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The topics are desalinisation, Gin, understanding animals (spiders), programmable fluid, cognitive digital twins and growing mini livers.
Programmable fluid. Read “The hidden message of water”
New Solar-Powered Desalinator Keeps Producing Clean Water Without Needing Sunshine
It works through a process called electrodialysis which separates the salt using a set of specialized membranes that channel salt ions into a stream of brine, leaving the water fresh and drinkable.
Science Is Here to Clean Up the Wild West of Gin
https://www.wired.com/story/science-has-discovered-how-to-make-perfect-gin/?
A fingerprinting technique similar to MRI scanning is finally revealing what makes the ultimate gin. Will it be a blessing or a curse for an unregulated industry drunk on innovation?
Spider conversations decoded with the help of machine learning and contact microphones
https://www.popsci.com/technology/wolf-spider-vibration-research/
A new approach to monitoring arachnid behavior could help understand their social dynamics, as well as their habitat’s health.
Harvard team engineers shape-shifting metafluid that can program robots
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/harvard-engineers-programmable-metafluid?
The metafluid is programmable……. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/water-and-consciousness-read-these-two-books-and-you-will-never-be-the-same/
Cognitive Digital Twins are a Leap Forward
https://www.clouddatainsights.com/cognitive-digital-twins-are-a-leap-forward/?
But as technology evolves, so does our capacity to imbue digital replicas with a previously unimaginable layer of intelligence
‘Mini liver’ will grow in person’s own lymph node in bold new trial
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00975-z?
Biotechnology firm LyGenesis has injected donor cells into a person with liver failure for the first time.
