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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Issues Guide on AI Ethics
Ethics

Ethically Aligned Design aims to address some of the societal considerations related to the development of autonomous systems.

Renewable energy could be produced with nuclear fusion.
Renewable Energy

It could become a source of clean energy by 2025.

Macro grids will solve some energy supply problems.
Renewable Energy

"We're basically getting that big battery we want for free."

Deep sea exploration will be possible thanks to emerging technologies.
Robotics

We still have no idea what's in the majority of Earth's oceans.

Microbial life could travel through space via dust.
Science & Energy

"What my calculations show is that one would need just a vanishingly small concentration [of life] at 150 kilometers altitude for my mechanism to work."

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Blockchain

A digital nation is just a cryptocurrency away.

Do Companies Have the Legal and Ethical Rights to Slow Your Devices?
Future Society

Who owns what you buy?

broadband satellites oneweb
Future Society

By 2021, the company wants to provide 2.5 gigabits per second to every rural home.

It Doesn’t Matter How Cold it is Today. Global Warming is Killing People.
Global Warming

The U.S. President has confused weather with climate.

ptsd military veterans brain activity HIRREM
Brain

The treatment helped alleviate insomnia, depressive mood, and anxiety.

transportation air transport greenhouse gas emissions
Pollution

We need to rethink how we design our airplanes.

Artificial Island Hub Will Collect Wind Energy and Divert it to Shore
Wind

This futuristic idea is a breath of fresh air for wind energy.

deepwater horizon oil fossil fuels
Environment

"Rolling back drilling safety standards while expanding offshore leasing is a recipe for disaster.”

If We Want Brain-Computer Interfaces, We Must First Decode the Brain
Computers

Using cryptography, neuroscientists are translating brain activity.

Falcon Heavy Rocket
Falcon

We're inching ever so close to the maiden launch.

electric bus fleet
Science & Energy

All 16,359 of Shenzhen’s public buses are now electric.

Ripple Ends a Meteoric Year With a Brief Supremacy Over Ethereum
Bitcoin

Ripple is making serious waves, hitting a market cap of $73.6 billion.

A NASA Expert Says This Is The “Ultimate” Test for AI in Space Exploration
NASA

What role does AI play in the search for life in the universe?

2017 Ushered in the Greenest Year Ever for the United Kingdom
Energy

For the first time since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the country ran on zero coal for one day.

New Device Lets Scientists Explore Physics Near Absolute Zero
Physics

Pushing physics to its absolute limits.