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#3,311 – Black Mirror Week: Biological Computers | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
AI has made incredible strides of late, and we may even be on the verge of achieving AGI, but as of now, there's still nothing that comes close to replicating our own natural intelligence. So, why not use that to our advantage? And make computers powered by actual neurons, not computer chips. TechSpot explains: "An…
#3,313 – Black Mirror Week: Biograph | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I've always said that we should be proactive not reactive when it comes to our health. Why treat illnesses and diseases when we can prevent them from ever happening. In the future we may be able to do just that thanks to Biograph, a new company that is designing clinics aimed at comprehensively scanning our…
#3,312 – Black Mirror Week: Audible Enclaves | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In the future it may be possible to hear something only at a specific location. Sound that's targeted just for you. The Conversation explains: "What if you could listen to music or a podcast without headphones or earbuds and without disturbing anyone around you? Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing…
#3,309 – Black Mirror Week: Sperm Racing | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
People will bet on anything. Sporting events, races, games. The other day I even saw that it's now possible to bet on luggage carousels at airports, trying to predict which bag will drop down next. And soon it'll even be possible to bet on sperm. This sounds like the plot of a Black Mirror episode…
#3,308 – Black Mirror Week: The Drop | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Black Mirror is back and so is my periodic look at ideas that feel like they could appear on a future episode. First up is The Drop, a new category of wearable, designed to help us seamlessly count calories and track out food intake. New Atlas explains: "If you've ever used a nutrition app or…
#3,310 – Black Mirror Week: Mood-Based Streaming | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Netflix has famously built a world class algorithm capable of recommending your next favorite show. Based on the plethora of data at its disposal (what you watch, for how long, what parts you pause, or re-watch, where you're located, etc.) the streaming giant already knows a lot about you and it uses that data to…
#3,306 – Robotic Horse | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I've never gone horseback riding. It's something that I'm hoping to change later this year. After all, I live in Arizona where there are plenty of opportunities. And I'm sure it's a very enjoyable experience as you bond with a majestic creature as you slowly jaunt across the beautiful terrain of the American West. Fulfilling…
#3,307 – The Touch Grass App | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's a major problem with our smart phone obsessed modern society. We've got our heads buried in our screens at all hours of the day causing us to lose touch with our loved ones even when we're right next to them. All the constant doomscrolling takes a toll. Sometimes what we need is a digital…
#3,305 – The Return of the Dire Wolf | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
We got actual Dire Wolfs before we got the next book from George R.R. Martin. Or did we? The return of the Dire Wolf after 10,000 years of extinction made headlines last week as it marked the first time we brought back a species from extinction but there are some conflicting reports about what actually…
#3,304 – Torpedo Bats | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The New York Yankees, fresh off losing future Hall of Fame slugger Juan Soto to the crosstown rival Mets during the offseason, have gotten off to a record-setting start to the season. Against the Milwaukee Brewers, favorites to win the NL Central, they tied a major league record for the most homeruns through the first…
#3,302 – Freezing Light | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
For the first time ever, scientists have managed to freeze light. A breakthrough that could have major implications for technology in the future. Money Control explains: "Italian scientists have achieved a surprising feat—freezing light. The discovery, recently published in Nature, shows that light can behave as a super solid, a state of matter that flows…
#3,301 – Infinite Bookshelf | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I have a problem. More of an obsession really. With collecting books. At last check I had accumulated 3,090 books and 149 magazines. It's getting to the point where I'm running out of room to store them. However, a new app from the Apple Vision Pro called Infinite Bookshelf might be able to help with…
#3,303 – Ozempic Without the Side Effects | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Thanks to AI we may have just discovered something similar to the popular weight loss drug Ozempic that would deliver all the same benefits without any of the side effects. New Atlas explains: "Despite all its promise, however, Ozempic does come with a range of side effects. These can range from relatively mild symptoms like…
#3,300 – AI Week: Mark | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
