Innovation is about finding a better way of doing something. Like many of the new development buzzwords (which many of them are over-used on many business documents), the concept of innovation originates from the world of business. It refers to the generation of new products through the process of creative entrepreneurship, putting it into production, and diffusing it more widely through increased sales. Innovation can be viewed as t he application of better solutions that meet new requirements, in-articulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term innovation can be defined as something original and, as a consequence, new, that “breaks into” the market or society.
Innoveracy: Misunderstanding Innovation article points out that there is a form of ignorance which seems to be universal: the inability to understand the concept and role of innovation. The way this is exhibited is in the misuse of the term and the inability to discern the difference between novelty, creation, invention and innovation. The result is a failure to understand the causes of success and failure in business and hence the conditions that lead to economic growth. The definition of innovation is easy to find but it seems to be hard to understand. Here is a simple taxonomy of related activities that put innovation in context:
- Novelty: Something new
- Creation: Something new and valuable
- Invention: Something new, having potential value through utility
- Innovation: Something new and uniquely useful
The taxonomy is illustrated with the following diagram.
The differences are also evident in the mechanisms that exist to protect the works: Novelties are usually not protectable, Creations are protected by copyright or trademark, Inventions can be protected for a limited time through patents (or kept secret) and Innovations can be protected through market competition but are not defensible through legal means.
Innovation is a lot of talked about nowdays as essential to businesses to do. Is innovation essential for development work? article tells that innovation has become central to the way development organisations go about their work. In November 2011, Bill Gates told the G20 that innovation was the key to development. Donors increasingly stress innovation as a key condition for funding, and many civil society organisations emphasise that innovation is central to the work they do.
Some innovation ideas are pretty simple, and some are much more complicated and even sound crazy when heard first. The is place for crazy sounding ideas: venture capitalists are gravely concerned that the tech startups they’re investing in just aren’t crazy enough:
Not all development problems require new solutions, sometimes you just need to use old things in a slightly new way. Development innovations may involve devising technology (such as a nanotech water treatment kit), creating a new approach (such as microfinance), finding a better way of delivering public services (such as one-stop egovernment service centres), identifying ways of working with communities (such as participation), or generating a management technique (such as organisation learning).
Theorists of innovation identify innovation itself as a brief moment of creativity, to be followed by the main routine work of producing and selling the innovation. When it comes to development, things are more complicated. Innovation needs to be viewed as tool, not master. Innovation is a process, not a one time event. Genuine innovation is valuable but rare.
There are many views on the innovation and innvation process. I try to collect together there some views I have found on-line. Hopefully they help you more than confuze. Managing complexity and reducing risk article has this drawing which I think pretty well describes innovation as done in product development:
8 essential practices of successful innovation from The Innovator’s Way shows essential practices in innovation process. Those practices are all integrated into a non-sequential, coherent whole and style in the person of the innovator.
In the IT work there is lots of work where a little thinking can be a source of innovation. Automating IT processes can be a huge time saver or it can fail depending on situation. XKCD comic strip Automation as illustrates this:
System integration is a critical element in project design article has an interesting project cost influence graphic. The recommendation is to involve a system integrator early in project design to help ensure high-quality projects that satisfy project requirements. Of course this article tries to market system integration services, but has also valid points to consider.
Core Contributor Loop (CTTDC) from Art Journal blog posting Blog Is The New Black tries to link inventing an idea to theory of entrepreneurship. It is essential to tune the engine by making improvements in product, marketing, code, design and operations.
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Transistors based on two-dimensional materials for future integrated circuits
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-021-00670-1
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“Intelligent Transistor” Can be Programmed On-the-Fly for Improved Efficiency in AI Hardware
Tasks which take 160 traditional transistors could be achieved in just 24 of the new germanium-based smart transistors, scientists claim.
https://www.hackster.io/news/intelligent-transistor-can-be-programmed-on-the-fly-for-improved-efficiency-in-ai-hardware-15ab9e69e2a9
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Researchers develop nanometer-scale adaptive transistor
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-nanometer-scale-transistor.html
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“Intelligent Transistor” Can be Programmed On-the-Fly for Improved Efficiency in AI Hardware
https://www.hackster.io/news/intelligent-transistor-can-be-programmed-on-the-fly-for-improved-efficiency-in-ai-hardware-15ab9e69e2a9
Tasks which take 160 traditional transistors could be achieved in just 24 of the new germanium-based smart transistors, scientists claim.
