Friday 23 March 2018

British-led exoplanet mission

British-led exoplanet mission selected as ESA’s next space science probe (UK space innovation)

A mission proposed by a British-led science team to investigate the atmospheres of planets around other stars has been selected by the European Space Agency for launch in the late 2020s, officials announced this week.

The space telescope will observe 1,000 exoplanets, using a spectrometer to measure the chemical make-up of their atmospheres.

British-led exoplanet mission selected as ESA’s next space science probe

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Amazing brain scanner: detects weak magnetic fields from neurons!

New Brain Scanner
more compact than MRI allowing some (limited) motion (lasers, ions and magnetism)

The new sensor, though, is smaller and can be fitted into the helmet. It works by shining a laser through a cloud of heated rubidium isotope atoms and monitoring for dips in luminosity. The rubidium atoms are sensitive to magnetic fields, and they disrupt the laser beam ever so slightly in the presence of magnetism. The researchers published their work Wednesday in Nature.

The magnetic fields our brains generate are miniscule on the order of femtoteslas. They’re several orders of magnitude less than the Earth’s own magnetic field, and it means that protective shielding is needed for MEG machines. To make their helmet work, the researchers’ final design includes a pair of electromagnetic coils that generate a field exactly equal, and opposite to, that of the Earth’s, creating a space effectively without outside magnetism.


New Brain Scanner Fits Right Atop the Head

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Tuesday 20 March 2018

World’s smallest computer (1mm x 1mm) - get ready for the Internet of Things...!

IBM just unveiled the ‘world’s smallest computer’ 

(1mm x 1mm) 

[could be an enabler of the IoT rush]


IBM just unveiled the ‘world’s smallest computer’

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Monday 19 March 2018

Some "amazing" innovations could also be unethical and Dangerous: simulated brains!

RISKY!? 

Large scale simulations of the brain. 

[Good medical practice, or a very slippery slope into unethical practice and dangerous AI?

AI can be great, medical research is great, But...
This potentially useful medical application could eventually, and accidentally, smash through the barrier of what is ethical, harm artificially created sentient life (or even harm the "real" partially reanimated human life corresponding to those people that had their brains scanned and loaded into the super-computer), and (so) create the dangerous AI systems that we should be trying to avoid.
RISKY! ]



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Friday 16 March 2018

Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion (500 times more efficient)


I predicted the use of this approach to provide a future power source. We are not there yet, but on our way...

See the reference to HNX Fusion:
http://www.innovationfuturespecialist.co.uk/gallery/energy-solutions.html


Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion

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Friday 9 March 2018

Proton battery: carbon, H(+), O, and H2O

A battery based on simple elements: carbon (electrode), hydrogen (& its proton), oxygen and water. Comparable energy density to Lithium batteries and may get better.

No toxic metals: potentially good for the environment.


All power to the proton: Researchers make battery breakthrough

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Thursday 8 March 2018

Soft implants and Electric cancer killer

UK researchers awarded grants to develop bioelectronic devices: soft implants; and a new cancer killing (electric) approach (medical innovation)

Imperial College London: developing soft polymer bioelectronics, to be used in devices such as cochlear implants, bionic eyes and brain-machine interfaces. The aim is to develop the polymer to help improve cell interactions, prevent rejection and minimise scar formation.

University of Nottingham is developing new bioelectronic devices which can treat diseases such as cancer, without the need for invasive surgery.

The device works by applying a current to modulate cell proteins and stimulate communication. "By inputting electric fields, we plan on modulating electron transfer, which can then be used to sense and actuate chemical reactions. We've demonstrated that cancer cells efflux electrons and metabolise more quickly and grow faster than normal tissues. If you can modulate that external electron flux electrically, we may be able to treat cancer." There are plans to develop nanotechnology and use conducting nanoparticles to cause a modification in cells' metabolism, triggering it to kill itself. By using wireless electrochemistry to self-assemble conductive wires around brain tumours, cancer patients’ lives could be extended. 

The plan is to develop a wearable device that modulates electric fields and targets the area of disease.



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Tuesday 6 March 2018

Amazing Quantum Computing is close

Google is working towards a quantum processor that outperforms a supercomputer! 

Google: Bristlestone Quantum Processor



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Thursday 1 March 2018

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