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Synthetic bacteria, renting clothes, climate tech start-ups, digital transformation, green nanotech, intelligence, warfare, cooling, quantum biology, data and copyright and mechanical metamaterial.
Read “Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence” over the weekend.
‘Life finds a way’: Scientists study evolution in synthetic bacteria with limited genes
Does this mean you cannot control synthetic bacteria from evolving?
Japan Airlines gives tourists chance to reduce baggage by renting clothes
https://www.ft.com/content/2f69114e-991b-42f3-93a7-63eed2654418?
Pack underwear and a toothbrush but rent all your clothes on arrival and ditch the environmentally unfriendly suitcase.
The 15 fastest-growing climate tech startups in Europe
https://sifted.eu/articles/fastest-growing-climate-tech-startups-in-europe?
Solar, carbon trading, agricultural commodities, nuclear, charging stations, batteries, electric boats, energy, wind and hydrogen.
Digital Transformation Delivers Business Benefits
Check out AgilePoint. See https://www.agilepoint.com/total-economic-impact-agilepoint?
Advancing Environmental Sustainability through Green Nanotechnology
The green nanotechnology market is positioned for significant expansion, with projections indicating it will reach a pinnacle of $417.35 billion in 2030.
All Animal Intelligence Was Shaped by Just Five Leaps in Brain Evolution
Because of the AI hype, we are redefining what “intelligence” means. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/beyond-human-intelligence/
Why the Marines Are Ditching Tanks and Howitzers to Prepare for America’s Next Big War
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a44448847/marine-corps-force-design-2030/?
The U.S. Marine Corps is undergoing its biggest reorganization in decades in an effort to become quicker, more agile, and more lethal.
Heat Pumps—the Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs
https://spectrum.ieee.org/heat-pump-air-conditioning-alternative
The winners of the 2021 Global Cooling Prize—both heat pumps—reduce cooling’s climate impact by as much as 80 percent
Quantum biology: Your nose and house plant are experts at particle physics
https://bigthink.com/life/quantum-physics-biology/?
Quantum processes, normally associated with the very small or very cold, have been found to occur in biological systems.
Authors file a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books
Data and copyright.
European researchers design a rubber block that can count to ten
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/rubber-block-that-can-count?
The rubber block can be classified as a mechanical metamaterial