How AI Can Help Us Make New Materials

The traditional way of discovering new materials is going into a lab and trying to physical and chemical structures that could combine to create the material the scientist wants. This can be very time consuming and may not even yield any results. However, with the use of artificial intelligence, this process can become much easier and quicker for scientists. All scientists need to do is tell AI the type of material they want, and the AI would tell them the best experiment to run to make the new material. AI could also be used to store all the procedures to make certain types of materials, which would make accessing information much easier. The use of AI in material science would speed up creation of new materials.
Currently, MIT is trying to make the use of AI even more accurate by teaching it to read databases and come up with new recipes on its own.

Low Cost Genetic Testing

A new era of medicine has been started by the publication of the full human genome sequence. The sequencing of the genome actually took 10 years, and it cost around $30 billion, but today, the cost has fallen to as low as $500. A hand-held reader for genetic materials has been developed by Oxford Nanopore, and the firm wants to create a real time connection with DNA information using those readers.

The hand-held DNA readers can be used for restaurants, food factories, water supplies, crime scenes, and more. It doesn't have to be limited to healthcare, like genetic modification originally was. Dr Gordon Sanghera, the chief executive of Oxford Nanopore, called it "the ultimate barcode." The handheld reader is called the MinION, and it can read each strand of DNA by squeezing them through a tiny hole called the nanopore and analyzing the electrical signals.

Sanghera believes that the MinION can be used to diagnose infections at home and reduce trips to the doctor. It can also prevent the over-prescription of antibiotics. It can also help help to access genetic dispositions for diseases at birth, in order to create a stable plan of action to prevent the disease from getting worse.

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43897018

Pain Free Vaccines and Injections?

A company called portal instruments is selling a new piece of technology that allows people to inject vaccines and medicines into their bodies without the use of a needle. This technology was created by researchers at MIT, and it utilizes a small, hand-held, portable device that inserts a stream of vaccine into a person's arm. This jet is extremely thin, and it delivers vaccines in a almost painless manner. This is good for people who have anxiety about getting shots through needles. For each vaccine, you have to use a new capsule that you will attach to the handheld device. This device also comes with an application that monitors your health.


https://www.portalinstruments.com/blog/a-better-jet-injection-system/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LHa0YHeEQ

Sea Bubbles

Sea Bubbles are flying taxis created by Bertrand Lambert. They have been tested successfully in June 2017, and Lambert says that these Sea Bubbles will be able to be used from May-June of 2018. Some problems that Lambert faced was the issue of accessibility to the public and the speed of the flying taxi. They can fly at a maximum speed of 32 miles per hour, and that speed cannot be reduced. However, the Sea Bubbles are set to drive at 7.5 miles per hour in the center of Seine and 11.2 miles per hour around Seine. The final speed that they decided at for these flying taxis is 15.53 miles per hour.

Sea Bubbles can seat 4 passengers in addition to a pilot, and it's electric and simple to use. The flying boat is set up so that there are wings run by two electric motors, and when the boat is started up, they will touch the water, but will lift off the surface of the water a little bit.

After testing, it is expected that they will be available to use across Paris and get passengers to different locations within 15 minutes in groups of 5-10 in each port. This can lead to new water transportation for many other cities in the world.

Link: https://www.sortiraparis.com/news/in-paris/articles/133643-sea-bubbles-flying-taxis-testing-in-may-june-2018/lang/en

Become a Bird with the FlyJacket

Is the time where humans can fly finally here??? Sorry but despite how it may sound in the title, no. The FlyJacket is actually just a VR headset and soft upper-body exoskeleton that you can wear to control a drone. When you wear this exoskeleton, you spread your wings like a bird and your body movements would control the drone. The exoskeleton detects bending forward/backwards and bending sideways, and the company wants to further improve this by allowing users to control the speed of the drone. Wait- why can't you just use a controller to control the drone? Well, according to the company, it is much more effective and easier to control than a traditional controller. The goal of the researchers is to make this into a commercial product, so they are keeping their materials relatively cheap and affordable. So, in the near future, you may be able to fly like a bird! Virtually.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/18/17251132/drone-exosuit-bird-control-ieee

Arms, real or fake?

People in need of prosthetic limbs often have difficulty adapting to the use of their new limbs. They require months of physical training in order to be able to use their prothetic limbs naturally. However, with a new innovation in bionic arms, people can now use their prosthetics naturally within minutes of receiving them. The innovation in this prosthetic is the implementation of small electrodes on the limb that senses the motion that the user wishes to make, and translates that wish into movement on the arm. in addition, a joystick attached to the user's foot can help people move the prosthetic in a more complex way. This new technology (electrodes) will help people adapt easier to the "bionic arm" more efficiently.

http://bestofwhatsnew.popsci.com/deka-luke-arm

3d printed rc car

Open RC f1 is a fully 3D printed RC car based off of a F1 car, it was designed by Daniel Noree.
He made this to show how powerful 3D printing can be.
Here are two examples of the RC car, If you look closely you can see that even the tires are 3D printed.
 
