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Scenario prompts 21 June 2024
Today’s prompts are time crystals, recycling solar panels, consciousness, biomimicry, under water drones, synthetic DNA, AI and gaming and brain recording.
Do you need meat to have a mind?
A Circuit Board With Time Crystals May Deliver Error-Free Computing
This idea, known as “time-tronics,” could form the foundation of a more reliable quantum computer.
Solar panels recycled with 99% efficiency without toxic chemicals in Italy
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/solar-panel-recycling-9tech
The approach prevents release of toxic fumes and recovers up to 99 percent of components from the solar panels.
Will AI ever become conscious? It depends on how you think about biology.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/351893/consciousness-ai-machines-neuroscience-mind
Do you need meat to have a mind?
Seashells inspire 19x stronger cement composite
https://superinnovators.com/2024/06/seashells-inspire-stronger-cement-composite/
Engineers have developed a new cement composite, inspired by oyster shells, that is significantly more crack-resistant and ductile than conventional cement.
Massive underwater drone skates off California coast
https://www.axios.com/2024/06/19/manta-ray-sea-drone-northrop-grumman
The Manta Ray’s almond-shaped body, rounded nose, horizontal fins and vertical tail can be spotted in the 360-degree video shared by maker Northrop Grumman.
Could synthetic DNA be the future of data processing?
https://springwise.com/innovation/computing-tech/using-dna-to-revolutionise-data-storage/
DNA Data Storage: The Next Frontier of Genetic Engineering?
How generative AI could reinvent what it means to play
AI-powered NPCs that don’t need a script could make games—and other worlds—deeply immersive.
FDA Approves Clinical Trial For High-Resolution Brain Recorder
https://scienceblog.com/545350/fda-approves-clinical-trial-for-high-resolution-brain-recorder/
The device, called the platinum nanorod grid (PtNRGrid), features a densely packed grid of 1,024 embedded electrocorticography (ECoG) sensors that can record electrical signals directly from the surface of the human brain in unprecedented detail.
