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04/12/2021

Carbon Robotics talks about their self-driving farm robot that uses lasers rather than chemicals to kill weeds, preserving soil health and increasing the nutritional value of food.

From the article on Forbes: "The nutrient content of our vegetables is down 40% over the last two decades and our soil health is suffering due to increasingl

04/12/2021

Something I've personally been excited about for a while now is the future of lab-grown, or cultivated meat as it is becoming known.

The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting on a new first-of-its-kind facility being built by Upside Foods - to produce cultivated meat at a commercial scale of roughly 200 tons of meat per annum.

Something I've personally been excited about for a while now is the future of lab-grown, or cultivated meat as it is becoming known. The San Francisco Chroni

04/12/2021

Approval has been given by America's Food and Drug Administration for Excision Biotherapeutics to begin human trials of an intravenous treatment to 'functionally cure' HIV in patients - meaning that the virus is not completely eliminated but becomes completely controlled without further ongoing treatment, and which prevents the virus causing further illness.

Approval has been given by America's Food and Drug Administration for Excision Biotherapeutics to begin human trials of an intravenous treatment to 'functionall

04/12/2021

As a world leader in 3-dimensional solid state memory chip technology, Samsung and Harvard University have described a future vision in which a 'neuromorphic chip' based on 3D memory and with 100 trillion 'memories' capacity could store the ~100 billion neurons and ~100 trillion synapse connections of a human brain.

As a world leader in 3-dimensional solid state memory chip technology, Samsung and Harvard University have described a future vision in which a 'neuromorphic ch

04/12/2021

The FarmBot launched in 2016, so is not exactly new, but might be new-to-you which makes it just as much fun! I was, and still am, super excited when I first saw it. It gives a glimpse into a possible future of automated food production at home ...

The FarmBot launched in 2016, so is not exactly new, but might be new-to-you which makes it just as much fun! I was, and still am, super excited when I first sa

04/12/2021

This is a great little video from the Two Minute Papers channel. There's a lot going on inside the video, including how virtual worlds are being used to train the artificial intelligences behind autonomous cars. As the man says - what a time to be alive!

This is a great little video from the Two Minute Papers channel. There's a lot going on inside the video, so I'd like to first add a tiny bit of context ...

04/12/2021

Like minecraft! But in real-life! In s**ce!

This is an interesting article briefly talking about the University of Arizona kicking off a project to advance s**ce-mining methods using autonomous robots, motivated in part, by significant enthusiasm from a new generation of students.

Like minecraft! But in real-life! In s**ce! This is an interesting article briefly talking about the University of Arizona kicking off a project to advance s**c

04/12/2021

Hyundai has acquired Boston Dynamics, so here's a new promo video featuring more awesome dancing robots. I find the fluidity of the motion so impressive - gone are the days of the jerky and mechanical 'biddy-biddy-biddy-uh-oh' style robot movements that we grew up with.

There's also in interesting blog post on the behind-the-scenes of making this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Hyundai has acquired Boston Dynamics, so here's a new promo video featuring more awesome dancing robots. I find the fluidity of the motion so impressive - gone

06/10/2021

22/09/2021

Read about the Presidential Commission's report on prospects and country strategies for South African to benefit from the amazing opportunities brought about by the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In 2019, President Cyril Rhamaphosa established a Commission to do a comprehensive review of South Africa's current conditions as well as its prospects in the F

22/09/2021

A short 'n sweet introduction from CNBC to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, its opportunities and its challenges.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9rZOa3CUC8

A short 'n sweet introduction from CNBC to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, its opportunities and its challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9rZOa3CU