Plus: inside Elon Musk’s strategies to colonize Mars
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Robot-packed meals are concerning the frozen-food aisle
What’s occurring: Advances in expert system are pertaining to your freezer, in the kind of robot-assembled ready meals. Chef Robotics, a San Francisco-based start-up, has actually introduced a system of AI-powered robotic arms that can be rapidly set with a dish to administer precise parts of whatever from tikka masala to pesto tortellini.
Why it matters: You may believe the meals that wind up in the supermarket’s frozen aisle or on planes are robot-packed currently, however that’s hardly ever the case. The large bulk of meals from identifiable brand names are still generally hand-packed, since employees are typically a lot more versatile than robotics and can manage assembly line that often turn dishes. Improvements from AI have actually altered the calculus, making robotics more beneficial on production lines. Check out the complete story.
— James O’Donnell
IVF alone can’t conserve us from a looming fertility crisis
There are over 8 billion people on earth, and there’ll most likely be 8.5 billion people by 2030. We’re constantly cautioned about the hazards of overpopulation and the effect we people are having on our world. It appears a bit counterproductive to fret that, really, we’re not replicating enough.
Plenty of researchers are extremely fretted about simply that. Improvements in healthcare and sanitation are assisting all of us lead longer lives. We’re not having sufficient kids to support us as we age. Fertility rates are falling in practically every nation.
Wait! We have innovations to fix this issue! IVF is assisting to bring more kids into the world than ever, and it can assist make up for the fertility issues dealt with by older moms and dads! Things aren’t rather so easy. Check out the complete story.
— Jessica Hamzelou
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The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to discover you today’s most fun/important/scary/ interesting stories about innovation.
1 Here’s how Elon Musk prepares to colonize Mars
Over the previous year, he’s increase his aspirations to construct a Martian city. (NYT $)
+ Musk has actually rejected that he’s offered his sperm to assist, though(CoinTelegraph)
+ Inside NASA’s quote to make spacecraft as little as possible. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Is Russia waging war under the sea?
The disappearance of a subsea cable television has actually raised some severe concerns. (Bloomberg $)
3 Kamala Harris conspiracy theories are running widespread online
If Joe Biden leaves of the Presidential race,