https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=extgjud6ME0 Keystone Technology's LED vegetable garden system is a cultivation system for indoor plant factories which uses LED lighting instead of sunlight. The most defining feature of the system on display at the company's showroom in Yokohama is its 3-dimensional use of space. "This is a 5-tiered cultivation system. For smaller heads of lettuce, you... Continue Reading →
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BIONIC ATHLETES WITH EXOSKELETONS, ROBOTIC LIMBS, AND BRAIN-CONTROL DEVICES TO COMPETE IN 2016 CYBATHLON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvKHrDXvUsM While traditional sports only grudgingly accept technological augmentation, the 2016 Cybathlon, a kind of hybrid between the XPRIZE and Olympics, embraces it with both robotic arms. Disabled competitors (or pilots) will compete using assistance devices like powered exoskeletons, robotic prostheses, and brain-control interfaces. We’ve chronicled the continuous evolution of such technologies over the years,... Continue Reading →
Beyond Jeremy Rifkin: How Will the Phase Transition to a Commons Economy Actually Occur?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-iDUcETjvo In his new book, Jeremy Rifkin focuses on the value crisis of contemporary capitalism based on the revolution in marginal costs which destroys the profit rate. He concludes that this will mean that the economy and society will re-orient itself around collaborative commons, with a more peripheric role for the market dynamics. In this,... Continue Reading →
FCC to revisit net neutrality next month after failing hard the first time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60rLq-tSm_o The Federal Communications Commission is expected to release a draft of its new net neutrality rules next month, opening them up for public comment after they're first voted on at a May 15th meeting. The commission already detailed the framework of these new regulations back in February, with the new rules aimed at replacing... Continue Reading →
Getting a handle on how much Cosmic Dust hits the Earth #earth #cosmicdust #CODITA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qZk2OMuaeg Does Earth have a dust build-up problem? Estimates vary of how much cosmic dust and meteorites enter Earth’s atmosphere each day, but range anywhere from 5 to 300 metric tons, with estimates made from satellite data and extrapolations of meteorite falls. Thing is, no one really knows for sure and so far there hasn’t... Continue Reading →
Hearing quality restored with bionic ear technology used for gene therapy: Re-growing auditory nerves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RAPGtzn_V8 The research also heralds a possible new way of treating a range of neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease, and psychiatric conditions such as depression through this novel way of delivering gene therapy. The research is published Thursday 24 of April in the journal Science Translational Medicine. "People with cochlear implants do well with understanding... Continue Reading →
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