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future tech July 19, 2020 posted by Nigel

The terrifying promise of GPT-3 AI – software’s Manhattan Project?

We’ve been threatened with Artificial Intelligence for decades now, but we’ve just seen the release of something which looks totally terrifying and yet inevitable. The good folk at OPENAI – an open source organisation dedicated to keeping AI development transparent, and featuring supporters such as Elon Musk and Peter Thiel – have just privately released the GPT-3 API to selected people. OK, geeks. The terrifying bit is how good this stuff is now. You remember all the furore about DeepFake…

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Eco Friendly June 3, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Green Light Gap Crossed – new research adds some viability to different type of green energy

Plants are really good at getting energy from the sun. It’s kind of their whole thing. Although we can sort of copy the process, photosynthesis hasn’t been seen as a viable source of energy because it cannot convert green light making it not a candidate for technical applications but that may be changing as a research team has been successful in creating a process that fills this gap.

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future tech June 3, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Mini Livers Grown From Skin – new development could save lives and money

The idea of fabricated organs is the stuff of science fiction. We’ve all seen movies and TV shows where they grow a new organ in a lab before they take it from its vat and drop it into the waiting patient. This might be a reality before you know it. Scientists have grown a mini-liver and implanted it into rats. Neat.

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Eco Friendly March 4, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Cooking Oil to 3D Printing – new research develops a way to recycle oil

If you cook you’ve probably got a jar of used oil sitting somewhere near your stove. Hopefully you’re not dumping it down the drain. Most people put it out with the trash but what if you could recycle it? Researchers from the University of Toronto have devised a way to turn used oil from McDonald’s into 3D printing resin that is biodegradable.

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Eco Friendly February 21, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Graphene Batteries Are Here – longer lasting batteries? Yes please!

Hate when your phone dies? Wish your battery lasted longer and burned cooler? Don’t we all. Lucky for us, science has a fix coming. Graphene batteries have hit the market and although they’re not in our phones yet, they can be as early as next year.

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Eco Friendly February 21, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Ammonia for Fuel – could this be ocean shipping’s emissions solution?

Ocean shipping causes a good deal of emissions, about the same amount as all of Germany put together, so lowering this will be good! Some scientists are looking to ammonia as a green fuel alternative but others caution that this solution leaves much to be desired.

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future tech February 17, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Portable MRI – new development brings the MRI bedside

The FDA has just approved a portable MRI that will be cheaper and use less energy than the full system. This breakthrough will allow life saving care to be administrated to more people with less difficult logistics.

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Eco Friendly January 28, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Kill Weeds With Electricity – new methods are taking the place of dangerous herbicides

Herbicides are not great for the environment but weeds are not great for the garden so what do you do? Naturally you zap them with electricity and destroy them. Or at least that’s the goal with newer developments it the field of weeding.

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future tech January 24, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Diamond Batteries Are Forever – scientists experiment with turning radioactive waste into power source

Remember Batman and Robin? Specifically how Mr. Freeze’s subplot involved him having to steal diamonds to make his suit work? Well that plot point may actually work better now. Scientists at the University of Bristol are looking into a way to turn old radioactive carbon into diamond batteries.

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Eco Friendly January 24, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Geoengineering To Save The Planet – radical ideas to buy time in the climate crisis

The icecaps are melting and that’s a major problem for a variety of reasons. One being the rising sea levels but another being that losing the reflective poles will make our planet warmer. Some people want to save the ice by geoengineering. Most of their ideas aren’t really feasible but man are they cool.

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Eco Friendly January 22, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Biofuel from Yeast – researchers modify substance to create workable fuel source

Biofuel still sounds like a thing from science fiction but it’s real and comes in a variety of forms. Researchers are working on a way to turn yeast into car fuel to create a sustainable energy source that can be implemented without a fuss.

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Eco Friendly January 6, 2020 posted by Donyae Coles

Harnessing the Dark – new solar cell draws power at night

Solar energy is the go to for renewable energy but what happens at night? Especially when you can’t store the energy gained during the day? Rather than what are currently expensive battery options, we may be able to harness the power of darkness.

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Eco Friendly December 30, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

Indus – the microalgae wall that cleans water

Who says pollution solutions can’t be beautiful? Indus is a water pollution cleaning system made from ceramic tiles and algae. The resulting wall is very aesthetically pleasing and may prove to be a low cost way of dealing with dyes and chemicals.

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Eco Friendly December 9, 2019 posted by Donyae Coles

Vertical Forests – “green” buildings

We all know what a forest is even if we live in areas that don’t have much in the way of greenery. This could mean urban environments or straight up deserts or both. New innovation can bring jungles into even these areas with the Vertical Forest. Three new buildings are planned for Egypt.

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