stories on progress « the Kurzweil Library

stories on progress « the Kurzweil Library

A neuromorphic-computing ‘roadmap’

Brainless tiny robots form swarms to do work, like bees

Preventing an autonomous-systems arms race

Thinnest-possible nanomembrane produced

May allow for functional waterproof clothing and ultra-rapid filtration

3D microvascular network allows for repeated self-healing in composite materials

CNN’s Spurlock Inside Man explores extreme life extension

First Earth-size planet in ‘habitable zone’ discovered

Brain abnormalities associated with casual marijuana use

Functional brain imaging reliably predicts which vegetative patients have potential to recover consciousness

Up to 40% of severely brain-damaged patients are misdiagnosed in bedside clinical examinations

Low-cost, compact optics that turn a smartphone into a powerful portable microscope

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