This is a post about an AI bookmark not my stepdad. https://twitter.com/markhardware/status/1894812320397955254 According to the thread posted above the makers of this new AI bookmark believe that reading is dead and knowledge is being lost since all we do is scroll through screens instead of flip through pages. Their solution is a device that provides…
#3,299 – AI Week: Alexa+ | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Alexa is getting an upgrade. Amazon's personal assistant will now be boosted with AI supercharging its capabilities and turning it into an agent capable of acting on your behalf. For example, it could make you a dinner reservation, hail you an uber, and then text you when your car has arrived. Amazon explains on their…
#3,296 – AI Week: IllusionCAPTCHA | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
CAPTCHAs may soon be getting an upgrade. Converting into optical illusions that AI can't yet recognize. Peta Pixel explains: "Most internet users are familiar with image-based CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), which ask users to identify objects like traffic lights or motorcycles in a grid of photos. These…
#3,297 – AI Week: Grain of Salt Chip | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A tiny AI chip the size of a grain of salt is remarkably capable of performing calculations. A breakthrough that could help reduce the amount of energy that AI systems will use. Popular Science explains: "Fiber optic cables have a bottleneck problem. Although they’re capable of transporting encoded data at the speed of light, translating…
#3,298 – AI Week: Antiqua et Nova | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The Vatican has been in the news lately as the health of Pope Francis has deteriorated putting him in critical condition with a bout of pneumonia. But it's something else that they announced recently that caught my attention: a paper called Antiqua et Nova exploring the relationship between man and AI. You can read the…
#3,294 – AI Week: Torque Clustering | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Here's a scary thought: an AI that learns on its own without human intervention. A new approach that could lead to new discoveries. Sci Tech Daily explains: "Researchers have developed a new AI algorithm, Torque Clustering, which more closely mimics natural intelligence than existing methods. This advanced approach enhances AI’s ability to learn and identify…
#3,295 – AI Week: Claude 3.7 Sonnet | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In today's day and age of shortened attention spans most people want things right away. Whether that's the answer to a search question, response to a text message or source of entertainment. The sooner the better. But Anthropic is betting that for some tasks you might want an AI that takes a little bit longer…
#3,293 – AI Week: Evo 2 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A new AI foundational model focused on biology can write DNA on demand and design genomes from scratch. It could even lead to the creation of a biological "app store". Nature explains: "Scientists today released what they say is the biggest-ever artificial-intelligence (AI) model for biology. The model — which was trained on 128,000 genomes spanning the…
#3,288 – Movie Start Time Law | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
There's been a lot of changes occurring within the U.S. Government at the start of the year as President Musk lays off federal workers, cuts funding, and guts agencies. But hidden among all the Executive Orders, antics of DOGE and general mismanagement there is one new law I can get behind: a proposal to force…
#3,289 – Tabletop | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The NBA has been much maligned of late. Ratings are down, the All-Star game was terrible, and the future of the league, Victor Wembanyama, is out for the year. The Apple Vision Pro has also been much maligned of late. Sales are down, the product hasn't caught on and there's talk of shutting it down.…
#3,292 – AI Week: Google Co-Scientist | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Scientific breakthroughs usually occur incrementally with new discoveries slowly building upon prior research. You can't just get from Point A to Point C without first going from Point A to Point B. But thanks to AI we may be able to speed up the process somewhat. As every scientist will now have an AI partner.…
#3,291 – AI Week: Grok 3 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
What five things has Elon Musk accomplished this past week? One of them is easily the release of Grok 3, which some are claiming may now be the best AI chatbot out there. Readwrite explains: "Grok 3 is officially here. Elon Musk’s AI model has already raised eyebrows with its ability to generate hyperrealistic images of famous people, including…
#3,290 – Majorona 1 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Back in December I wrote about Google's Willow. A quantum computing chip that they claimed proves the existence of the Multiverse, uses other universes to perform its calculations, and can calculate things in less than five minutes that would take other computers longer than the Universe has even been around to do. Now, just two months…
#3,285 – Sports Week: Cosm | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It's one of the toughest choices a sports fan has to make. Spend big money to attend the game in person or watch from the comfort of your living room. There's pros and cons to both. For some, nothing beats attending a game live. Feeding off the energy of the crowd just like the players…
