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The weaponisation of robotics and biology
No sector will escape disruption. You are in the security business. Suddenly, you are competing with converging technology. The next bodyguard could be a robot. Or a genetically engineered dog.
Robotics, synthetic biology, AI, and defence technology are converging. We are moving towards a world where physical power, intelligence, and biological capabilities can increasingly be engineered, augmented, and commercialised.
Explore the convergence of robotics, AI and synthetic biology. Consider the implications for security, liability, ethics and control. The boundaries between machine, organism and weapon are becoming increasingly blurred.
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Building the quantum future
Quantum technologies are revolutionizing how we compute, communicate, and understand the physical world, and governments and industry are investing billions of dollars to bring those discoveries from the laboratory into the real world.
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1148925
In the synthetic biology era, engineered fungi could mitigate carbon dioxide emissions and enhance environmental resilience
The role of soil-borne fungi in carbon management, elucidating their responses to environmental shifts and their potential for climate change mitigation.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-04088-5
Neural chip decodes interactions between brain regions
Researchers have developed an implantable neural chip that tracks communication across brain regions, identifying cognitive and emotional states in real time.
https://actu.epfl.ch/news/neural-chip-decodes-interactions-between-brain-r-2/
Three horizons of quantum: A business road map to the future computing economy
In the next decade, quantum technology could create trillions in value and break encryption, delivering opportunity but also risk. Leading companies are acting now to secure a competitive advantage.
Six wild ideas for perpetuating your mind
Head transplants, mindclones, brain in a jar, gradual brain replacement, brain upload and a synthetic neocortex
What it would take to build a city on the moon
If all goes according to plan—a plan that will likely cost tens of billions of dollars to start—there will be drones, robotic landers, communication satellites, and a nuclear power plant; there will be plant terrariums and moonquake sensors; there will be mechanized scouts exploring craters for water.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/12/1145760/imagining-building-cities-on-the-moon/
This touchscreen is made from thread, and scientists want to put it in your clothes
The washable, breathable textile display can run simple apps, play videos, and even measure body temperature.
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/worlds-first-touchscreen-garment-nus-researchers/
A first for CRISPR: powerful prime editing alters DNA directly in the human body
A powerful gene-editing technique has been used to edit DNA directly in a person’s body — the first known instance of such a treatment.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03371-x
Vibe genes? Natural(ish) language comes to protein, genome design software
A large collaboration of researchers based in China, however, decided to bring protein design to the masses, making a tool that can take natural language prompts and use them to produce proteins with the function you specify.
