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Scenario prompts 2 July 2024
Today’s prompts are chimeric brains, programmable fungi, prisons of the future, data centres in space, personal quantum computing, brain organoids controlling robots, time crystals, growing plants on Mars, gene-edited animal organ transplants and soft robots.
Consider organic computing as a trend (and its potential impact on your organisation).
These 3D model brains with cells from several people are first of their kind
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02096-z
Chimeric brain ‘organoids’ promise to help reveal individual variation in brain development and in drug response
NASA Advances Research to Grow Habitats in Space from Fungi
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-advances-research-to-grow-habitats-in-space-from-fungi/
The team created multiple combinations of fungal-based biocomposites, fabricated prototypes, tested materials in a planetary simulator, evaluated enhancements including incorporating radiation protection, and drafted detailed mycelium-based Moon habitat designs.
Inside Cognify, the ‘prison of the future’ where AI rewires your brain
A new prison concept proposes bombarding criminals with artificial memories from the perspective of their victims – what could go wrong?
Data centres in space could be one solution to AI’s big energy problem
https://thenextweb.com/news/data-centres-in-space-ai-energy-problem
New study finds space-based data centres to be ‘entirely feasible’
Quokka: ‘World’s first’ personal quantum computer emulator that fits in a hand
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/quokka-personal-quantum-computer
Empowering the next generation with quantum computing
Scientists create robot controlled by blob of human brain cells
https://futurism.com/neoscope/robot-human-brain-cells
A team of Chinese researchers has stuck a tiny organoid made from human stem cells into the body of a tiny robot.
Time Crystals Could Unlock a Radical New Future For Quantum Computers
https://www.sciencealert.com/time-crystals-could-unlock-a-radical-new-future-for-quantum-computers
Time crystals are materials that transform in repeated patterns over time.
Scientists identify plant that could grow on Mars
https://futurism.com/the-byte/scientists-identify-plant-grow-mars
Scientists claim to have discovered a kind of desert moss that thrives in a variety of conditions, from Antarctica to the Mojave desert — and which, they say, could survive on the surface of Mars.
Gene-Edited Animal Organ Transplants Could Help End the Organ Donor Crisis
The ability to make edits to the donor animals’ DNA to prevent the production of biomolecules known to induce immune responses in humans.
Portable engine powers artificial muscles
https://www.futurity.org/portable-engine-powers-artificial-muscles-3235362/
Researchers have developed a lightweight engine to power muscle-mimicking soft robots for use in assistive devices
