Google’s Duplex Raises the Question: Should Robots Sound Robotic?
By now, you’ve probably seen Google’s new Duplex software, which promises to call people on your behalf to book appointments for haircuts and the...
An Innovator’s City Guide to Cairo, Egypt
One of Egypt's major assets in addition to its central location between Africa, Europe, and Asia is Cairo’s huge pool of youth and talent....
Scientists Kick Off Synthetic Biology Project to Make Virus-Resistant Super Cells
Recently, roughly 200 eminent scientists assembled in Boston. Their agenda? Creating “superhero” human cells impervious to all viral attacks and possibly other killers—radiation, freezing,...
This DeepMind AI Spontaneously Developed Digital Navigation ‘Neurons’ Like Ours
When Google DeepMind researchers trained a neural network to tackle a virtual maze, it spontaneously developed digital equivalents to the specialized neurons called grid...
Holograms Can Now Program Brain Activity—Are Fake Experiences Next?
Optogenetics, neuroscience’s hottest mind-control tool, just got a major update.
Projecting 3D-light holograms—yes, holograms!—directly onto a mouse’s cortex, engineers at UC Berkeley instantaneously gained control...
How the Most Successful Leaders Will Thrive in an Exponential World
We live in challenging times. Geopolitical turmoil, local and national social unrest, cycles of deadly natural disasters, cyber hacks, rising distrust of media and...
Why the Discovery of Room-Temperature Superconductors Would Unleash Amazing Technologies
Superconductors are among the most bizarre and exciting materials yet discovered. Counterintuitive quantum-mechanical effects mean that, below a critical temperature, they have zero electrical...
This Week’s Awesome Stories From Around the Web (Through May 12)
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Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini Robot Dog Goes on Sale in 2019
Stephen Shankland | CNET
“The company has 10 SpotMini prototypes now and will work with manufacturing...
From Drone Swarms to Tree Batteries, New Tech Is Revolutionizing Ecology and Conservation
Understanding Earth’s species and ecosystems is a monumentally challenging scientific pursuit. But with the planet in the grip of its sixth mass extinction event,...
5 Space Companies Zeroing in on First Launch of Tourists Into Orbit and Beyond
It won’t be cheap, but your holiday plans could include a trip to the edge of Earth’s atmosphere or beyond—before the end of this...
How to Leverage the Power of Science Fiction for Exponential Innovation
“The only constant is change, and the rate of change is increasing.”
–Peter Diamandis
Many of today’s biggest companies will no longer exist in 10...
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