MIT Technology Review published their annual list of breakthrough technologies. Lots of AI and clean energy related picks.
Next-gen nuclear
Nuclear power already provides steady electricity to grids around the world, without producing any greenhouse-gas emissions. New designs rely on alternative fuels and cooling systems or take up less space, which could get more reactors online faster.
MIT Technology Review published their annual list of breakthrough technologies. Lots of AI and clean energy related picks. Next-gen nuclear Nuclear power already provides steady electricity to grids around the world, without producing any greenhouse-gas emissions. New designs rely on alternative fuels and cooling systems or take up less space, which could get more reactors…
All those SMS login links may not be a good idea. A paper published last week has found more than 700 endpoints delivering such texts on behalf of more than 175 services that put user security and privacy at risk. One practice that jeopardizes users is the use of links that are easily enumerated, meaning…
In Japan, there is a Pokémon fossil museum.
Here is a variation of the classic snake game, where you control a snake, and it gets longer each time it eats a little dot on the screen. But this version is on a three dimensional sphere.
A toothy prospect: being able to regrow teeth. Japanese scientists have an experimental drug that may be able to successfully regrow teeth. Teeth, however, are not bones. Although they’re made of some of the same stuff and are the hardest material in the human body (thanks to its protective layer of enamel), they lack the…
Lego will be rolling out a new series of bricks that contain electronics and sensors that interact when connected. Pretty impressive.
There are many different kinds of literacy, more than just being able to read words and understand them. Media literacy is the ability to understand and distinguish what is being communicated through various means of mass communication – TV, news, Internet, and more. This is critically important as our society and becoming more and more…
In 2016, voters passed the End of Life Options Act, which makes it legal for terminally ill adult Coloradans to obtain and self-administer a fatal dose of prescribed medication. Roughly 1,100 people have used MAID in the state, and recent legislation increased access for the sickest patients. Robert Sanchez humanizes how those with terminal illnesses…
If you have ever flown solo on an airplane, you know how much of a gamble it is who your seats will be for the duration of your flight. Most of the time, it’s a non-event. You sit there. They sit there. Maybe you share basic pleasantries or small talk. Every now and then, you…
A cool piece of history: Hasekura Tsunenaga, a Japanese samurai, served as a diplomat in 17th century Europe.
