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Aug 25, 2016

Building devices from colloidal quantum dots

Posted by in categories: materials, quantum physics

Meet the punk rock version of Device making via Q-Dots.


A wide range of materials can now be synthesized into semiconducting quantum dots. Because these materials grow from solutions, there is scope to combine quantum dots into devices by using simple, low-cost manufacturing processes. Kagan et al. review recent progress in tailoring and combining quantum dots to build electronic and optoelectronic devices. Because it is possible to tune the size, shape, and connectivity of each of the quantum dots, there is potential for fabricating electronic materials with properties that are not available in traditional bulk semiconductors.

Science, this issue p. [885][1]

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Aug 25, 2016

Engineers try to get to the heart of true love

Posted by in category: quantum physics

Who knew that the big secret to eternal everlasting love is simply by Quantum Mechanics.


EHarmony recruits two USC data scientists to break down the hidden factors that result in long-lasting relationships.

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Aug 25, 2016

So your company’s been hacked: How to handle the aftermath

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, education, encryption

I can honestly say that many of us working with QC hasn’t warned folks for a while on the hacking risks around QC going against even today’s most sophisticated encryption models & methods; and to be developing a strategy in how to best handle this risk. With last weeks launch by China has shown the world that we are definitely not a decade away from this risk.


Education and planning are key, cyber-security expert Tyler Cohen Wood says.

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Aug 25, 2016

Designing ultrasound tools with Lego-like proteins

Posted by in category: engineering

Nice.


Protein engineering techniques might one day lead to colorful ultrasound images of cells deep within our bodies.

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Aug 25, 2016

Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensor Detects Toxins With a Mobile Phone

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, nanotechnology

Researchers have developed a chemical sensing material consisting of a group of carbon nanotubes individually wrapped with supramolecular polymers that can be used with a mobile phone to detect toxins.

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Aug 25, 2016

Defect-engineered graphene improves supercapacitors

Posted by in categories: energy, nanotechnology

Execellent.

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Aug 25, 2016

Scientists solve puzzle of converting gaseous carbon dioxide to fuel

Posted by in categories: climatology, energy, existential risks, sustainability

Every year, humans advance climate change and global warming — and quite likely our own eventual extinction — by injecting about 30 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

A team of scientists from the University of Toronto (U of T) believes they’ve found a way to convert all these emissions into energy-rich fuel in a carbon-neutral cycle that uses a very abundant natural resource: silicon. Silicon, readily available in sand, is the seventh most-abundant element in the universe and the second most-abundant element in the earth’s crust.

The idea of converting to energy isn’t new: there’s been a global race to discover a material that can efficiently convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water or hydrogen to fuel for decades. However, the of carbon dioxide has made it difficult to find a practical solution.

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Aug 25, 2016

DREADDing the lateral habenula

Posted by in categories: futurism, neuroscience

Click on photo to start video.

Check out John Neumaier’s talk from NeuroFutures on using DREADDs to explore the brain.

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Aug 25, 2016

Angela Merkel becomes Estonian e-resident

Posted by in category: futurism

It was a great honour to host German Chancellor Angela Merkel today at e-Estonia Showroom!

We welcome Angela Merkel as Estonian newest e-Resident — glad to have another virtual Estonian! #eEstonia #eResidency

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Aug 25, 2016

The Man Biohacking Encryption From His Garage

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, cyborgs, encryption, transhumanism

A pioneer in the biohacking scene since the mid-2000s, Amal Graafstra’s been experimenting with RFID implants for more than a decade. Now Graafstra is developing implants that go beyond RFIDs.

In episode 2 of Humans+, Motherboard travels to his company Dangerous Things’ garage headquarters to get an early look at UKI, a prototype implant focused on encryption that’s expected to be released in 2017. Amal hopes that this technology will bring us one step closer to merging our physical and digital identities, but how will society react to having these technologies implanted beneath our skin?

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