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Scenario prompts 27 Augustus 2024
Today’s prompts are 3D-printed living cells, bacteria, a miniaturized brain-machine interface, smart phones, the cost of climate change, healthcare, bio-computers, printing glas, cryonics, the Paris Olympics, the top 100 genAI consumer apps, and an opportunity to pre-order my book about books about AI.
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3D-printed living cells pave way for tomorrow’s medicine and cruelty-free animal products
EU-funded researchers are expanding the possibilities of 3D printing to create miniature human organs and a variety of products made from living tissue, including food.
Bacteria helping to extract rare metals from old batteries in boost for green tech
Team at University of Edinburgh using microbes to recycle lithium, cobalt and other expensive minerals
Miniaturized brain-machine interface processes neural signals in real time
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-08-miniaturized-brain-machine-interface-neural.html
Researchers from EPFL have developed a next-generation miniaturized brain-machine interface capable of direct brain-to-text communication on tiny silicon chips.
Emerging trends shaping smartphone future
https://punchng.com/emerging-trends-shaping-smartphone-future/
AI, 5G, quantum, XR, displays and biometrics,
Revising the cost of climate change
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/08/revising-the-cost-of-climate-change/
Very additional 1°C rise means a 12 percent hit to global GDP.
How XR, AI, BCI, and Neural Interfaces are Changing Healthcare Education
Whenever you use these [XR] technologies, it’s really important to recognize the importance of exactitude and embodiment
‘Biocomputers’ made of human brain cells now available on rent
https://interestingengineering.com/science/biocomputers-available-on-rent-finalspark
Priced at $500 per month, these organoids can last up to 100 days and are currently being used by select universities to advance AI research and explore new training methods.
How Do You 3D Print Glass?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/glass-3d-printing
Precisely shaped glass is a tricky substance for additive manufacturing
Rich people are being frozen in the hope they can be brought back to life
Cryonics – or cryopreservation – is a growing trend across the world, with patients gambling six-figure sums on their future resurrection
What the Success of the Paris Olympics Revealed About Commerce…and Human Nature
https://www.retailtouchpoints.com/topics/retail-store-design/experiential-retail/what-the-success-of-the-paris-olympics-revealed-about-commerceand-human-nature
Inspiration, sustainability and thoughtfulness.
The top 100 genAI consumer apps
https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps-3/
Nearly 30% of the companies were new, compared to our previous March 2024 report.
A book about books about AI
https://www.ronimmink.com/product/a-book-about-books-about-ai/
So far, taking the perspective from 22 books/authors covering intelligence (there are many forms), work, synthetic biology, transhumanism, economics, spiritualism, digital transformation, data, etc. When you go through the books again, you start to wonder if we are asking the right questions. Pre-order to stay in the loop.
