Robots, among many other benefits, will allow us to eliminate the currently dangerous jobs that humans still have to perform, and will allow us to replace humans on most of today’s repetitive tasks that are risky for our long-term health. Robotics advances are making this future a reality sooner than most expect. The video shows […]

The California Department of Motor Vehicles permitted General Motors and Google Companies to operate autonomous vehicles in some cities of California. The companies are charging fees and receiving compensation for autonomous services offered to the public. The vehicles are fully driverless and are now authorized to operate within parts of San Francisco between 10 p.m and […]

A chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc, aims to  deliver flying cars to customers in 2024, in collaboration with start-up “Xpeng Heitech”. The start-up is being founded by Xpeng Inc.  The electric flying car will be able to drive more than 600 kilometres with a single charge but it is still not clear how far it […]

Mercedes-Benz autonomous concept car, known as the “Vision AVTR”, will connect with a brain-computer interface system that will allow passengers to control the digital dashboard, change the radio station, open a window, answer a phone call, the interact with the car’s artificial intelligence systems, and send the car on a predetermined route. A future where […]

As scientists begin to think more seriously about building bases on celestial bodies, such as the moon, the idea of  space mining is becoming more and more popular. Considering that the distance between earth and the moon is approximately 385 thousand kilometres, and considering that gravity needs to be overcome to get there, it is a very attractive idea to use the existing resources on the moon for constructing future moon buildings. The same applies to all other planets humanity reaches in future space exploration. Learn […]

Amazon plans to bring cashierless technology to Whole Foods starting next year. The system is called Just Walk Out and allows shoppers to shop in-store without going through traditional checkout counters. Instead, technology relies on cameras, artificial intelligence algorithms and mobile apps to track and record what consumers buy off the shelf. All items will […]

Tesla announced that it will close all retail sales, to fulfil the goal of bringing its Model 3 to market at a $35,000 price point. Tesla’s plan is to use an online-only sales model hoping to reduce cost in 6 percent, and passing it to customers. A reason for such dramatic move might be the […]

Goodyear’s new concept, named “Aero tire” was designed to run on roads and double as a propulsion system for flying vehicles. The Aero tie has a non-pneumatic structure and will incorporate flexible new materials capable of both absorbing road shock and weathering stress during the car’s transition from horizontal to airborne. The Aero’s propellor blades […]

After 12 years, for the second time, an HIV-positive patient has entered long-term remission. The cure was discovered by chance in a eureka moment for modern medicine. The goal was to treat cancer in HIV+ patients. Patients were then administered with bone marrow transplants from donors with mutations in cell surface protein CCR5, and astonishingly […]

SpaceX became the first company to design, build, test, launch, and dock a spacecraft (Crew Demo-1) made to fly people to the International Space Station. SpaceX is now scheduled to launch Crew Demo-2, the first manned orbital spaceflight to launch from American soil since the space shuttle last launched in 2011. Crew Demo-1 demonstrates the impact […]

Assuming that the mind is simply the software and the brain is the hardware it runs upon, there might be a day when your neurons, and synaptic connections, are transferred to a machine and their counterparts. It will be a future of mind uploading, whole-brain emulation, and the full understanding of the connectome. In a […]

Biotech startup Rubius Therapeutics is aiming to develop targeted disease therapy using red blood cells. Rubius’ CEO, Torben Straight Nissen, believes their treatment is “basically superblood” (because their treatments are made using red blood cells). Rubius plans to equip red blood cells with a therapeutic protein that can be tailored to treat a particular condition. […]

Artificial micro-robots, made of a hydrogel nanocomposite, containing magnetic nanoparticles, were demonstrated to swim and navigate through different fluids. The magnetic nanoparticles allows to guide the micro-robots with an applied magnetic field, and the micro-robots can also dynamically change their shape in response to changes in the surrounding fluid, enabling the micro-robots to squeeze through […]

Antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis. McbBCD, a natural antibiotic, produces an enzyme called microcin B17, which kills E.coli, using an operating mechanism until now unknown. Advances in genomics and protein purification have now permitted uncovering the involved molecular machinery, empowering future design of new antibiotics, antimicrobials and potentially anticancer drugs.   The digitisation […]

