Better humans?
I intended the title of this piece on artificial intelligence (AI) and humans to have more than one meaning. It can refer to AI being better than human performance on the job. In other words, when...
View ArticleWorld’s largest plane
According to Wired magazine, Paul Allen’s company Stratolaunch has built the world’s largest plane — a 385-foot wingspan — making it easier to launch some satellites into space.
View Article2D magnets
It’s too early to tell how useful 2D magnets are for anything other than experiments, since there is more research required to make them work at room temperature. But the fact that physicists have...
View ArticleNew Loo
NEWWorthy is about what’s new, so I’m not about to leave out this story about a new kind of loo — toilet. It’s LooWorthy and NewWorthy at the same time.
View ArticleMegaturbines
By 2020, some European energy companies hope to install megaturbines — gigantic wind turbines — almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower. The size of these new 10-megawatt turbines (megaturbines) at 300...
View ArticleCould this be a future U.S. electoral map?
Climate Central shows a map of the United States showing projected economic impact from climate change by 2080-2099. The focus of the report is on the potential for economic and devastating impact,...
View ArticleEdible diagnostic electronics
Chemistry World reports that Marmite, Vegemite, and jelly are high in salt content and make good conductive materials for edible electronics used in diagnostic tests — such as for stomach...
View ArticleNEWWorthy particle found – Xi-cc-plus-plus
To software engineers, this newly discovered — though predicted — particle sounds like an extension to the C++ programming language. In actuality, the Xi-cc-plus-plus is a new kind of particle made up...
View ArticleHow long before transporters?
MIT Technology Review reports that “researchers in China have teleported a photon from the ground to a satellite orbiting more than 500 kilometers [about 300 miles] above.” That’s not just the stuff...
View ArticleEnormous Data
According to Wired Magazine, tech giants have gathered enormous amounts of data for AI to crunch and make sense of. While Big Data is a corporate advantage, enormous data plus AI is apparently a huge...
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