#3,284 – Sports Week: New Basketball League | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The NBA world was turned upside down this week when the Dallas Mavericks abruptly traded away one of the best players in the league, Luka Dončić, a still in his prime 25-year-old future Hall of Famer, to the famed Los Angeles Lakers of all teams, in the middle of the night, in what some are…
#3,280 – AI Week: Cosmos | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
One of Nvidia's other breakthroughs unveiled at CES was Cosmos, their world foundational model that is poised to bring AI to the physical world. Wired explains: "Nvidia announced today its releasing a family of foundational AI models called Cosmos that can be used to train humanoids, industrial robots, and self-driving cars. While language models learn…
#3,287 – Sports Week: Sluggball | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In addition to a new basketball league and a new golf league we may also get a new baseball league. One dedicated to the art of situational hitting. Now you may be wondering why it's called Sluggball if the point is hitting for average and not for power but that's a story for another day.…
#3,283 – AI Week: Droidspeak | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
English is spoken around the world and is often the default language used in business settings. But soon AI could have their own language, one that would be quicker for them to communicate in than English. Singularity Hub explains: "AI agents are the latest buzzword in Silicon Valley. These are AI models that can carry out…
#3,282 – AI Week: Particle | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
AI is starting to help us out in a myriad of ways from drafting email responses and answering questions to populating search results and generating images. And soon it could help us make sense of the news. The Verge explains: "Particle’s plan is to use AI to do two particularly useful things. First, it organizes…
#3,281 – AI Week: MatterGen | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A lot of new materials were discovered serendipitously, by accident. Other times it's through trial and error. But what if there was an easier way? A way to just make what you needed? With MatterGen now we can. VentureBeat explains: "Microsoft Research has introduced a powerful new AI system today that generates novel materials with specific…
#3,286 – Sports Week: Tomorrow’s Golf League | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The other day I caught highlights of Tiger Woods' new indoor golf league where his team battled a team led by Rory McIllroy in a thrilling match that went into overtime. For a new league having early intrigue like that could be a big boon for business showcasing the kind of action and drama this…
#3,278 – AI Week: Copilot Vision | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I previously wrote about Microsoft's AI companion Copilot, but now it's getting a new feature called Vision that will allow the AI to see what you're viewing in your browser and talk to you about it. Making the AI even more useful for both work and personal matters. The Verge explains: "Originally unveiled in October,…
#3,279 – AI Week: Digits | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Before DeepSeek sent Nvidia's stock price crashing Nvidia was the darling of CES unveiling countless AI centric innovations in their developmental pipeline. Digits, a $3,000 personal AI Supercomputer was chief among them. The Verge explains: 'If you were looking for your own personal AI supercomputer, Nvidia has you covered. The chipmaker announced at CES that it’s launching…
#3,277 – AI Week: Don’t Die | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The other day I watched the Netflix documentary about longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson called, The Man Who Wants to Live Forever. Johnson, a successful tech entrepreneur, is a polarizing figure. Some people respect what he is doing and admire the lengths with which he's willing to go to achieve his goal. Others think he's crazy…
#3,276 – AI Week: The Stargate Project | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
The amount of money that Nvidia has lost in the stock market today is equivalent to the amount of money that they had earmarked for their investment in the Stargate Project, a joint venture from OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, Nvidia and the U.S. government to pour $500 billion into building out AI infrastructure by 2029. The…
#3,275 – AI Week: DeepSeek | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I had been kicking myself for not investing in Nvidia but one of the reasons why I didn't is because investing in general is so risky. At any time, a competitor or new startup could upend a company's entire business model. Google dominated search for years until AI came along. And because they were so…
#3,274 – Meme Coins | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Pump and dump no longer just refers to Hawk Tuah's personal life. Now it refers to what she did with her meme coin as well before going into hiding. That didn't deter notorious grifter Donald Trump from getting in on the action as well with a meme coin of his own just days before his…