Big News / Small Bytes2. 5. 21 Biological AI2. 5. 213BRAIN AG / FuturismIt's not unusual for artificial intelligence developers to take inspiration from the human brain when designing their algorithms or the circuitry they run on, but now a project is taking that biological inspiration a step further.Scientists from England's Aston University are physically integrating human brain stem cells into AI microchips, . The goal, the scientists say, is to push the boundaries of what AI can do by borrowing some of the human brain's processing capabilities.The project, dubbed Neu-ChiP, sounds like...…Big News / Small Bytes2. 5. 21 Biological AI2. 5. 213BRAIN AG / FuturismIt's not unusual for artificial intelligence developers to take inspiration from the human brain when designing their algorithms or the circuitry they run on, but now a project is taking that biological inspiration a step further.Scientists from England's Aston University are physically integrating human brain stem cells into AI microchips, . The goal, the scientists say, is to push the boundaries of what AI can do by borrowing some of the human brain's processing capabilities.The project, dubbed Neu-ChiP, sounds like...WW…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk just got absolutely roasted on Twitter — a joke that appears to have flown completely over his head. Paul Graham, venture capitalist and founder of Y Combinator, highlighted an extensive list of "unicorn" companies making the rounds on social media that were comprised mostly of software ventures, with a notable lack of manufacturing and other heavy industries in the mix. "Making physical stuff is hard," Graham argued. "But don't let that deter you, if that's what you're interested in." "Major misallocation of capital IMO," replied Musk, a billionaire who is in the...…Twitter CEO Elon Musk just got absolutely roasted on Twitter — a joke that appears to have flown completely over his head. Paul Graham, venture capitalist and founder of Y Combinator, highlighted an extensive list of "unicorn" companies making the rounds on social media that were comprised mostly of software ventures, with a notable lack of manufacturing and other heavy industries in the mix. "Making physical stuff is hard," Graham argued. "But don't let that deter you, if that's what you're interested in." "Major misallocation of capital IMO," replied Musk, a billionaire who is in the...WW…

Let's Go to Mars6. 11. 20  Let's Go to Mars6. 11. 20  Image by Bjarke Ingels GroupBack in 2017, architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design a prototype of a Martian city by the Dubai government. What they came up with is a stunning vision of what life on the Red Planet could one day be like, .The project is part of the United Arab Emirates' Mars Science City, a space intended for Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.So far, the city is not much more than a concept — but that doesn't make the vision itself any less beautiful.The architects imagine a...…Let's Go to Mars6. 11. 20  Let's Go to Mars6. 11. 20  Image by Bjarke Ingels GroupBack in 2017, architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group were asked to design a prototype of a Martian city by the Dubai government. What they came up with is a stunning vision of what life on the Red Planet could one day be like, .The project is part of the United Arab Emirates' Mars Science City, a space intended for Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre.So far, the city is not much more than a concept — but that doesn't make the vision itself any less beautiful.The architects imagine a...WW…

Big News / Small Bytes5. 18. 20 Space Flex5. 18. 20Boeing/FuturismThe newly-minted US Space Force launched a secretive Boeing spacecraft this weekend, in a mission that a payload of military and NASA experiments.The spacecraft in question is the Boeing X-37B, an uncrewed space plane that looks like a tiny Space Shuttle and has already in the Earth's orbit under the purview of other branches of the US military.Beautiful slowmo footage from our stream during ... so quick into those clouds!📽️BTS of how we got the shot next tweet⬇️ Congrats ULA , , and the space plane team 🌌✈️ — Cosmic...…Big News / Small Bytes5. 18. 20 Space Flex5. 18. 20Boeing/FuturismThe newly-minted US Space Force launched a secretive Boeing spacecraft this weekend, in a mission that a payload of military and NASA experiments.The spacecraft in question is the Boeing X-37B, an uncrewed space plane that looks like a tiny Space Shuttle and has already in the Earth's orbit under the purview of other branches of the US military.Beautiful slowmo footage from our stream during ... so quick into those clouds!📽️BTS of how we got the shot next tweet⬇️ Congrats ULA , , and the space plane team 🌌✈️ — Cosmic...WW…

Personality Construct1. 25. 21  Personality Construct1. 25. 21  Image by OpenBCIThe CEO of legendary gaming company Valve, Gabe Newell, says his company is working on a brain-computer interface (BCI) headset that could make video games more immersive than ever.In an — the CEO has been spending time on the island nation during the pandemic — Newell argued that "eyes were created by this low-cost bidder that didn't care about failure rates and [return merchandise authorizations], and if it got broken there was no way to repair anything effectively, which totally makes...…Personality Construct1. 25. 21  Personality Construct1. 25. 21  Image by OpenBCIThe CEO of legendary gaming company Valve, Gabe Newell, says his company is working on a brain-computer interface (BCI) headset that could make video games more immersive than ever.In an — the CEO has been spending time on the island nation during the pandemic — Newell argued that "eyes were created by this low-cost bidder that didn't care about failure rates and [return merchandise authorizations], and if it got broken there was no way to repair anything effectively, which totally makes...WW…

