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Scenario prompts 18 July 2024
Today’s prompts are an opportunity to pre-order my book about books about AI, smart soil, VR, everything you see is a computation, self-replicating xenobots, insect-inspired autonomous navigation, translucent skull implants, stretchy batteries, biomimetic paint and a spinal neuron sensor.
Smart soil!
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.
Smart soil can water and feed itself
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-smart-soil.html
A newly engineered type of soil can capture water out of thin air to keep plants hydrated and manage controlled release of fertilizer for a constant supply of nutrients.
What I Got Wrong About VR
https://every.to/napkin-math/what-i-got-wrong-about-vr
The three factors holding back VR
Everything You See Is a Computational Process, If You Know How to Look
https://www.wired.com/story/everything-you-see-is-a-computational-process-if-you-know-how-to-look/
Computer scientist Lance Fortnow writes that by embracing the computations that surround us, we can begin to understand and tame our seemingly random world.
Robots built from frog cells have unlocked the ability to self-replicate
https://www.popsci.com/science/xenobots-synthetic-life-form-reproduce/
These robots are called xenobots—they’re synthetic lifeforms made from clusters of stem cells scraped from African clawed frog embryos.
Researchers create insect-inspired autonomous navigation strategy for tiny, lightweight robots
https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-insect-autonomous-strategy-tiny-lightweight.html
Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, autonomous robots.
This Translucent Skull Implant for Mice Could Help Scientists Unravel the Brain’s Mysteries
Sensors spread across half their brains recorded electrical chatter.
Completely Stretchy Lithium-Ion Battery For Flexible Electronics
https://scienceblog.com/546117/completely-stretchy-lithium-ion-battery-for-flexible-electronics/
A lithium-ion battery with entirely stretchable components, including an electrolyte layer that can expand by 5000%, and it retains its charge storage capacity after nearly 70 charge/discharge cycles.
Living paint absorbs emissions for cleaner cities
https://springwise.com/innovation/property-construction/living-paint-absorbs-pollution-in-cities/
Biomimetic paint.
Tiny sensor tracks spinal cord neurons in action
https://www.futurity.org/spinal-cord-neuron-sensor-3238852/
A tiny sensor, spinalNET, that records the electrical activity of spinal neurons as the subject performs normal activity without any restraint.