It’s not a hand that was slightly injured somewhere. It’s a hand after the implantation of a microchip half the size of a toothpick, via a procedure that takes less …
Quantum
Quantum computers are closer than we think – certainly close enough that we risk being left out of the (much-touted) huge technological/governmental revolution they will bring. They are, of course, …
The robot as a toy
Forget Barbie!!! She may have reproduced mainstream standards for girls, but she’s a 20th-century relic. The future belongs to the “next generation” – and my friend Cayla is a good …
DNA sequencer
It may look like a large photocopier, but it’s not. According to its specifications, Illumina’s HiSeq X machine can produce the complete sequence of 16 human genomes in every 3-day …
health data
The company Verily Life Sciences emerged from the renaming of Google Life Sciences in late 2015. In addition to its central participation in the Precision Medicine Initiative, Verily is also …
Think.
«The program’s goal is to develop a brain-inspired bio-chip that will mimic the function, size, power and energy consumption of a biological cerebral cortex. If successful, the program will lay …
The culture of honesty:
This is the declared goal of the Chinese state in a plan that formalizes what capitalist enterprises are already doing, only placing it under official state control by unifying it …
Remember, or not
Why does the way we remember (like all living beings, after all) draw so much attention from scientists? If you ask them and they bother to answer, you’ll get a …
3D printers
The generations that grew up in the 20th century were trained to use specific symbolic representations in encoding the world. Among these, the images of “construction” and “building” had a …
Orphans – and golden
Pharmaceutical companies chase “rare diseases”: they make crazy profits from the drugs for these cases. When a disease affects up to 5 people per 100,000, it is considered rare. In …
Web footprints
Those who believe that cyberspace is the great opportunity to “disappear” (hiding their identity) are sorely mistaken. The conscription of providers (i.e., the data of their customers) is a well-known …
Job stealing
How many clicks does it take to place an order on Amazon? Very few! With zero effort, online, a product from anywhere on the planet arrives right at the buyer’s …