Big News / Small Bytes9. 28. 20 Precision Tracking9. 28. 20FuturismThe U.S. Army has its eyes on SpaceX's Starlink constellation, which already has more than 700 satellites in orbit and has plans for many more.SpaceX launched Starlink with the goal of to the entire planet, but now the Army wants to tinker with the satellites and build in another purpose: to create a navigational network that's reportedly better and more secure than GPS, .A team of engineers at the University of Texas at Austin this week that describes a navigational system that's both 10 times as precise as GPS and less...…Big News / Small Bytes9. 28. 20 Precision Tracking9. 28. 20FuturismThe U.S. Army has its eyes on SpaceX's Starlink constellation, which already has more than 700 satellites in orbit and has plans for many more.SpaceX launched Starlink with the goal of to the entire planet, but now the Army wants to tinker with the satellites and build in another purpose: to create a navigational network that's reportedly better and more secure than GPS, .A team of engineers at the University of Texas at Austin this week that describes a navigational system that's both 10 times as precise as GPS and less...WW…

Galaxy Brain4. 16. 20  by 4. 16. 20  A new study suggests that spending a long time in space is causing the volume of astronauts' brains to expand.A majority of crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of the optic nerve, along with a surplus of fluid that expands the actual volume of their brains."When you're in microgravity, fluid such as your venous blood no longer pools toward your lower extremities but redistributes headward," Larry Kramer, professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and lead author of published in...…Galaxy Brain4. 16. 20  by 4. 16. 20  A new study suggests that spending a long time in space is causing the volume of astronauts' brains to expand.A majority of crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) of the optic nerve, along with a surplus of fluid that expands the actual volume of their brains."When you're in microgravity, fluid such as your venous blood no longer pools toward your lower extremities but redistributes headward," Larry Kramer, professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and lead author of published in...WW…

LiveMau59. 1. 20  by 9. 1. 20  The common bodybuilding supplement alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG) seems to have a pronounced anti-aging effect on mice.The supplement — which is also produced naturally in mouse and human bodies — not only made the mice who ate it live longer, but it also for longer as well, .The Buck Institute for Research on Aging scientists behind the research found that female mice that were fed enough AKG to maintain a younger mouse's blood levels of the compound lived eight to 20 percent longer than the control group, published Tuesday in the...…LiveMau59. 1. 20  by 9. 1. 20  The common bodybuilding supplement alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG) seems to have a pronounced anti-aging effect on mice.The supplement — which is also produced naturally in mouse and human bodies — not only made the mice who ate it live longer, but it also for longer as well, .The Buck Institute for Research on Aging scientists behind the research found that female mice that were fed enough AKG to maintain a younger mouse's blood levels of the compound lived eight to 20 percent longer than the control group, published Tuesday in the...WW…

Navigate Amateur photographer Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana could end up mercilessly crashing countless Android phones. But if it was set as the wallpaper on smartphones running the Android 10 operating system, the phones started acting up, switching off and on repeatedly. “I didn’t do anything intentionally,” Agrawal . “I’m sad that people ended up having issues.” The image, edited in Adobe Lightroom and , didn’t seem to cause any issues on iPhones. But thanks to a tiny snafu during the export of the image, Agrawal...…Navigate Amateur photographer Gaurav Agrawal had no idea his spectacular picture of St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana could end up mercilessly crashing countless Android phones. But if it was set as the wallpaper on smartphones running the Android 10 operating system, the phones started acting up, switching off and on repeatedly. “I didn’t do anything intentionally,” Agrawal . “I’m sad that people ended up having issues.” The image, edited in Adobe Lightroom and , didn’t seem to cause any issues on iPhones. But thanks to a tiny snafu during the export of the image, Agrawal...WW…

Big News / Small Bytes11. 25. 20 Building Supersoldiers11. 25. 20US ArmyThe U.S. Army is pouring money into neuroscience research, in a bid to try and decode the meaning behind different brain signals.The ultimate goal — likely still far in the future — is to build a system that would allow soldiers to communicate with nothing more than their thoughts, . It's a bold initiative that highlights the bizarre ways medical technology could change the very nature of warfare — and soldiers themselves.The Army Research Office (ARO) has committed to spending $6.25 million on the project over the...…Big News / Small Bytes11. 25. 20 Building Supersoldiers11. 25. 20US ArmyThe U.S. Army is pouring money into neuroscience research, in a bid to try and decode the meaning behind different brain signals.The ultimate goal — likely still far in the future — is to build a system that would allow soldiers to communicate with nothing more than their thoughts, . It's a bold initiative that highlights the bizarre ways medical technology could change the very nature of warfare — and soldiers themselves.The Army Research Office (ARO) has committed to spending $6.25 million on the project over the...WW…