01. Exotic state of matter: An atom full of atoms 02. ‘Two-way signaling’ possible with a single quantum particle 03. Approximate quantum cloning: The new way of eavesdropping in quantum cryptography 04. MIT Engineers Have Built a Device That Pulls Electricity Out of Thin Air 05. Chipmakers Test Ferroelectrics as a Route to Ultralow-Power Chips 06. Charging ahead to higher energy batteries 07. DARPA Seeks to Expand Real-Time Radiological Threat Detection to Include Other Dangers 08. Magnetic nanoparticles will help stop internal bleeding 15 times more effectively 09. New technology may protect troops from blast-induced brain injury 10. The “Black […]
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The “Black Mirror” scenarios that are leading some experts to call for more secrecy on AI
MIT Technology Review February 21, 2018 A report, “The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation” authored by a team of more than 20 researchers in the UK, warns that AI creates new opportunities for criminals, political operatives, and oppressive governments—so much so that some AI research may need to be kept secret. The report includes four dystopian vignettes involving artificial intelligence to illustrate just a handful of the risks – the smarter phishing scam, the malware epidemic, the robot assassin, and a bigger Big Brother. It recommends more research and debate on the risks of AI and […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of February 23, 2018
01. Bringing a hidden superconducting state to light 02. Major discovery in controlling quantum states of single atoms 03. New hole-punched crystal clears a path for quantum light 04. Many colors from a single dot 05. Scientists test new material for neurocomputers 06. Why even a moth’s brain is smarter than an AI 07. The USA is no longer guaranteed future military technology dominance 08. Physicists create new form of light 09. Chemists harness artificial intelligence to predict the future (of chemical reactions) 10. Palmreaders? Japan team builds second skin message display And others… China will fortify islands with railguns, […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of 02/16/2018
01. Breakthrough in controlling light transmission 02. Worm ‘uploaded’ to computer and taught amazing tricks 03. Light controls two-atom quantum computation 04. Taking terahertz data links around the bend 05. Researchers help robots think and plan in the abstract 06. Using technology to detect hidden threats 07. The quantum internet has arrived (and it hasn’t) 08. Energy-efficient encryption for the internet of things 09. Cyberwarfare is taking to the skies, aboard drones 10. What causes ionic wind?
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of 02/09/2018
01. Speed of light drops to zero at ‘exceptional points’ 02. Compound could transform energy storage for large grids 03. Researchers demonstrate graphene as a source of high-speed light pulses 04. Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment 05. A fast-evolving new botnet could take gadgets in your home to the dark side 06. Clemson researchers blaze new ground in wireless energy generation 07. Vanadium dioxyde: A revolutionary material for tomorrow’s electronics 08. Controlling quantum interactions in a single material 09. Certain bacteria produce tiny gold nuggets by digesting toxic metals 10. The […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of 02/02/2018
01. Antiferromagnets prove their potential for spin-based information technology 02. DARPA Seeks to Improve Military Communications with Digital Phased-Arrays at Millimeter Wave 03. Scientists realize strong indirect coupling in distant graphene-based nanomechanical resonators 04. Artificial intelligence is the weapon of the next Cold War 05. A Beam-Steering Antenna for 5G Mobile Phones 06. Job One for Quantum Computers: Boost Artificial Intelligence 07. Biomining the elements of the future 08. What your face says about your heartbeat 09. A ski jacket that actively gets rid of sweat 10. SynBioHub: A Standards-Enabled Design Repository for Synthetic Biology
Top 10 Science and Technology Innovations for the Week of 1/26/2018
01. Engineers design artificial synapse for “brain-on-a-chip” hardware 02. Researchers use sound waves to advance optical communication 03. Scientists create high-speed coding system 04. Engineers invent tiny vision processing chip for ultra-small smart vision systems and IoT applications 05. Synthesis of Horsepox Virus: Implications for Biosecurity and Recommendations for Preventing the Reemergence of Smallpox 06. Inverse-design approach leads to metadevices 07. Magnetosensitive e-skin senses objects without touching (w/video) 08. Forget viruses or spyware—your biggest cyberthreat is greedy currency miners 09. Making Data Simple: What’s next in the world of data & analytics with Seth Dobrin (Podcast – part 1) 10. […]
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 20, 2018
01. Developing a secure, un-hackable net 02. Pulses of light to encrypt data and protect security of cryptocurrencies 03. Light may unlock a new quantum dance for electrons in graphene 04. New exotic phenomena seen in photonic crystals 05. High-temperature superconductivity gets agile (w/video) 06. Surprising discovery could lead to better batteries 07. Making the internet of things possible with a new breed of ‘memristors’ 08. Engineers reinvent the inductor after two centuries 09. New center to develop next-generation computing technologies 10. What sort of stream networks do scientific ideas flow along?
Top 10 Science and Technology Inventions for the Week of January 13, 2018
01. Researchers design dendrite-free lithium battery 02. A biological solution to carbon capture and recycling? 03. Researchers demonstrate the existence of a new kind of magnetoresistance involving topological insulators 04. What’s the noise eating quantum bits? 05. Scientists develop ultrafast battery with quarter-million cycle life 06. A major step forward in organic electronics 07. Leaving flatland – quantum Hall physics in 4-D 08. How the Meltdown Vulnerability Fix Was Invented 09. Beijing Is Getting a $2.1 Billion AI District 10. FAU to develop novel real-time undersea wireless communications and surveillance technology
Top 10 Science & Technology Innovations for the Week of January 5, 2018
Every week, we bring you the top ten stories in science and technology. Here are the top stories this week: 1. Innovative transistors based on magnetically induced movement of ions 2. Atomically thin perovskites boost for future electronics 3. Exploring electrolysis for energy storage 4. Thermoelectric power generation at room temperature: Coming soon? 5. Special Report: Top Tech 2018 6. Deep Learning: A Critical Appraisal 7. Six Cyber Threats to Really Worry About in 2018 8. Carbon nanotube as ultrafast emitter with narrow energy spread at optical frequency 9. Sensor the size of a nitrogen atom investigates hard drives 10. […]