TECH & INNOVATION

Should Technology Be Used to Extend the Human Lifespan?

TECH & INNOVATION 03.28.2019 08:49 AM

Technology may be able to ‘hack’ human mortality. In light of rapid gains in gene editing, nanotechnology, and robotics, some futurists expect this generation's biohackers to double their life spans.

Artificial intelligence identifies key patterns from video footage of infant movements

03.28.2019 08:27 AM

Subtle characteristics in the spontaneous movement of very young babies may reveal clinically important aspects of their neurodevelopment. Visual assessment of typical movement patterns (General movements, GM) by a clinical expert is known to be effective in early identification of e.g. cerebral palsy (CP).

Trump Administration Demands NASA to Return to the Moon by 2024 or Else

03.27.2019 10:55 AM

Lofty Presidential goals fall on the shoulders of NASA The Trump Administration, via a press conference held by Vice President Mike Pence, has given NASA an ultimatum; either put American astronauts on the Moon by 2024 or be replaced by private industry.

Apple enters the credit card industry

03.27.2019 07:53 AM

Apple is hoping a credit card will entice more iPhone owners to use Apple Pay Apple is rolling out a credit card with claims that it is designed to do things no other credit card can.

Russian Banks are Quickly Embracing Artificial Intelligence in their Operations

03.27.2019 07:44 AM

Banks in Russia are Studying Special Use Cases for the Application of Artificial Intelligence on their Day to Day Operations.

Twisted Graphene is Science’s Hottest New Topic

03.26.2019 09:31 AM

Atom-sized superconductors discovered with a simple angle adjustment. Just a year ago, scientists presented results that seemed almost too good to be true: Carbon sheets only a single atom thick, called graphene, took on a pair of important physical properties when they were twisted at just the right "magic" angle relative to one another.

Physicists Are Now Listening to the Quantum Vacuum

03.26.2019 09:07 AM

With the use of lasers and mirrors, physicists can hear 'nothingness'. The Louisiana State University Department of Physics & Astronomy associate professor Thomas Corbitt and his team of researchers now present the first broadband, off-resonance measurement of quantum radiation pressure noise in the audio band, at frequencies relevant to gravitational wave detectors.

Apple event 2019: Everything announced at Apple's presentation

03.26.2019 07:44 AM

Apple is making movies, TV shows and a credit card. CEO Tim Cook and a roster of big-name celebrities, including Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, announced the company's much-anticipated entrance into the crowded video-streaming market at a press event Monday afternoon inside the underground Steve Jobs theater at its Cupertino, California, headquarters.

You Can Now See Mars with Google Street View

03.26.2019 07:42 AM

Haughton Crater is Earth's most Mars-like terrain. Well, it may not be the actual Mars, but its pretty close and its only a click away on Google Maps.

Engineering cellular function without living cells

03.25.2019 20:41 PM

Genes in living cells are activated - or not - by proteins called transcription factors. The mechanisms by which these proteins activate certain genes and deactivate others play a fundamental role in many biological processes.

Study examines commercial hybrid-electric aircraft, reduced carbon emissions

03.25.2019 20:32 PM

Although we're still a long way from commercial airplanes powered by a combination of fossil fuel and batteries, a recent feasibility study at the University of Illinois explored fuel/battery configurations and the energy lifecycle to learn the tradeoffs needed to yield the greatest reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.