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Scenario prompts 4 October 2024
Use the prompts to question things such as relevance, opportunity vs threat, if vs when, timelines, impact and responses. Consider multiple futures.
Today’s prompts are AI news anchors, 3D printing in space, rooftops, prosocial AI, tractor beams, quantum sensors, soil, soft semiconductors, spray-on dresses, and the real data wall.
Enjoy your weekend.
How AI news anchors are battling Venezuelan censorship (and shielding human journalists)
The project emerged as a response to increasing censorship and persecution of journalists reporting on electoral events.
Behind the scenes of the first metal part 3D printed aboard the ISS
https://www.voxelmatters.com/behind-the-scenes-of-the-first-metal-part-3d-printed-aboard-the-iss/
Watch the video.
What should we do with the world’s rooftops…produce food or energy?
A new study finds that rooftop agriculture yields greater economic benefits, whereas rooftop solar wins on greenhouse gas emissions.
How to Reduce the Risk of AI and Enhance Its Societal Impact
The business case for “prosocial AI” and how it can benefit society while minimizing ethical risks.
MIT engineers create a chip-based tractor beam for biological particles
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-engineers-create-chip-based-tractor-beam-biological-particles-1003
The tiny device uses a tightly focused beam of light to capture and manipulate cells.
Shaping the future with 3D printed quantum sensors
https://www.engineerlive.com/content/shaping-future-3d-printed-quantum-sensors
Heterogeneous integration in the context of electronics development refers to the assembly of different types of materials and electronic components into a single system.
6 surprising ways soil and human health are linked
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/10/soil-health-human-health-connection/
With the prospect of 90% of the planet’s land surface being degraded by 2050. Climate change and human activity are behind this, causing a decline in soil quality
Researchers illuminate inner workings of new-age soft semiconductors
One of the more promising classes of materials for next-generation batteries and electronic devices are the organic mixed ionic-electronic conductor.
Coperni’s Spray-On Dress Was a Viral Smash. This Gravity-Defying Gel Bag Might Top It
https://www.wired.com/story/coperni-spray-on-dress-viral-smash-gravity-defying-gel-bag-might-top-it/
It’s the synergy between imagination and technology that’s been at the heart of Disney’s magic. Walt Disney himself assembled a team of visionaries called “Imagineers”—a fusion of engineers and dreamers tasked with bringing fantastical worlds to life.
The real data wall is billions of years of evolution
https://dynomight.substack.com/p/data-wall
Evolution provides lots of other information beyond just what’s written down in the DNA. And I’m not just talking about epigenetics—I mean all the information embodied in the physical structure of cells.
