Author: Nigel Pereira

The Kryptonian crystal with the human genome on it is all set to be stored in The Memory Of Mankind vault which is deep within the abandoned Hallstatt salt mine in Germany. DC comic fans would probably already be aware of the Kryptonian memory crystals that debuted in the 1966 Action Comics and have been a major part of the Superman storyline ever since. Used to store information, videos, memories, and entire minds, Lex Luther even used one to grow a continent in the recent Superman Returns movie. Known for their special powers, durability, and indestructible nature, the contents of…

In a groundbreaking development, a team of South Korean researchers have developed a transparent solar cell that not only is cheap to produce, but also has a Power Conversion Efficiency on par with commercial solar cells. In our previous post we talked about how South Korean firm Hogreen air has developed a groundbreaking drone that flies on Hydrogen fuel. In this post, the South Koreans are at it again, and this time with solar cells that could be a game changer across industries. To put it simply, in the very near future, we’re probably not going to need to run…

The average commercial drone can stay in the air for about half an hour on a single battery charge, this new drone from South Korean firm Hogreen Air, can fly for 14 hours straight! In a recent YouTube video on a channel called The Military Show, they talk about how cheap Ukrainian paper planes are destroying expensive Russian military equipment. Incidentally, that’s a topic we covered in a previous post titled Robots on the Battlefields of Ukraine and in the Tunnels of Gaza! The paper planes in question here are cardboard drones made by an Australian firm that have been…

If you’ve watched “The Last of Us” on Netflix, this might sound like a nightmare, but apocalypse aside, the implications of being able to successfully merge a mushroom and a robot are fascinating, to say the least. Out of all the crazy videos you’ve ever seen on YouTube, if a king oyster mushroom built into and controlling what looks like a robotic octopus doesn’t amaze you, you’re probably an alien. Mushrooms and fungi in general have been getting a lot of attention since the infamous JRE podcasts with Paul Stamets, as well as the hit series The Last of Us.…

While making the sun shine at night may just be the craziest idea we have come across yet, Reflect Orbital, headed by CEO Ben Novack, is dead serious about this venture. When you read the title of a post like this, the first instinct is to think it has to be some kind of joke, come on, selling sunlight at night may just be the craziest idea we have come across yet. That being said, however, Reflect Orbital, headed by CEO Ben Novack, is dead serious about selling California Sunshine, after dark, and is even developing an app through which…

A team of Swiss Scientists have ditched conventional materials altogether and have decided to literally put the “neuro” in “neuromorphic,” with actual human brain cells. Earlier last month, we wrote about how mainstream AI workloads are too resource hungry and how it costs millions of dollars a day to run large language models like ChatGPT (which is quite unsustainable). This has led to a number of endeavors to create more efficient computing platforms like neuromorphic computers which, unlike conventional computers, are actual hardware versions of neural networks and are much more energy efficient. They are, however, still made of the…

While these “Anthrobots” are about 30 to 500 micrometers in size and are made from cells from the human trachea, the applications could be endless, from neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s or Multiple Sclerosis to irreversible retina damage, and beyond. To be clear, the robots we are about to talk about in this post are biological and do not contain any mechanical parts, chips, or batteries. That being said, however, they do act a bit like robots, are completely independent, and are made from clumps of biological cells. Why are they called robots then? Well, it all started when scientist Michael…

Nuclear fusion with a net gain in power would change the world we live in, the thought that an emulsion of eggs and oil could help make that dream a reality is intriguing to say the least. Human beings are resourceful creatures and we often find genuinely out-of-the-box solutions to problems. In a previous post we covered how scientists are using dental floss in quantum computers because of its unique ability to not become entangled at freezing temperatures. Similarly, in another post we covered the story of the first researcher to use a GPU (that was only used for games…

Last month, The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency announced that we are currently in the 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event, the second such event in the past decade, emphasizing the need for human and technological intervention. Earlier this year, India joined a list of nations deploying artificial coral reefs to encourage biodiversity, restore the ocean’s ability to fight climate change, improve fish habitat and divert pressure from our natural coral reefs that are disappearing at an alarming rate. In addition to the state of Odisha which got its first artificial coral reef in February this year, artificial coral reefs…

The fact that two things (plants and electricity) that rarely interact with each other in nature except for lightning (which is rare) could have such an intricate relationship, is fascinating. Hydroponic crop cultivation is the process of growing plants without soil and has become quite popular, especially in urban environments where there isn’t a lot of access to the sun or large open fields. Typically grown in soil-less mediums like lava rocks, perlite, clay pebbles, or coco peat, scientists have now come up with another medium, or novel conductive cultivation substrate, ideal for hydroponics. While that may sound like a…