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Ionic Vision System Mimics the Human Eye for Software-Free Image Processing — and Optical Illusions
A prototype system has proven capable of taking an input image, processing it, and outputting an edge-enhanced version — without software.
https://www.hackster.io/news/ionic-vision-system-mimics-the-human-eye-for-software-free-image-processing-and-optical-illusions-13e0a8366678
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AI Is Discovering Patterns in Pure Mathematics That Have Never Been Seen Before
https://www.sciencealert.com/ai-is-discovering-patterns-in-pure-mathematics-that-have-never-been-seen-before
We can add suggesting and proving mathematical theorems to the long list of what artificial intelligence is capable of: Mathematicians and AI experts have teamed up to demonstrate how machine learning can open up new avenues to explore in the field.
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Einstein’s Formula Is Used To Make Matter From Light After 100 Years
https://en.themirroronline.com/?p=4228
We know that, What does E=mc2 mean? The world’s most famous equation is both straightforward and very complex meaning at the same time: “Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.”
According to Einstein’s theory of special relativity, published in 1905, light can be converted into matter when two light particles collide with intense force. But, try as they might, scientists have never been able to do this. No one could create the conditions needed to transform light into matter until now.
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Interference-Free Tactile Pressure Monitoring on Skin Made Possible with New Stretchable Sensor
Researchers have designed a new pressure sensor that can be stretched up to 50% while maintaining a consistent sensing performance.
https://www.hackster.io/news/interference-free-tactile-pressure-monitoring-on-skin-made-possible-with-new-stretchable-sensor-1434fa9fc2c4
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The Navy is testing a GPS-like device that doesn’t require satellites
“The future is extremely bright for this line of research.”
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-muon-navigation-arctic-circle/
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3D-printed ‘living ink’ is full of microbes and can release drugs
A living ink made entirely from bacterial cells can be 3D-printed to make structures that release anti-cancer drugs or mop up toxins from the environment
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2298653-3d-printed-living-ink-is-full-of-microbes-and-can-release-drugs/#ixzz7ECmo2L00
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Ultra-Compact Metasurface Camera, the Size of a Grain of Salt, Takes High-Quality Full-Color Pics
Metasurface camera combines image capture with neural processing to blow past its competitors in image quality.
https://www.hackster.io/news/ultra-compact-metasurface-camera-the-size-of-a-grain-of-salt-takes-high-quality-full-color-pics-a6128360db44
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AI-Designed Self-Replicating “Xenobots,” Shaped Like Pac-Man, Are Science Fiction No Longer
Built from frog stem cells, these biological robots seek out resources to build more of themselves — based on an AI design.
https://www.hackster.io/news/ai-designed-self-replicating-xenobots-shaped-like-pac-man-are-science-fiction-no-longer-56b23f438cf4
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World’s first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/29/americas/xenobots-self-replicating-robots-scn/index.html
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James Dyson Answers Design Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFCFe38EIfE
James Dyson answers the internet’s burning questions about design and inventions. How does Dyson’s bladeless fan work? What do you do if you have an invention idea? Why are hand dryers so loud? How does suction work? James answers all these questions and much more!
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The US Patent and Trademark Office should act now to catalyze innovation
https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/12/the-us-patent-and-trademark-office-should-act-now-to-catalyze-innovation/?tpcc=tcplusfacebook
The U.S. patent system, which should fuel invention, is increasingly being abused to hinder innovation. It desperately needs reform, and there’s one critical fix that can happen today to help ensure the system works for innovators and entrepreneurs of all sizes.
Over a decade ago, the America Invents Act created the inter partes review (IPR) process at the USPTO. IPR allowed for patent infringement claims to be resolved in a transparent manner by unbiased, expert judges rather than requiring businesses to spend huge amounts of money and time on often baseless litigation or settlements. This review is critically important because not everyone engages in patent infringement claims in good faith. In recent years, almost 60% of all patent litigation has involved groups known as non-practicing entities (NPEs) or “patent trolls.”
Patent trolls are shell companies — frequently backed by hedge funds or other litigation financiers — that buy unused, broad patents and then weaponize them against legitimate American innovators. Patent trolls never intend to use the patents they purchase to produce anything of value. Instead, they exist only to extort judgments and settlements for their investors from companies that do.
