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Ownership? Safety? Privacy? Where?
Nov. 13th, 2020 09:03 amWelp. Apple gave in to the insecurity crowd.
Your Computer Isn't Yours
Your Computer Isn't Yours
Here's a brick to the face of expensive energy storage. A little heavy right now, but this is tech worth exploring further.
Now, to couple this with a durable battery pack, and that'll do fine.
Now, to couple this with a durable battery pack, and that'll do fine.
She comes, and it is good
Jun. 17th, 2020 10:20 amEngineers put tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses on a single chip
Lady Simurgh pointed me to this article. This, plus optical computing, are key advances in AI. Optical memristor neurons are most likely to be the advance which makes strong AI available to the public, provided the hardware is connected and used that way.
Lady Simurgh pointed me to this article. This, plus optical computing, are key advances in AI. Optical memristor neurons are most likely to be the advance which makes strong AI available to the public, provided the hardware is connected and used that way.
Technoshamanic Ways
May. 7th, 2020 08:51 amResource/light:
Ore, Spark, Metal, Rust
Waste/dark:
Poison, Slag, Grime, Labor
Transitions:
Discover, Process, Create, Use, Hide, Recycle, Destroy, Discard
Places:
Spirit, Self, School, Mine, Forge, World, People, Stars, Heap, Void
Rites:
Travel, Research, Construction, Communion, Command, Return
Ore, Spark, Metal, Rust
Waste/dark:
Poison, Slag, Grime, Labor
Transitions:
Discover, Process, Create, Use, Hide, Recycle, Destroy, Discard
Places:
Spirit, Self, School, Mine, Forge, World, People, Stars, Heap, Void
Rites:
Travel, Research, Construction, Communion, Command, Return
A swift 3-D printing revolution
Feb. 16th, 2020 10:06 amResearchers find a way to 3D print whole objects in seconds
Essentially they use a light-sensitive resin and dose it with lasers from multiple angles in a holographic pattern, leading to shape-locking intensity along the body of focus. It's not only fast, it's more precise than other high-speed methods, and being entirely hands-off you can use it on transparent containers -- leading to use under truly sterile conditions. Right now the scale is small (a couple of centimeters, or about an inch), but the developers intend to scale it up to at least 15cm (about 6 inches).
I imagine this is one of the ways that MEMS devices could be produced, including nanites; or maybe we could do micro-fluidics such as material sorters and mini-hydraulic engines. Once you start doping the resin to give it new properties, and adding non-plastic components to the build, the sky is pretty much the limit!
Essentially they use a light-sensitive resin and dose it with lasers from multiple angles in a holographic pattern, leading to shape-locking intensity along the body of focus. It's not only fast, it's more precise than other high-speed methods, and being entirely hands-off you can use it on transparent containers -- leading to use under truly sterile conditions. Right now the scale is small (a couple of centimeters, or about an inch), but the developers intend to scale it up to at least 15cm (about 6 inches).
I imagine this is one of the ways that MEMS devices could be produced, including nanites; or maybe we could do micro-fluidics such as material sorters and mini-hydraulic engines. Once you start doping the resin to give it new properties, and adding non-plastic components to the build, the sky is pretty much the limit!
It's not quite a fusion reactor, however:
Scientists Built a Tiny Version of the Sun in Wisconsin (from Vice.com, via Digg)
Scientists Built a Tiny Version of the Sun in Wisconsin (from Vice.com, via Digg)
