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Deep fakes and spy-ops, geothermal, circular cement, steward ownership, citizen development, cognitive liberty and neural surveillance, cyborg tech at nanoscale, carbo capture tech, superconductors, future tech (necrobots?) and paying to breathe.
Think about neural surveillance……
US special forces want to use deepfakes for psy-ops
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/06/pentagon-socom-deepfake-propaganda/?
US special operations command, responsible for some of the country’s most secretive military endeavors, is gearing up to conduct internet propaganda and deception campaigns online using deepfake videos.
This geothermal startup showed its wells can be used like a giant underground battery
Geothermal power plants work by circulating water through hot rock deep beneath the surface. In most modern plants, it resurfaces at a well head, where it’s hot enough to convert refrigerants or other fluids into vapor that cranks a turbine, generating electricity.
McKinsey: Circular Economy for Cement Could Be Worth €110B by 205
The concrete industry is responsible for 8% of all global carbon emissions; and 30-40% of today’s solid waste is created through the construction and maintenance of the built environment.
Steward-ownership: For Entrepreneurs Who Want to Make a Positive Impact
https://www.corporate-rebels.com/blog/steward-ownership?
Soft or hard trend?
Citizen Developers: The Driving Force Behind Digital Transformation
70% of all digital transformation fail.
Legal expert proposes “cognitive liberty” to avoid corporate brain spying
https://futurism.com/the-byte/legal-expert-brain-computer-interface-spying
We do see technology starting to be used in some ways that are more like involuntary neural surveillance.
Cyborg technology analyzes the functional maturation of stem-cell derived heart tissue
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-cyborg-technology-functional-maturation-stem-cell.html?
Tissue-embedded nanoelectronic devices
This New Material Absorbs Three Times More CO2 Than Current Carbon Capture Tech
How many trees can you plant for the money invested in carbon capture tech?
Physicists Claim Creation of a Superconductor at Near-Ambient Conditions
Few discoveries in science would revolutionize technology as much as a material that achieves superconductivity at room temperature
Future technology: 22 ideas about to change our world
Necrobotics, sand batteries, xenotransplantation, your own digital twin, self-healing ‘living concrete, 3D-printed eye tissue, etc.
The Alarming Rise of India’s Pay-to-Breathe Industry
https://www.wired.com/story/breathing-is-a-luxury-in-indias-air-crisis/?
As the state’s solutions to pollution fail, the need for expensive air purifiers is driving a new kind of inequality.
