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#3,327 – Veo3 | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Thanks to Google's new Veo3 you can now make realistic looking AI videos complete with audio effects and dialogue. Making it even harder to tell what's real and what's fake. Tech Report explains: "Google recently launched Veo3, an AI tool that lets you create videos with audio, including background tracks and various sound effects. Until recently, you…
#3,328 – OpenAIve | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Famed Apple designer Jony Ive is now going to be partnering with OpenAI on a new AI powered hardware device that is rumored to be a wearable pendant. The concept isn't exactly new but if Ive is designing it and OpenAI is behind it there could be real mass market potential here, ushering in a…
#3,326 – Customized CRISPR | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In a world first, a baby with a rare genetic disorder has been treated with a customized CRISPR gene editing therapy. CRISPR gene editing has already been used to treat a few other more common afflictions, but this marks the first time it was used on an individual basis targeting changes in just one person's…
#3,324 – Last Week | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Last week was INSANE! Thanks to the latest AI advances the pace of innovation has ratcheted up once again with Google making a ton of announcements at their developer conference and Microsoft coming out with several huge announcements as well. But it’s not just AI that’s been driving the news of late. There’s been medical…
#3,325 – The All-New Airbnb | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Back in 2007 Airbnb launched and completely changed the way we travel. One the one hand it did give travelers more options when it comes to finding a place to stay while also allowing people to earn extra income with a side hustle. But on the other hand, it also upended the hospitality industry, cost…
#3,323 – Regular Person Expo | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In the course of planning my upcoming wedding I've attended four wedding expos, and I'll probably check out a few more in the months to come. An expo for a wedding makes sense. There are a lot of vendors vying for business and hopeful brides and grooms need a place to connect with everyone they'll…
#3,322 – Why We Dream | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Why do we dream? More specifically, why are our dreams visual in nature? Unfolding before us as movies that we watch nightly? It's a question that I've never seen answered before and something I've always wondered about myself. But in the book Livewired, neuroscientist David Eagleman, puts forth an interesting idea that I think makes…
#3,321 – Alchemy Achieved | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
If I was writing about innovation 1500 years ago, I probably would have written a lot about alchemy. Instead of working on social media apps the top minds during the 7th Century would have been working as alchemists, trying to unlock the secrets of the Universe through mixology, attempting to brew up solutions to the…
#3,320 – Mogul | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Watching The Studio on Apple TV has given me insight into what goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood, showing what life is like for the executives in charge of greenlighting films. It's fast-paced, stressful, competitive, downright ruthless and seemingly a lot of fun all at the same time. Think you have what it takes…
#3,318 – KFC Toothpaste | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
I eat a lot of chicken. Several times a week in fact. And soon I'll even be able to brush my teeth with it. Thanks to KFC's new chicken flavored toothpaste. Dexerto explains: "Back on April 1, KFC picked the worst day to announce its collaboration with Australian dental care brand Hismile. Amid all the fake product…
#3,319 – Antiviral Chewing Gum | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
In addition to KFC flavored toothpaste, we may also soon have antiviral chewing gum that may be able to prevent the transmission of the flu and herpes. Gizmodo explains: "Here’s something to chew on: antiviral gum. Scientists have developed chewing gum that can safely trap the influenza virus and the viruses that cause herpes, at…
#3,317 – Black Mirror Week: Reading Emotions Through Skin | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
It may soon be possible to read emotions through our skin with early testing showing 90% accuracy. A technological breakthrough that could present a whole host of opportunities. As well as potential challenges. The Debrief explains: "When novelty items like mood rings or emotion bracelets first arrived in the mid-twentieth century, they were relatively simple…
#3,315 – Black Mirror Week: Bodyoids | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Okay, this next topic DEFINITELY seems like it was taken straight out of Black Mirror. The creation of Bodyoids, spare bodies born without brains or consciousness that we can pull replacement organs from. According to MIT Technology Review: "a trio of experts argue that advances in biotechnology will soon allow us to create 'spare' human…
#3,314 – Black Mirror Week: The Land of Oz | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
Welcome to the Land of Oz! Thanks to a new technology called Oz we can now see a new color called Olo that doesn't exist in nature. This new color has only been seen by five people so far. Neuroscience News explains: "Scientists have created a technology called Oz that stimulates individual photoreceptor cells in the human…
#3,316 – Black Mirror Week: Studio Ghibli AI | Greatest. Idea. Ever.
A few weeks ago, Studio Ghibli AI was all the rage with everyone rushing to convert images of themselves into AI generated Studio Ghibli characters. It was a fun trend, but it also gave a glimpse into the future of Augmented Reality. A future where we wear special glasses that allow us to see an…
#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…
#3,311 – 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…
#3,309 – 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…
#3,310 – 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…
#3,308 – 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…
#3,306 – 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…
#3,305 – 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…
#3,307 – 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…
#3,304 – 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…
#3,301 – 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…
#3,302 – 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…
#3,300 – 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…
#3,298 – 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…
#3,297 – 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…
#3,294 – 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…
#3,290 – 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…
#3,291 – 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…
#3,292 – 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.…
#3,288 – 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…