Summary: The Human Brain Project (HBP) has announced the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. The European Commission has signed a grant agreement to fund the HBP with 150 million Euros…
Study illustrates huge potential of human, artificial intelligence…
Summary: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in medicine to support human expertise. However, the potential of these applications and the risks inherent in the interaction between human and artificial intelligence have not yet…
New discovery allows 3D printing of sensors directly…
Summary: Technology could help diagnose and monitor patients with COVID-19 Original author and publication date: University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering - June 17, 2020 Futurizonte Editor's Note: We can imagine a 3D…
New human-mouse chimera is the most human yet
Summary: The mouse-human embryo contains up to 4% human cells. Original author and publication date: Yasemin Splakogiu - May 2020 Futurizonte editor's Note: Is the transhuman just a rat human? Are we turning ourselves into…
Technology In A Time Of Crisis: How DARPA…
Summary: The impact that an entity approximately 120 nanometers in diameter -- approximately 1/100th the diameter of a human hair -- can have on the world is remarkable. But as indelible a mark as the…
Nanodevices for the brain could thwart formation of…
Summary: Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, affecting one in 10 people over the age of 65. Scientists are engineering nanodevices to disrupt processes in the brain that…
Team in Singapore develops artificial intelligence platform to…
Summary: Novel tool identifies optimal drug combination therapies at unprecedented speed Original author and publication date: National University of Singapore April 27, 2020 Futurizonte Editor's Note: This is an example of being humbly intelligent to…
That Very Good Robotic Dog Is Now Helping…
Summary: Boston Dynamics' Spot robot is helping hospitals fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) by reducing the amount of direct contact healthcare workers must have with patients. Original author and publication date: Courtney Linder, April 23, 2020 Futurizonte…
Old human cells rejuvenated with stem cell technology
Summary: Old human cells can become more youthful by coaxing them to briefly express proteins used to make induced pluripotent cells, Stanford researchers and their colleagues have found. The finding may have implications for aging…