Daniel Noree made his design public which means anyone can down load on ad make it for themselves. He even made a build guide to help people but it together. 

links 
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1193309
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6SvgLBYgeQ

Semanic Experiences

On April 13th, Google announced their new A.I. experiments from the research division that works with semantics and language. Google is a company that is known for their textual search engine, and the advancement that they made can help them to expand their business and make software that can understand human language.

Google now has many A.I. language tools, also known as the Semantic Experiences. It uses word vectors, which is a type of natural language that matches similar phrases to other points based on similarity in ideas and language. Word vectors allows algorithms to use actual language usage to relate words.

One of the experiments released is called Talk to Books, and it basically allows the user to speak with an algorithm based on learning. The algorithm brings up answers to questions with relevant texts. It's different from Google Search because the user doesn't need to click on links to get their information. The algorithm displays the passages that are relevant for the user.

A limitation to this experiment is that it is mainly good for answering factual questions, and it's not as good at answering questions about geopolitics, culture, and historical importance. Despite these limitations. Talk to Books is a nice way to learn on the web. It is the start to future education.

Link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/13/17235306/google-ai-experiments-natural-language-understanding-semantics-word-games

The End to Passwords?

On Tuesday, April 10th, a web standards milestone was announced. The new standard is called WebAuthn, and it defines a standard application program interface that can be used for browsers and websites. It may be the beginning to the end of passwords on the internet.

Security online has always been a problem, and although there are many other problems, passwords ultimately creates the biggest problem of privacy online. WebAuthn protects consumers online by allowing them to reveal a credential secret in order to authenticate their identity. Because WebAuthn is written by the FIDO Alliance, FIDO helps to create a way to authenticate the consumer's identity without asking them to reveal a secret (a password).

Google, Microsoft, an d Mozilla have already consented to using WebAuthn for their browsers. and it is starting to be implemented into Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android. Although WebAuthn will probably experience rapid growth, some challenges it might face in the future are catching up to the authentication technologies that are already in place. There are other technologies that work better than FIDO, and they have the advantage of low cost and efficiency. Another problem is the resiliency of passwords; passwords have been used for many years, and some people will probably be uncomfortable with not using them. However, as the benefits of WebAuthn is expressed to the public, it could possibly change the security online forever.

Link: https://www.technewsworld.com/story/Standards-Milestone-Could-Mark-Beginning-of-End-for-Passwords-85268.html

AMD's second generation Ryzen processors

AMD hasn't released full details of their new Ryzen processors; however, they have offered some information for preorders. There are four new second-generation Ryzen chips next week. The best one is the Ryzen 7 2700X which has a speed of 3.6 GHz with a boost to 4.3 GHz. AMD's release of their new and improved processors offers its first real competition to Intel's market-dominating power. This could cause both companies to work harder against their competitor, which can ultimately increase productivity in this field. In the future, we could be seeing even faster processors for our laptops and computers.

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/4/13/17233630/amds-second-generation-ryzen-processors-available-preorder

Eat some Stem Cells

Throughout my entire life, I have had to deal with many issues related to my stomach. Doctor's and scientists run many tests to see if they missed anything with their bare eyes. In the end, it always turns out to be nothing and the only thing left to say to the patient (me) is "This seems to be related to stress and anxiety, we can sign you up for therapy if needed?" However, my cousin suffers far more worse then me when it was realized he got diagnosed with Crohn's disease. This ailment is so harsh and complex to deal with because it directly attacks the entire digestive system especially the intestines. People living with this disease constantly struggle with their joints, muscles, and insides being inflamed and their digestive tract is being devoured, there are minimal options for treatment. 

For many years Crohn's has been a big course of discussion in the medical world and we have't been so lucky so far... "As the disease worsens, the lining of the digesting tract may be destroyed, resulting abnormal connections (fistulas) or even blockages. Eventually, surgery may be needed to remove damaged parts of intestine, and over time patients may be left with very little of their gut intact.Therapies to control Crohn’s include anti-inflammatory drugs and immunological therapies. Currently, there is no cure for this disease." More and more research has been conducted over the years and stem cells have been shown to be effective. Scientists have started experimenting with animals and inserting stem cells into their digestive tract to translate the cells they already have. This is seeming to be effective and have started treatment on my cousin as well. He is going for insertions a few times every month which will hopefully change the harmful cells and allow him to be healthy again.

Crohn's Disease