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NASA Provides $370 Million For Breakthrough Space Technologies

NASA provided $370 million in funding for space technologies that are at a tipping point.

Alphabet's New Project Uses AI To Try To Diagnose Depression From Brain Waves

EEGs have been widely used to study swallowing, classify mental states, and diagnose neuropsychiatric disorders such as neurogenic pain and epilepsy, as well as to classify emotions.

New Display Could Paint Stunning VR Worlds

They're looking beyond headsets too, writing, "An ultrahigh density of 10,000 pixels per inch readily meets the requirements for the next-generation microdisplays that can be fabricated on glasses or contact lenses."

Giving Robots A Hybrid, Human-Like ‘Brain’ Can Make Them Smarter

The robot the researchers have built is small and rudimentary, and the algorithms being run on the analog circuit are fairly basic. But the principle is a promising one, and there is currently a huge amount of R&D going into neuromorphic and memristor-based analog computing hardware.

Using AI To Analyze Drinking Water For Safety And Quality Control

Water analytics startup Ketos has announced it raised $18 million in funding. It is part of a growing effort to use progress in AI to automate important parts of our lives, such as drinking water safety.

Developing A Virtual Environment To Spur Development Of Helpful Home Robots

"Our ultimate goal is to build AI agents that can work with real humans. Our platform opens up exciting directions of future work, such as online goal inference and direct communication between agents," the researchers wrote

Research Aims To Develop AI Can Learn Common Sense From Animals

A prerequisite for training agents to use common sense will be 3D-simulated worlds with realistic physics.

Machine Learning Ai Used To Predict Alzheimer's Before Symptoms Develop

“One day, doctors might be able to use speech and blood tests in conjunction with each other, leveraging AI to help them predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and laying the groundwork for preventative measures.”

The Military Wants One-hour Global Delivery. SpaceX Thinks It Can Pull It Off.

The government never gave up on the notion of delivering cargo to far off places in record times.

Gum Disease Can Influence Heart Disease, Diabetes And Even Alzheimer's

Severe periodontitis, or gum disease, has long been observationally associated with broader systemic diseases.

Scientists Found A New Way To Control The Brain With Light-No Surgery Required

The technology uses light of different frequencies to control the brain.

Alphabet's New Moonshot Is To Transform How We Grow Food

With the global population growing while climate change begins to impact our ability to produce food, many are calling for a 21st-century Green Revolution.