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‘Mind Uploading’ & Digital Immortality May Be Reality By 2030 : Dr. Michio Kaku
There are two major questions surrounding the concept of mind uploading. There is the question of feasibility: Can we build a model of a brain complete enough to allow a conscious mind to emerge? The other question is concerned with identity. Some people argue that, if a copy of a conscious mind is identical by all measures (ignoring the fact that one is biological and the other is neuromorphic software/hardware)...
A new way to make laser-like beams using 1,000x less power
With precarious particles called polaritons that straddle the worlds of light and matter, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated a new, practical and potentially more efficient way to make a coherent laser-like beam.
They have made what's believed to be the first polariton laser that is fueled by electrical current as opposed to light, and also works at room temperature, rather than way below zero.
Those attributes...
Just Add Water, and Silicon Folds Into Origami Shapes
Researchers created microscopic cubes, pyramids, half soccer-ball-shaped bowls
and long triangular Toblerone-like structures, all of which fold themselves when
wetted by a drop of water. Credit: A. Legrain, et. al, University of Twente
Remember those elementary geometry lessons that involved cutting out a pattern from a worksheet and folding along the dotted lines to create a cube, cone or cylinder? Well, fully grown scientists...
3000 year old trousers discovered in Chinese grave oldest ever found
A team of researchers working in the ancient Yanghai graveyard in China's Tarim Basin has uncovered what appears to be the earliest example of trouser wearing. The research team has published a paper in the journal Quaternary International describing the pants and why they were likely developed to assist with riding horses.
The Tarim Basin in western China is host to the famous Yanghai tombs, a large ancient burial...
Scientists find stronger 3-D material that behaves like graphene
Scientists at Oxford, SLAC, Stanford and Berkeley Lab have discovered
that a sturdy 3-D material, cadmium arsenide, mimics the
electronic behavior of 2-D graphene. This illustration depicts fast-moving,
massless electrons inside the material. The discovery could lead to new
and faster types of electronic devices. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC
Scientists have discovered a material that has the same extraordinary electronic properties...
Five or more blistering sunburns before age 20 may increase melanoma risk by 80 percent
(Photo : Nephron/Wikipeida) Micrograph of malignant melanoma. Cytology specimen.
The risk of developing the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma, was more closely related to sun exposure in early life than in adulthood in young Caucasian women, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
"Our results suggest that sun exposures...
World's best thermometer made from light
A computer generated image of the Light Thermometer. A slight difference in the
speed of the green and red light can tell us the temperature. Credit: Dr James Anstie,
IPAS and School of Chemistry and Physics, University of Adelaide.
University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer – three times more precise than the best thermometers in existence.
Published in the journal Physical...
Tractor beam that can move objects
A TRACTOR beam familiar from sci-fi classics such
as Star Wars and Star Trek, has become fact not fiction
Physicists at Dundee University have created a functioning acoustic tractor beam, using energy from an ultrasound array to exert force behind an object and pull it to the energy source.
"This is the first time anyone has demonstrated a working acoustic tractor beam and the first time such a beam has been used to move anything bigger...
Transformer bug has tiny gears in its back legs
Just when you thought gears were a brilliant man-made invention mother nature comes out of nowhere to say ‘already did that’. Young planthopper insects found in backyards all over the world have been discovered to have tiny gears which interlock its back legs allowing it to jump far and straight.
The gears are found on many young planthoppers but Gregory Sutton from the University of Cambridge first discovered them on...
Three in four drivers 'would fail test'
Three quarters of drivers would fail their test if forced to take it again today, according to a new study.
Among a group of 50 experienced motorists who were asked to sit a mock driving test, just 12 passed while the remainder committed an average of three major faults and 16 minors.
In the worst case a participant recorded 10 majors – actions which put the examiner, public or property at risk – while another made 42 minor infringements.
In...
Apple agrees to buy headphone maker Beats for $3bn
Apple has confirmed it will buy headphone maker and music-streaming service provider Beats Electronics.
The deal is worth a total of $3bn (£1.8bn), and is thought to be Apple's largest acquisition to date.
As part of the acquisition, Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre will join the technology firm.
Apple boss Tim Cook said the deal would allow the firm to "continue to create the most innovative music products and services in the world".
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Google’s new car has no steering wheel or pedals
Yep you read that right, Google’s new car has no steering wheel or pedals and can take you to your location at the push of the button. 2 years ago Google’s self-driving technology passed it’s driving test with a modified Toyota Prius that guides itself using GPS and laser sensing technology mounted on the roof. Google revealed a new prototype on Tuesday led by CEO Sergey Brin during an onstage interview at...
Structural supercapacitors take a load on
Stress and squeeze: the new structural supercapacitor design
A solid-state supercapacitor that works under great stresses and vibrations has been developed by researchers from the US. Unlike traditional supercapacitors, the new design does not delaminate under stress and could lead to a variety of practical applications, from more-efficient devices to renewable-energy storage.
Unlike batteries – which work through chemical reactions – supercapacitors...
105-bit optical memory built on a chip
Two fully functional optical memories on single chips have been fabricated by researchers in Japan. The devices use bistable optical cavities to store the bits, and allow multiple bits to be controlled simultaneously by the same waveguide. The researchers hope that, in future, such a memory could be used for optical logic operations to increase the speed of computation.
Today, optical fibres are the material of choice for transmitting data,...
