Varjo XR-1 is the first truly good MR/XR headset allowing full control over reality/virtual reality enabling hyper-real AR/VR visuals https://t.co/gb26o6QEBN
The decline of trust in science “terrifies” former MIT president Susan Hockfield: If we don’t trust scientists to be experts in their fields, “we have no way of making it into the future.” https://t.co/KB5pQ2jTNr
An area nearly twice the size of England will become a “blue belt” of protected waters after the government created 41 new marine conservation zones. https://t.co/CH5SHg0zsR
When companies say they’re using “100% renewable energy,” take it with a grain of salt - There’s a big difference between “100% renewable” and “100% carbon-free.” https://t.co/Aa367XHmRB
US - Chinese team of researchers developed a laser technique that could permanently stress graphene into having a structure that allows the flow of electric current ("band gap") making Big progress in putting graphene into semiconducting devices https://t.co/amsCh3ccwe
B.C. passes a law to increase sales of zero-emission vehicles - Legislation calls for 10 percent of new cars sold in 2025 to be zero emission https://t.co/CjNNSmtjlm
Progress in Human-like thinking in machines. In an attempt to reproduce human-like thinking patterns in machines, Feng Qi and Wenchuan Wu created an artificial neural network inspired by the human prefrontal cortex (PFC) https://t.co/s7fSE2tdoz
Stem Cell Therapy Restores Mice's Sense of Smell - A few weeks after spraying a suspension of stem cells into the noses of mice that had been genetically altered to not be able to smell, clusters of stem cells had grafted into the lining of noses and for… https://t.co/H8SyapRaF1
DeepMind AI Reaches 'Human-Level Performance' In Modded 'Quake Arena III' - Video games can teach AI about more than fragging, like how to cooperate and win. https://t.co/SoAtwVfmwK
New York tenants fight as landlords embrace facial recognition cameras - More than 130 residents at a Brooklyn apartment complex oppose plan to use the cameras, whose use, experts say, is quietly expanding in cities https://t.co/wBnWXvaODM
From sky farms to lab-grown shrimp, Singapore eyes food future: Singapore produces about 10% of its food but aims to raise that to 30% by 2030 under a plan known as ‘30-by-30’, with tiered fish farms, vegetable plots atop office buildings and lab-grown s… https://t.co/xUeonuXVwb
Even Under a Coal-Loving Leader, Australia Is Leading the Charge for Renewables - By 2030, renewables could make up more than half the electricity generated in the land down under https://t.co/zvCOwOdeeL