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[Tapxe]

Cool stuff.

Retinal implants can give artificial vision to the blind

A team of EPFL engineers has developed technology that could partially restore vision in blind people. The study is published in Communications Materials.

medicalxpress.com

 

[bonnjer]

Cool stuff.

Retinal implants can give artificial vision to the blind

A team of EPFL engineers has developed technology that could partially restore vision in blind people. The study is published in Communications Materials.

medicalxpress.com

Another example of Star Trek being ahead of the game.

 

[Optimus Prime]

'Hovering ship' photographed off Cornish coast by walker

An illusion called "superior mirage" caused the vessel to look like it was hovering above the sea.

www.bbc.com

 

[Tapxe]

Wonder if this will actually be built.

World’s First Space Hotel With Bars And Cinema To Start Construction For 2027 Opening

<p>An out-of-this-world space hotel is set to open in 2027. The hotel named Voyager Class space station will be the world’s first space hotel and will be able to accommodate 400 people. As well as hotel rooms, the ambitious hotel will boast its own bars, cinema, restaurants and spa. Orbital...

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[bonnjer]

Wonder if this will actually be built.

World’s First Space Hotel With Bars And Cinema To Start Construction For 2027 Opening

<p>An out-of-this-world space hotel is set to open in 2027. The hotel named Voyager Class space station will be the world’s first space hotel and will be able to accommodate 400 people. As well as hotel rooms, the ambitious hotel will boast its own bars, cinema, restaurants and spa. Orbital...

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If it's something that can make money, it'll get built. Might not be by that date, but I imagine at some point it will be a thing.

 

[Tapxe]

DARPA pitted 500+ hackers against this computer chip. The chip won.

University of Michigan’s MORPHEUS technology emerges unscathed from bug bounty effort.

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it focuses on randomizing bits of data known as “undefined semantics.” Undefined semantics are nooks and crannies of the computing architecture—for example the location, format, and content of program code. They’re part of a processor’s most basic machinery, and legitimate programmers don’t generally interact with them. But hackers can reverse-engineer them to uncover vulnerabilities.


The MORPHEUS chip protects undefined semantics through what Austin calls “encryption and churn.” Encryption randomizes the important undefined semantics that hackers need to launch a successful attack, while churn re-randomizes them while the system is running. This puts attackers in a race against the clock to discover the information that they need. Austin said that the churn rate is normally kept low to keep system performance high. But when a would-be hacker exercises an undefined semantic in an attempted attack, the churn rate spikes, stopping attackers in their tracks.

 

[bonnjer]

New clinical trial data from Locus Biosciences shows promise in CRISPR-Cas3 technology

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest potential threats to global health today. Based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, the startup recently announced promising phase 1b clinical trial results for their use of CRISPR-Cas3-enhanced bacteriophages as a treatment for urinary tract...

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[Tapxe]

Maglev train: China debuts prototype that can hit speeds of 620 kilometers per hour | CNN Travel

That's ~ 385 MPH and could get you from BR to Dallas in a little over an hour. Probably faster than flying when you consider security and baggage.

 

[faceman]

Super human abilities

Ted Williams: 3 stories you won't have read anywhere else - The Idea Logical Company

Today’s post is about Ted Williams, the baseball player who might have been the greatest hitter who ever lived. There’s no attempt here to make the piece accessible to people who neither know nor care about baseball so, if you came to the blog for publishing or digital change today, please come...

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I know we have a few baseball fans here. When Williams was drafted into the military,a physical revealed he had 20/10 vision. Humans with that gift can identify faces a 1/2 a mile away. He could also see the seams of a baseball thrown at 90mph.

 

[Merl]

I have heard Ted Gwynn claim he could also pick up the spin of of the ball.

 

[faceman]

I have heard Ted Gwynn claim he could also pick up the spin of of the ball.

I'm sure you meant Tony Gywnn, but yes,he had the gift as well.

Tony Gwynn had 'the vision'

Tony's magic: In several tributes, Tony Gwynn, the humble Hall of Famer known as “Mr.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

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One of the greatest stories I've read about Williams was from an old field and stream magazine. Williams was an avid fishermman after he retired. He was being interviewed at a local HS baseball park. The reporter asked him could you really see the seams. Williams said yes,and I'll show you. Williams was 60 years old at the time. The Hs had a highly recruited pitcher with a 90 mph fastball. Williams took two pitches. The first was a warning track fly to CF. The reporter said I was just glad he could still hit. The 2nd was a line drive HR over the RF fence. Williams said the first one was 1/4 in below the seam. The Hr. was directly on the seam. When both balls were collected,Williams was correct.

 

[Swamprat]

IIRC, when he was in WWII he was a spotter on a plane, he could see the enemy planes long before anyone else.

 

[Merl]

I'm sure you meant Tony Gywnn, but yes,he had the gift as well.

Tony Gwynn had 'the vision'

Tony's magic: In several tributes, Tony Gwynn, the humble Hall of Famer known as “Mr.

www.sandiegouniontribune.com

.

One of the greatest stories I've read about Williams was from an old field and stream magazine. Williams was an avid fishermman after he retired. He was being interviewed at a local HS baseball park. The reporter asked him could you really see the seams. Williams said yes,and I'll show you. Williams was 60 years old at the time. The Hs had a highly recruited pitcher with a 90 mph fastball. Williams took two pitches. The first was a warning track fly to CF. The reporter said I was just glad he could still hit. The 2nd was a line drive HR over the RF fence. Williams said the first one was 1/4 in below the seam. The Hr. was directly on the seam. When both balls were collected,Williams was correct.

Another story I remmeber hearing was that in the late 40's he was being heckled by an opposing fan next to the 3rd base dugout. Williams started hammering line drives at him and the heckling stopped.

 

[bonnjer]

Information for the Media - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen

www.uni-goettingen.de

Warp speed!

 

[Taurus]

Man, that's like a rough draft of a stay-of-execution for all humanity.