Emerging Humanity

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  3 days ago

  Solar cars can reduce global charging needs by half

  interestingengineering.com - Loukia Papadopoulos

  According to a new study, solar energy can provide a range of between 6 and 18 miles (11 and 29 kilometers) for electric vehicles each day, cutting …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  4 days ago

  UN deadlocked over regulating AI

  Axios - Ryan Heath

  If you think the U.S. Congress is moving slowly on AI regulation, you'll be waiting much longer for a global AI regulator or treaty. The big picture: …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  6 days ago

  AI that’s smarter than humans? Americans say a firm "no thank you."

  Vox - Sigal Samuel

  Exclusive: 63 percent of Americans want regulation to actively prevent superintelligent AI, a new poll reveals. Major AI companies are racing to build superintelligent AI — for the benefit of you and me, they say. But did they ever pause to ask whether we actually want that? Americans, by and large, …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  6 days ago

  Elon Musk’s Neuralink begins accepting human patients for trials of its brain implant

  VentureBeat - Carl Franzen

  Do you want to put an implant designed by Elon Musk’s company Neuralink — perhaps best known for killing 1,500 test animals — into your brain? Are you at least 22 years old and do you have quadriplegia (loss of function in four limbs) from a spinal cord injury, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  6 days ago

  Flint wants to disrupt the battery industry with paper

  TechCrunch - Rebecca Bellan

  Lithium-ion batteries have become the standard in the electrification revolution. In fact, they’ve become so unquestionably integral to the development of batteries that everyone from government to automakers to big oil is rushing to shore up access to the mineral. The only problem is, lithium is …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  Sep 19

  Ohio, "birthplace" of aviation, to become "flying taxis" manufacturing hub

  Axios - Rebecca Falconer

  Electric aircraft maker Joby Aviation announced plans Monday to build its first scaled production plant to produce "flying taxis" in Dayton, Ohio. Why …