question, the UN Water group puts it this way:Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Water Conservation, Elon Musk, Water, Desalination Continue reading “It is very solvable.” Elon Musk addresses the water scarcity crisis
In Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, water is so scarce on planet Arrakis that it’s absolutely sacred to the desert-dwelling Fremen, who wear special ‘stillsuits’ that capture and recycle nearly all their body fluids. Now, a YouTuber has built one for real…. Continue reading Real-life ‘stillsuit’ recycles body fluids into drinkable water
Where there’s relative movement, there’s a chance to generate electricity, and vehicle wheels move up and down on their suspension the entire time they’re in motion. We first encountered regenerative suspension 15 years ago – so how’s it going?Continue… Continue reading Regenerative suspension… What happened to that?
Just a dozen humans in all of history have had the incredible experience of walking on the Moon. The best of the best. Our bravest and most competent. Earth’s ambassadors. Twelve men of incredible physical fitness and intellectual prowess.Continue Read… Continue reading NASA wants to end lunar faceplants by giving astronauts extra robot limbs
AI offers a chance to do a lot of things much better – parental internet control is a great example. The Angel AI app introduces kids to the web in a way that’s tailored to their age and interests, with no ads, inappropriate content or privacy risks.Co… Continue reading Parental controls 2.0: AI guides kids onto the internet in a whole new way
Sony has shown off its new surgical robot doing some super-precise work sewing up a tiny slit in a corn kernel. It’s the first machine of its kind that auto-switches between its different tools, and has successfully been tested in animal surgery.Contin… Continue reading Watch: Sony’s new microsurgery robot stitches up a corn kernel