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Tällainen ihmetransistori pidentää kännykän toiminta-ajan viikkoon
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/12959-taellainen-ihmetransistori-pidentaeae-kaennykaen-toiminta-ajan-viikkoon
IBM ja Samsung ovat kehittäneet IBM:n Albanyn tutkimuslaitoksessa uuden transistorirakenteen, joka lupaa jatkaa Mooren lain viitoittamaa kehitystä vielä vuosia eteenpäin. Kyse on VTFET-transistorista (Vertical-Transport Nanosheet Field Effect Transistor), jossa idea on itse asiassa hyvin yksinkertainen: transistori on siinä nostettu pystyasentoon.
IBM:n tutkijoiden mukaan VTFET-transistorin myötä prosessorien suorituskyky voisi kasvaa kaksinkertaiseksi. Toisaalta piirien tehonkulutusta voitaisiin leikata jopa 85 prosenttia. Tutkijoiden mukaan tämä mahdollistaisi sen, että älypuhelimen akku jaksaisi toimia viikon ajan yhdellä latauksella.
Tähän asti sirulle on pakattu enemmän transistoreita kutistamalla hilan ja johtimien pituutta. Askelvalotuksen kehittymisen myötä tämä on onnistunutkin, mutta IBM:n mukaan pienempään skaalaamisen fyysiset rajat tulevat vastaan. Tätä rajaa kutsutaan nimellä CGP (Contacted Gate Pitch).
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Fysiikan alan glooriaa Suomeen
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2021/12/14/fysiikan-alan-glooriaa-suomeen/
Aalto-yliopiston fyysikot kumosivat puoli vuotta sitten kvanttimekaniikan perusperiaatteen kvanttirummuilla. Nyt saavutus on noteerattu Physics World -lehden tutkimusläpimurtona maailmassa. Suomalaisryhmän kanssa palkittiin myös yhdysvaltalaisen NIST-tutkimuslaitoksen tutkimusryhmä, joka tutkii myös kvanttilomittumista.
Physics Worldin aiemmin palkittuja ovat muun muassa ensimmäisen mustasta aukosta otetun kuvan sekä Nobelin palkinnonkin saaneen havainnon gravitaatioaalloista, joka sai sittemmin myös Nobelin palkinnon.
Nyt lehti on valinnut Aalto-yliopiston professori Mika A. Sillanpään johtaman tutkimustiimin julkaiseman artikkelin vuoden tärkeimmäksi fysiikan alan tutkimusläpimurroksi. Palkitussa tutkimuksessa fyysikot onnistuivat mittaamaan samanaikaisesti kvanttirumpukalvojen paikan ja nopeuden – minkä ei kvanttimekaniikan tärkeimpiin perusperiaatteisiin kuuluvan Heisenbergin epätarkkuusperiaatteen perusteella pitäisi olla mahdollista.
Aalto-yliopiston fyysikot palkittiin fysiikan alan tutkimusläpimurrosta
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/12956-aalto-yliopiston-fyysikot-palkittiin-fysiikan-alan-tutkimuslaepimurrosta
Aalto-yliopiston teknillisen fysiikan laitoksen professori ja Quantum Nanomechanics -tutkimusryhmää vetävän Mika A. Sillanpään johtama tiimi on palkittu läpimurtona kansainvälisen fyysikkoseuraa edustava Physics Worldin toimesta. Ryhmä on nimekkäässä seurassa, sillä aiemmin tutkimusläpimurtoina on palkittu muun muassa ensimmäisen mustasta aukosta otettu kuva sekä Nobelin palkinnonkin saanut havainton´ gravitaatioaalloista.
Palkitussa tutkimuksessa fyysikot onnistuivat mittaamaan samanaikaisesti kvanttirumpukalvojen paikan ja nopeuden. Tämän ei kvanttimekaniikan tärkeimpiin perusperiaatteisiin kuuluvan Heisenbergin epätarkkuusperiaatteen perusteella pitäisi olla mahdollista. Tutkijat käyttivät mittauksissa kahta rumpukalvoa, jotka olivat leveydeltään noin viidesosa hiuksen paksuudesta ja joita voidaan ajatella yhtenä värähtelijänä. Tutkimus julkaistiin toukokuussa 2021 arvostetussa Science-lehdessä.
- Kahden rummun värähtelyt päätyivät tutkimuksessa kollektiiviseen kvanttitilaan, jossa ne värähtelivät vastakkaisissa vaiheissa siten, että kun toinen oli liikkeen yhdessä ääripäässä, toinen oli vastaavasti toisessa samalla ajanhetkellä. Tällaisessa tilanteessa rumpujen hetkellisen sijainnin kvanttimekaaninen epämääräisyys kumoutui, sanoo Aallossa vuodenvaihteessa apulaisprofessorina aloittava Laure Mercier de Lépinay.