{“type”:”block”,”srcClientIds”:[“ffb5640d-4dfa-4381-a06f-55617bc9d98e”],”srcRootClientId”:””}human blood vessels were successfully cultivated as “organoids” from stem cells in the lab. Organoids are three-dimensional, lab-grown cellular systems that mimic real human organs or human tissue characteristics. The vascular organoids form a perfect testing ground for vascular diseases such as diabetes, having allowed identifying a key inhibitor of enzyme γ-secretase, that could prevent […]

A face-scanning artificial intelligence system, named DeepGestalt, uses facial expression to identify children with rare genetic disorders. The artificial intelligence system correctly distinguished, 64 percent of the time, between subtypes of genetic disorders, compared to the roughly 20 percent success rate of human clinicians. The artificial intelligence system is expected to support clinicians accurately identifying […]

A new 3D printing method can produce shapes at up to 100 times faster than traditional 3D printers. In conventional 3D printing stereolithography, 2D images are projected onto liquid resin that hardens when exposed to light. The stacking of the solid layers is a slow process. The new 3D printing method uses two different wavelengths […]

Spinal implants to regenerate spinal cords in injured mice were successfully bioprinted. A 3D biomimetic hydrogel scaffold was printed and customized to the mice with spinal cord damage. The scaffold was then filled with spinal cord stem cells (know as “neural progenitor cells”) which facilitated spinal cord regeneration, via axons’ regrowth. The mice regained partial […]

General Adversarial Networks are helping artificial intelligence systems “think”. General Adversarial Networks are a form of artificial intelligence using a process similar to knockout genes in biology. In short the system puts two neural networks against each other to achieve a larger goal. After being trained, General Adversarial Networks have its “neurons” representing features closely […]

EasyMile is seeking government funding to launch a set of autonomous shuttle trials in rural and suburban communities throughout Australia. The goal is to provide access to those in need of essential services, with each community and local councils deciding where to set up stops. In Adelaide,  for example, trial buses will transport passengers to […]

The International Monetary Fund Reported that 15 central banks (including Canada, China, Ecuador, Sweden and Norway) are investigating on switching to digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of our financial systems and when powered by high-performance computing and blockchain infrastructure will be massively transformative.

A bulgarian patient with abnormality in a rib bone which could lead to pulmonary complications, has received a 3D-printed rib Implant. The 3D printed rib took on day to be created and was created at a fraction of the cost of creating a similar rib from titanium. 3DGence and 3dbgprint, two 3D printing startups, scanned […]

Deep learning systems are capable of generating fake portraits of humans and everyday settings and objects. The system generates stochastic features, like freckles and implements several cutting-edge   producing “a highly varied and high-quality dataset of human faces.” Photorealistic artificial intelligence, a nascent technology, is improving at an accelerated rate, and might be very valuable […]

The folded form of proteins dictate their function within the human bodies. The ability to predict a protein’s structure on the basis of its components will have vast implications for drug discovery and design. Artificial intelligence is impacting novel drug discovery, and new deep learning techniques are now tacking on the the historical “protein folding […]

The onset of Alzheimer’s disease occurs when, in neurons, amyloid beta peptides bind to prion proteins. Tested in mice, a polymer mixture inhibits this preliminary Alzheimer’s mechanism, serving prevention and also helping repair memory function. Human clinical trial are expected to start soon. Neurodegenerative diseases are some of the leading causes of death. An arsenal […]

Vanuatu is a South Pacific Ocean nation, stretching for 1,300 kilometres, made up of approximately 80 islands and is most known for offering scuba diving at coral reefs. Vanuatu has a very limited number of roads and providing access to healthcare and critical vaccines has long been a major challenge. Startups “Swoop Aero” and “WingCopter”, […]

Autonomous transportation is becoming inevitable and is going to create tremendous business opportunities. Autonomous vehicles acceptance and use for business applications is accelerating due to technological advances and cost reduction on sensors, artificial intelligence, and increasingly faster internet connectivity. A company named “Nuro”has been developing a fully autonomous and driverless car, after providing over 1,000 […]