The Future This Week: Tesla, C.R.I.S.P.R., and Alien Signals

In The Future This Week, Serious Wonder scours the stars in search of this week’s headlines of the future, from level 5 autonomy in Tesla vehicles to the development of graphene-based silk. This week we’re given a glimpse of the future where alien contact could become commonplace and where sci-fi could provide us a horrifying vision of futuristic terrorism – DNA hacking.

Whether exploring the cosmos or genetically modifying the human genome, we all have a choice needing to be made: do we want to create a utopian future or do we want to create dystopia? Our actions today will help determine which of the two we actually create. So we must be careful in our decisions. At the same time, we can’t allow our fears to dictate terrible decisions to begin with. Are you ready for the world of tomorrow? Welcome to the future!

Thanks to a new study conducted at Tsinghua University, scientists were able to developed super-strong silk by feeding silkworms a diet of carbon nanoparticles known as graphene – an atom wide lattice that is 100x stronger than steel. SOURCE

According to a new study, published by Cornell University Library, a group of astronomers have identified 234 separate stars that are giving off a peculiar pulsing signal – some of whom believe could possibly be alien in origin. SOURCE

Set in the near future, actress Jennifer Lopez is currently at work in producing a new sci-fi TV show, titled C.R.I.S.P.R, that explores the next generation of terror: DNA hacking. SOURCE

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, recently announced a new product unveil – Tesla Vision, which will enable full level 5 autonomy on all Model 3 vehicles. The official update will take place in 2018. SOURCE