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Tutkijat kehittivät maailman ensimmäisen optisen oskilloskoopin
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12963&via=n&datum=2021-12-15_14:56:48&mottagare=31202
Floridalaisen UCF-yliopiston tutkimusryhmä on kehittänyt maailman ensimmäisen optisen oskilloskoopin eli instrumentin, joka pystyy mittaamaan valon sähkökenttää. Laite muuntaa valon värähtelyt sähköisiksi signaaleiksi, aivan kuten sairaalamonitorit muuntavat potilaan sydämenlyönnit sähköisiksi värähtelyiksi.
Tähän asti valon sähkökentän mittaaminen on ollut haaste, koska valoaallot värähtelevät suurilla nopeuksilla. Kehittyneimmät tekniikat, jotka puhelimemme ja internet-tekniikkamme perustuvat, toimivat jopa gigahertsin taajuuksilla. Tämä kattaa sähkömagneettisen spektrin radiotaajuus- ja mikroaaltoalueet.
Valoaallot värähtelevät paljon suuremmalla nopeudella, mikä mahdollistaa suuremman tiedonsiirron. Nykyiset työkalut valokenttien mittaamiseen pystyivät kuitenkin ratkaisemaan vain keskimääräisen signaalin, joka liittyy valopulssiin, eivät pulssin huippuja ja laaksoja. Jos pulssi voitaisiin mitata kokonaan, voitaisiin sen avulla pakata ja lähettää dataa.
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Kosmisilla säteillä voi paikantaa veden alla
https://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12967&via=n&datum=2021-12-16_15:09:59&mottagare=31202
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Springboard: the secret history of the first real smartphone (Full Documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9_Vh9h3Ohw
A decade before Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone, a tiny team of renegades imagined and tried to build the modern smartphone. Nearly forgotten by history, a little startup called Handspring tried to make the future before it was ready. This is the story of the Treo.
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21 HORRIFIC Tech Fails they want you to forget.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMWlRWnAZH8
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Your Next Oscilloscope Might Be Optical
https://hackaday.com/2021/12/19/your-next-oscilloscope-might-be-optical/
What’s better than a 100MHz scope? How about an optical one? Researchers at the University of Central Florida think that’s just the ticket, and they’ve built an oscilloscope that can measure the electric field of light. You can find the full paper online.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-021-00924-6
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WARP Bubble
Actual Image of Real World WARP Bubble. Credit: Dr. Harold G. White, Limitless Space Institute
DARPA Funded Researchers Accidentally Discover The World’s First Warp Bubble
https://thedebrief.org/darpa-funded-researchers-accidentally-create-the-worlds-first-warp-bubble/
Warp drive pioneer and former NASA warp drive specialist Dr. Harold G “Sonny” White has reported the discovery of an actual, real-world “Warp Bubble.” And, according to White, this first of its kind breakthrough by his Limitless Space Institute (LSI) team sets a new starting point for those trying to manufacture a full-sized, warp-capable spacecraft.
In an interview, White added that “our detailed numerical analysis of our custom Casimir cavities helped us identify a real and manufacturable nano/microstructure that is predicted to generate a negative vacuum energy density such that it would manifest a real nanoscale warp bubble, not an analog, but the real thing.” In other words, a warp bubble structure will manifest under these specific conditions. White cautioned that this does not mean we are near building a fully functioning warp drive, as much more science needs to be done (Updated 08/12/21).
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Euroopan oma superkoneprosessori etenee
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/12986-euroopan-oma-superkoneprosessori-etenee
Euroopan omaa supertietokoneiden prosessoria suunnittelevalle SiPearlille on myönnetty 2,5 miljoonan euron apuraha ja jopa 15 miljoonan euron pääomasijoitukset Euroopan komission EIC Accelerator -ohjelmasta.
SiPearlin prosessori on tarkoitettu Euroopan supertietokoneiden suorittimeksi. Yrityksen toiminnan aloittamisesta tammikuussa 2020 lähtien sen henkilöstömäärä on kasvanut 67 henkilöön Ranskassa, Saksassa ja Espanjassa Atosin, Intelin, Marvellin, MediaTekin ja STMicroelectronicsin suunnittelijoista rekrytoimalla.
