Meet the man on a controversial mission to preserve and digitize your brain
Robert McIntyre is on a mission to preserve human brains so they can be uploaded in the future. Outlandish? Sure. But aren't most groundbreaking ideas?.....»»
NASA selects 9 companies to work on low-cost Mars projects
NASA is expanding its plans for Mars, looking at not only a mission to bring back a sample but also smaller, lower-cost missions to enable exploration......»»
Meet Huawei’s New Pura 70 Series Phones
Huawei shows off its snazzy-looking flagships. The post Meet Huawei’s New Pura 70 Series Phones appeared first on Phandroid. Huawei has finally launched its latest flagship smartphone lineup for international markets, the Pura 70 ser.....»»
Antimicrobial peptide from cows shows potential for treating hypervirulent bacteria
University of Central Florida College of Medicine researcher Renee Fleeman is on a mission to kill drug-resistant bacteria, and her latest study has identified a therapy that can penetrate the slime that such infections use to protect themselves from.....»»
Securing your organization’s supply chain: Reducing the risks of third parties
When Stephen Hawking said that “we are all now connected by the internet, like neurons in a giant brain”, very few people understood the gravity of his statement. But ten years on from his famous interview with USA Today, it’s safe to say Hawki.....»»
AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing
A recent test of the emergency alert system found only 1 percent got it via AM. Enlarge / Congress provides government support for other industries, so why not AM radio? (credit: Getty Images) A controversial bill that.....»»
NASA/JAXA"s XRISM mission captures unmatched data with just 36 pixels
At a time when phone cameras are capable of taking snapshots with millions of pixels, an instrument on the Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) satellite captures revolutionary science with just 36 of them......»»
We’re one step closer to replicating the human brain
Scientists have just created an iontronic memristor -- a device that might become the foundation of building computers that think like humans do......»»
Start today: Save with Dell and shape a more sustainable future for us all
The Dell sustainability mission for Earth Day 2024 means you can save while also remaining eco-conscious, something we desperately need in today's world......»»
China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement......»»
Launch date set for NASA"s PREFIRE mission to study polar energy loss
NASA and Rocket Lab are targeting no earlier than Wednesday, May 22, 2024, for the first of two launches of the agency's PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission to study heat loss to space in Earth's polar regions......»»
Immunizing consumers against bad news can protect brands, says study
Abercrombie & Fitch. Balenciaga. Starbucks. In recent years, these brands and many others have faced extreme public backlash due to insensitive comments from executives, changes to loyalty programs, controversial advertising decisions, and more......»»
Here’s where you can use your iPhone as your digital driver’s license or ID so far
Apple announced plans to turn the iPhone into your driver’s license all the way back in 2021. Plane tickets, movie passes, and credit cards were already digital. Now it was time to digitize government-issued identification cards. So far, very fe.....»»
Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk
Mammal-to-mammal transmission raises new concerns about the virus's ability to spread. Enlarge / Farm cats drinking from a trough of milk from cows that were just milked. (credit: Getty | ) On March 16, cows on a Texas d.....»»
How to watch the first crewed flight of the Starliner spacecraft
NASA has just released the targeted flight schedule for the first crewed test mission involving Boeing's Starliner spacecraft......»»
New report explores worker experiences with climate-friendly New York state solar jobs
New York state solar construction workers—whose numbers are expected to grow rapidly to meet climate goals—are transient, may not receive benefits and are subject to racial disparities in pay, finds a new report from the Climate Jobs Institute (C.....»»
Design strategies toward plasmon-enhanced 2D material photodetectors
Traditional semiconductors such as Si, GaAs, and HgCdTe seem unable to meet the development trend of electronic devices that feature ultra-small volume, lightweight, and low power consumption. These limitations of traditional semiconductors mainly st.....»»
Apple"s iPad doesn"t meet DMA criteria, but is getting regulated by the EU anyway
The European Union has spoken, and will enforce the rules of the Digital Markets Act on Apple again not because it holds a dominant position in the iPad today, but because it may soon.European Union flagsIn a press release issued early on Monday morn.....»»
T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find
Dinosaurs were as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys, as former research suggests. An international team of paleontologists, behavioral scientists and neurologists have re-examined brain size and structure in dinosaurs and concluded.....»»
Apple"s iPad doesn"t yet meet the DMA criteria, but is getting regulated by the EU anyway
The European Union has spoken, and will enforce the rules of the Digital Markets Act on Apple again not because it holds a dominant position in the iPad today, but because it may soon.European Union flagsIn a press release issued early on Monday morn.....»»
NASA still doesn’t understand root cause of Orion heat shield issue
“When we stitch it all together, we’ll either have flight rationale or we won’t." Enlarge / NASA's Orion spacecraft descends toward the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2021, at the end of the Artemis I mission. (credit: NASA).....»»