Key idea: As part of BrainGate, a pioneering global collaboration for restoring communications using brain implants, the team envisioned—and then realized—the ability to restore communications using neural signals from the brain. Original author and publication date:…
Demand Outpacing Supply for Supercomputers
Summary: There is a growing demand for the computational power that supercomputers offer researchers in the United States, but access to them is being stifled by a number of factors, according to a new report…
Last Journey: exploring the dark universe
Summary: A team of physicists and computer scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory performed one of the five largest cosmological simulations ever. Data from the simulation will inform sky maps…
Experts say telehealth and virtual medicine are the…
Summary: Grand Rapids based technology company AvaSure is creating the hospital patient room of the future Original author and publication date: Sarah Makuta (ABC) - January 27, 2021 Futurizonte Editor's Note: Will virtual medicine include…
Human Bias Is Everywhere in Tech. To Fix…
Summary: We need to move beyond the quick fixes that are not working; and invest in the next generation of technologists by radically re-shaping why and how we teach computer science. Original authors and publication…
When a Story is Breaking, AI Can Help…
Summary: Early intervention with tailored messaging may stop the spread of misinformation Original author and publication date: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) - New York - January 21, 2021 Futurizonte Editor's Note: it is good to…
We Need To Rethink The Future Of Technology
Summary: Perhaps even more importantly, the end of the digital era will usher in a new age of heterogeneous computing in which we apply different computing architectures to specific tasks. Original author and publication date:…
Microsoft patent details tech that could turn dead…
Summary: If technology in a patent granted to Microsoft comes to fruition, interacting with a chatty 3D digital version of the deceased could one day become real. Original author and publication date: Leslie Katz -…
Bill Gates Wants to ‘Cover the Sun’ to…
Summary: According to a Forbes post, the billionaire is funding a project that would help dim sunlight. Original author and publication date: Entrepreneur Staff - January 22, 2021 Futurizonte Editor's Note: Let's play with the…