Arvioiden mukaan eurooppalaisen prosessorin kehitys luo tuhat työpaikkaa vuoteen 2025 mennessä.
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Explosive Science – with Chris Bishop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQdcKJUijQ
Distinguished Scientist, Ri Vice President and explosives expert Chris Bishop presents another action-packed demonstration lecture.
It’s Rocket Science! with Professor Chris Bishop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HESOat2iPzU
Starting with the one simple principle that has powered every rocket that’s ever flown, Professor Chris Bishop launches through an explosive journey to the moon and back.
This lecture from the Cambridge science festival is packed with demonstrations of the science that sends people into space. A family-filled lecture theatre sees flying projectiles, the fiery combustion of energetic propellants, and the impressive roar and flame of a hybrid rocket engine.
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Salvador Dalí’s Unusual Sleep Technique To Boost Creativity May Actually Work
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https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-new-intelligent-transistor-developed/
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Untangling wave-particle duality
https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/south-korea/institute-for-basic-science-ibs/513906f134d6b65e6a001711?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nindx-Dec21RH&utm_content=IBS&fbclid=IwAR0gqK6aHAwjD_ah1PPbqY-eH2uwYOUkT7DjGLzpvOubh1lmZ_w9LmCDTtc#highlight
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https://www.iflscience.com/brain/salvador-dals-unusual-sleep-technique-to-boost-creativity-may-actually-work/
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Fysiikan teoriat uusiksi. Fotonit jotakin ihan muuta kuin luulivat. Savorinen oikeassa taas.
https://puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/jukka-savorinen/fysiikan-teoriat-uusiksi-fotonit-jotakin-ihan-muuta-kuin-luulivat-savorinen-oikeassa-taas/
Split” Photon Provides New Way To See Light – Predicts Existence of Previously-Unimaginable Particle
https://scitechdaily.com/split-photon-provides-new-way-to-see-light-pred…
”“This is a major paradigm change of how we understand light in a way that was not believed to be possible,” says Lorenza Viola, the James Frank Family Professor of Physics. “Not only did we find a new physical entity, but it was one that nobody believed could exist.””
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Ten computer codes that transformed science
From Fortran to arXiv.org, these advances in programming and platforms sent biology, climate science and physics into warp speed
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00075-2?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=nature&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1639948775
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The World’s First Optical Oscilloscope – Game-Changing Innovation for Communication Technologies
https://scitechdaily.com/the-worlds-first-optical-oscilloscope-game-changing-innovation-for-communication-technologies/
The innovation could be a game-changer for communication technologies, such as phones and internet connections.
A team from UCF has developed the world’s first optical oscilloscope, an instrument that is able to measure the electric field of light. The device converts light oscillations into electrical signals, much like hospital monitors convert a patient’s heartbeat into electrical oscillation.
Until now, reading the electric field of light has been a challenge because of the high speeds at which light waves oscillates. The most advanced techniques, which power our phone and internet communications, can currently clock electric fields at up to gigahertz frequencies — covering the radio frequency and microwave regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Light waves oscillate at much higher rates, allowing a higher density of information to be transmitted. However, the current tools for measuring light fields could resolve only an average signal associated with a ‘pulse’ of light, and not the peaks and valleys within the pulse. Measuring those peaks and valleys within a single pulse is important because it is in that space that information can be packed and delivered.
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
We invited several authors to explain what this quote by Arthur C. Clarke conjures up for them.
https://lab.cccb.org/en/arthur-c-clarke-any-sufficiently-advanced-technology-is-indistinguishable-from-magic/
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RESEARCHERS TEACH HUMAN BRAIN CELLS IN A DISH TO PLAY “PONG”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/brain-cells-play-pong
“WHEN THEY ARE IN THE GAME, THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE THE PADDLE.”
Cyborg Brains
Scientists have successfully taught a collection of human brain cells in a petri dish how to play the video game “Pong” — kind of.
Researchers at the biotechnology startup Cortical Labs have created “mini-brains“ consisting of 800,000 to one million living human brain cells in a petri dish, New Scientist reports. The cells are placed on top of a microelectrode array that analyzes the neural activity.
