Greetings from Thailand (still in Koh Tao). Combing business with pleasures, as a result, the mind candy will become more irregular over the next few two weeks.
Today’s topics to consider are lucid dreaming, operating the brain from the body (and keeping it alive), living muscle-powered robots, advanced bio-electronics, biosecurity, TikTok and printing food.
Consider bio-bots as a concept.
A new AI model called Morpheus-1 claims to induce lucid dreaming
Lucid dreaming as the next version of gaming?
A Pig’s Brain Transcended Its Body, Surging to Life on Its Own. Humans May Be Next.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a45875897/pig-brain-functions-without-body/?
Researchers were able to separate the brain from the rest of the body, and use a new device to keep the brain alive and functioning.
Japanese researchers bipedal robot powered by living muscle tissue
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/new-bipedal-robot-powered-by-muscle?
Using muscle tissue as actuators helped researchers build a more compact robot that is more efficient and soft to touch.
Breakthrough in Stretchable Graphene-Hydrogel Interfaces for Advanced Bioelectronics
These innovations are instrumental in creating more effective wearable devices, such as skin-like electronics, and enhancing the capabilities of implantable bioelectronics and soft robots.
AI Can Design Totally New Proteins From Scratch—It’s Time to Talk Biosecurity
With great power comes great responsibility. As newly designed proteins increasingly gain traction for use in medicine and bioengineering, scientists are now wondering: What happens if these technologies are used for nefarious purposes?
TikTok Tests Feature That Could Make All Videos Shoppable
Feature links products to any posts, not just influencers
Farmbots, flavour pills and zero-gravity beer: inside the mission to grow food in space
The team is even looking at 3D-printed food made from organic materials, as well as microencapsulation.
