A batch of DJI Matrice 300 RTK drones, part of Ukraine’s “Army of Drones” project Evgen Kotenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has promised that in 2024 the country’s military will have a million drones. His nation already deploys hundreds of thousands of small drones, but this is a step change …
Read More »Are autonomous labs the future of science?
A-Lab at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab A COMMON experience for many PhD students working in labs – the glass beaker and fume cupboard kind – is to feel like a glorified robot. So much science, especially the testing of new materials that students are …
Read More »The future of AI: The 5 possible scenarios, from utopia to extinction
IF YOU ask the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT what the rise of artificial intelligence means for humanity’s future, it proffers a measured response, concluding that “the future of humanity with AI is not predetermined, and its impact will depend on how AI is developed, regulated, and integrated into various aspects of …
Read More »Cyborg pianist: Artist uses AI, brain data and motion sensors to shape the future of classical music
Zubin Kanga describes himself as a pianist, composer and technologist. In his latest work, Cyborg Pianist, which premiered at Kings Place, London, he commissioned composers to create new works that fused cutting-edge technology with classical piano. Using technologies such as MiMu motion detection gloves, brainwave sensors and artificial intelligence, Kanga …
Read More »Rollercoasters of the future: How VR is revolutionising thrill rides
Can the intensely thrilling experience delivered by a rollercoaster be matched by a ride simulator using just a VR headset and motion platform? Thrill engineer Brendan Walker’s experiment, in collaboration with Middlesex University, UK, has been designed to answer this very question by monitoring and comparing riders’ emotional states onboard …
Read More »Future of fusion: How the UK’s JET reactor paved the way for ITER
Earlier this year, the Joint European Torus (JET) turned 40. JET is a fusion energy tokamak device based in Oxfordshire, UK, operated by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. When powered up, plasma rushes around the reactor’s core at 150 million°C, hotter than the centre of the sun. After decades of …
Read More »The Future of Clean Heat: Steady Energy’s Innovative Small Nuclear Reactor Heating Plant Gets Seed Funding – News – Nuclear Power News – Nuclear Street
Steady Energy, a startup originating from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, aims to revolutionize the energy-intensive heating industry, starting with residential and district heating. Recently, the company successfully secured EUR 2 million in seed funding led by VTT, Yes VC, and Lifeline Ventures. This funding will be utilized by …
Read More »The Future of Clean Heat: Steady Energy’s Innovative Small Nuclear Reactor Heating Plant Gets Seed Funding – News – Nuclear Power News – Nuclear Street
Steady Energy, a startup originating from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, aims to revolutionize the energy-intensive heating industry, starting with residential and district heating. Recently, the company successfully secured EUR 2 million in seed funding led by VTT, Yes VC, and Lifeline Ventures. This funding will be utilized by …
Read More »Shapes 3D printed into living worms could be future of brain implants
Microscopy image showing live Caenorhabditis elegans worms with 3D-printed shapes Alexandre Benedetto Nematode worms given glowing shapes inside their bodies show how electronics can be directly 3D printed within a living organism. The technique could one day be used to create and maintain implants or computer-brain interfaces in humans. Electronic …
Read More »Welcome to Your AI Future! New AI film uses Midjourney to explore ethics of AI
Welcome to Your AI Future! is an unsettlingly surreal short film, set in a future in which the world has been destroyed, but one human has been found by an apparently well-meaning artificial intelligence, which is keen to help – to the best of its ability. Topics: Source link
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