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The Future This Week: Supercomputers, Mind Uploading, and 3D Printed Aerogel

By B.J. Murphy

In The Future This Week, Serious Wonder uploads itself in search of this week’s headlines of the future, from biological supercomputers to mind-controlled robotic wheelchairs. This week we’re given a glimpse into the world of tomorrow, one of which is both strange and amazing all at once. These developments will only serve to challenge us even further in understanding what is possible and what isn’t.

As we continue accelerating into the unknown, these glimpses of what is to come help us discuss and prepare. Not out of fear, but out of interest in ensuring everyone comes to benefit from their developments, as opposed to the contrary. Let these weekly efforts of ours equally serve as a reminder of our past struggles and how important these innovations are to the well-being of our species as we continue moving forward. Welcome to the future!

Mind-Controlled Wheelchair

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Researchers have recently unveiled a robotic wheelchair which allows monkeys to control its movements using their thoughts alone, suggesting similar interfaces to help uplift paralyzed individuals. SOURCE

Biological Supercomputer

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Unlike conventional supercomputers, an international team of researchers have developed a new biological supercomputer which uses proteins in place of electrons to relay information. SOURCE

Photo Credit: Science Alert

Mind Uploading

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A team of researchers from HRL Laboratories in California have reportedly discovered a new technique that will allow them to upload knowledge into your brain Matrix-style. SOURCE

3D Printed Graphene Aerogel

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For the first time ever, scientists appear to have 3D printed the world’s lightest material – graphene aerogel – which is 7.5 times lighter than air. SOURCE


March 5, 2016By B.J. Murphy

About the author

B.J. Murphy is the Editor and Social Media Manager of Serious Wonder. He is a futurist, philosopher, activist, author and poet. B.J. is an Affiliate Scholar for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) and an Ambassador for the robotics company Humai.

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