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World Explained · Frontier technology
U-STORM repeatedly locates light from durable blinking nanoparticles to 0.62 ångström precision. That is remarkable measurement, not an atomic-resolution photograph.
World Explained · Frontier technology
Artificial photosynthesis tries to use sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make storable fuel. The chemistry works in pieces; durability and scale are the hard part.
World Explained · Frontier technology
Neuromorphic processors send sparse events through networks of artificial neurons. Their brain-inspired advantage is timing and efficiency, not machine consciousness.
World Explained · Frontier technology
The quantum internet is not a faster version of today's web. It aims to distribute fragile quantum states that reveal interception and connect quantum machines.
World Explained · Frontier technology
Neurons in a dish received signals from a simulated Pong game and changed their activity. The result is fascinating, but it is not a tiny conscious brain.
World Explained · Frontier technology
Brain implants can turn intended movement into cursor control or speech. That remarkable feat is narrower, harder and more human than reading private thoughts.