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Scenario prompts 6 June 2025
The scenario prompt for today transforming insects into bio factories. Imagine the possibilities. The other prompts are sound waves as medicine, brain like super computers, longevity by scanning embryos and meatbots.
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‘In-insect synthesis’: Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons
https://phys.org/news/2025-06-insect-synthesis-caterpillar-factories-fluorescent.html
Researchers have successfully used insects as mini molecule-making factories, marking a breakthrough in chemical engineering.
Sound Waves Turn Immune System Into Cancer Fighter
https://scienceblog.com/sound-waves-turn-immune-system-into-cancer-fighter/
Researchers have discovered how histotripsy—a treatment that uses ultrasound waves to destroy liver tumors—transforms the body’s immune system into a cancer-fighting force.
Sandia Fires Up a Brain-Like Supercomputer That Can Simulate 180 Million Neurons
The computer inside our heads solves problems beyond even the largest AI models, while drawing only around 20 watts. The field of neuromorphic computing is betting computer hardware more closely mimicking the brain could help us match both its power and energy efficiency.
Longevity Is Now a Factor When Picking an Embryo for IVF
https://www.wsj.com/health/embryo-ivf-screening-longevity-2b1f096a
Nucleus plans to charge $5,999 for an analysis of up to 900 conditions, including diseases that occur later in life and are major causes of death in older people such as Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease and cancers.
Anthropic Researchers Warn That Humans Could End Up Being “Meat Robots” Controlled by AI
https://futurism.com/anthropic-meat-robots
You’ll have humans with AirPods, and glasses and there’ll be some robot overlord controlling the human through cameras by just telling it what to do.”