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Team develops the world’s first optical oscilloscope
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-team-world-optical-oscilloscope.html
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https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/first-millipede-found-with-over-1000-legs-breaks-leggy-world-record/
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Fysiikan alan glooriaa Suomeen
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2021/12/14/fysiikan-alan-glooriaa-suomeen/
Aalto-yliopiston fyysikot kumosivat puoli vuotta sitten kvanttimekaniikan perusperiaatteen kvanttirummuilla. Nyt saavutus on noteerattu Physics World -lehden tutkimusläpimurtona maailmassa. Suomalaisryhmän kanssa palkittiin myös yhdysvaltalaisen NIST-tutkimuslaitoksen tutkimusryhmä, joka tutkii myös kvanttilomittumista
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China To Overtake US In Key 21st-Century Tech In 10 Years, Says Harvard Report
https://www.iflscience.com/technology/china-to-overtake-us-in-key-21stcentury-tech-in-10-years-says-harvard-report/
China is set to overtake the US in the battle for dominance over key 21st-century technologies. In some of these fields, the US may have already lost the race.
That’s the conclusion of a new report titled “The Great Tech Rivalry: China vs the US” by four leading academics from Harvard Kennedy School, the public policy school of Harvard University. The authors looked at a number of core technologies that are set to define the 21st century — artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, quantum information science (QIS), semiconductors, biotechnology, and green energy — to see how the US is faring against China in these fields.
https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/great-rivalry-china-vs-us-21st-century
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These Three Factors Decide Whether A Person Gets Informed Or Stays Ignorant
https://www.iflscience.com/brain/these-three-factors-decide-whether-a-person-gets-informed-or-stays-ignorant/
We live in a time of unprecedented levels of easily accessible information. Practically all of us walk around every day with a supercomputer in our pocket that connects us to near enough the sum total of all human knowledge to date. Heck, we can’t even poop these days without seeing headlines about the latest scientific breakthroughs on social media.
And yet there are still people out there who think elephants are religious and the government is controlled by Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Clearly, some of us – and let’s face it, we’re all guilty sometimes – are deciding that sometimes, they’d prefer to remain ignorant. But why?
A new study, published today in the journal Nature Communications, has an answer. From five experiments, conducted on more than 500 participants, researchers figured out that most of us fall into one of three categories – there are the thinkers, who decide whether to learn new information about a topic based on how much they already think about related topics; the utilitarians, who decide what to learn based on how useful they think the information will end up being; and the feelers, who decide based on how they think the new information will make them feel.
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CAN THIS DIY ROCKET PROGRAM SEND AN ASTRONAUT TO SPACE?
Copenhagen Suborbitals is crowdfunding its crewed rocket
https://spectrum.ieee.org/diy-rocket-program
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https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fact-check-whats-the-science-behind-acupuncture-and-cupping/
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Fifteen books to help you understand emotional intelligence
https://lifestyle.livemint.com/health/wellness/fifteen-books-to-help-you-understand-emotional-intelligence-111637568643663.html
Emotional intelligence develops with a clear understanding of our own emotions. Our team of experts recommends books that can teach you the basics.
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Trailblazing women who broke into engineering in the 1970s reflect on what’s changed – and what hasn’t
https://theconversation.com/trailblazing-women-who-broke-into-engineering-in-the-1970s-reflect-on-whats-changed-and-what-hasnt-167502
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Stricter Parents Are Turning Their Children Into Effective Liars
https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/stricter-parents-turning-children-effective-liars/
Are you a strict, obedience-oriented parent, or are you more of a liberal, independence-fostering mother or father? If you’re more the former than the latter, then science may have some bad news for you – your authoritarian tendencies are turning your children into liars.
According to research by Victoria Talwar, a renowned expert on children’s social-cognitive development at McGill University, strict parenting tends to result in offspring that really know how to deceive. By producing an atmosphere of inevitable punishment for any wrongdoing, the children of these parents learn how to lie in order to escape any punitive measures for their nefariousness.
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http://www.thespaceacademy.org/2021/12/speed-of-light-could-be-dropped-to-zero.html
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Eye Drops That Could Replace Reading Glasses For Millions Approved By FDA
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/eye-drops-that-could-replace-reading-glasses-for-millions-approved-by-fda/
Millions of Americans who find themselves squinting at their smartphone could soon have the option to ditch their reading glasses and opt for eye drops that provide sharper vision for up to 6 hours.
In October 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly approved VUITY eye drops to treat presbyopia, an age-related condition that results in progressively blurry vision when focusing on near objects, according to the biopharmaceutical company AbbVie. On December 9, the drug-maker announced that the treatment is now available via prescription at pharmacies across the US.