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Tech NewsCould Brain Implants Ever Make Telekinesis Possible?
Today, when you see an eerie child lift a toy with its mind in some hackneyed ‘80s-horror homage, you can be reasonably certain that kid is supposed to be special in some way. A hundred years from now, that might not translate. A hundred years from now, kids of all kinds—fictional and non-fictional; eerie and … Continued
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ScienceHealthWhat to Know About Neuralink, Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Interface Project
Elon Musk is set to make an announcement about Neuralink, a company designing brain-computer interface technology, on Friday, Aug. 28. It sounds like science fiction, but research in this area has progressed rapidly in recent years, though we’re still far from being able to send emails with our minds. Unlike Musk’s other famous ventures, SpaceX … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Most Futuristic Developments We Can Expect in the Next 10 Years
With the decade winding down it’s time for us to set our sights on the next one. The 2020s promises to be anything but dull. From the automation revolution and increasingly dangerous AI to geohacking the planet and radical advances in biotechnology, here are the most futuristic developments to expect in the next 10 years. … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsAn Exclusive Look Inside Comixology’s Surprise New Biopunk Thriller, The Dark
What if, after a deadly cyberwar eradicated technology as we know it today, humanity attempted to rebuild our tech-obsessed society through biological means? That’s the futurist premise of Comixology’s latest original graphic novel—and io9 has an exclusive look inside. Written by Mark Sable and with art from Kristian Donaldson, colors by Lee Loughridge, and letters … Continued
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Tech NewsWas Boris Johnson Trying to Quote Churchill During His Dystopian Chicken Speech at the UN?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a bizarre speech on Tuesday night at the United Nations General Assembly that included plenty of dire warning about the future, including everything from the rise of killer robots to “limbless chickens” on the kitchen table. And as strange as it sounds, Johnson may have been trying to quote former … Continued
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Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence‘Superhuman’ AI Crushes Poker Pros at Six-Player Texas Hold’em
Computer scientists have developed a card-playing bot, called Pluribus, capable of defeating some of the world’s best players at six-person no-limit Texas hold’em poker, in what’s considered an important breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Two years ago, a research team from Carnegie Mellon University developed a similar poker-playing system, called Libratus, which consistently defeated the world’s … Continued
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ScienceHealthSurgeons Use Self-Navigating Robot to Find Leaky Valve in Pig Hearts
During a recent experiment at Boston Children’s Hospital, bioengineers used a robotic catheter to reach a leaky valve inside pig hearts. But get this—the device was completely autonomous, navigating through the heart all by itself and without the benefit of a surgeon’s guiding hand. Welcome to the future of heart surgery. New research published today … Continued
