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Dr. Lonnie Johnson. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Technology accelerates human evolution"

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Dr. Lonnie Johnson, an inventor who registered over 100 patents and developed a solid-state battery based on them, describes human evolution as an interactive process between biology and technology, in which each influences and is influenced by its own
Reading thoughts before they become words. The figure was prepared using DALEE software after reading the article.

mind reading? Researchers have developed a method that will allow us to know what we are going to say before we speak

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Individual neurons could recognize, for example, when we are about to touch our tongue to our palate to say the letter D * This will enable the development of prostheses for those suffering from speech problems
An amusing representation of the TOI-1136 system if each of the bodies in the system were a duck or a duckling. Credit: Rae Holcomb/University of California at Irvine

The evolution of planets is revealed in a distant solar system

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A newly discovered solar system with six confirmed extrasolar planets and a possible seventh increases astronomers' knowledge of star formation and evolution
A wall in memory of Mahsa Amini. Photo: Haifa University Spokesperson

The University of Haifa stands by the Iranian people in their struggle against the regime * Dedicated a wall in memory of Mahsa Amini

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The giant picture, measuring 6 meters by three meters, in which we see a portrait of Amini, consists of 1,000 small pictures of the victims of the Iranian regime in the past year. The image was revealed in the presence of the Iranian-American artist Homan Khalili, who created the mosaic image with the help of artificial intelligence technology
Dr. Aya Sofer, Director of the IBM Research Center in Israel at the Silicon Club meeting, Usafia, June 2023. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

"Artificial intelligence has the potential to improve our lives in a variety of ways"

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Dr. Aya Sofer, director of IBM's research laboratory in Israel, was a guest at the high-tech Silicon Club managers' forum: "Besides the many advantages, there are of course also challenges that are not easy, such as a built-in bias in models or data, or the creation of fake news and its use to bias public opinion. To combat these, we must adopt ethical information standards for the use of artificial intelligence - and educate consumers to use it critically."
A satellite biological laboratory, as understood by DALEE2. Definitions: DALL·E 2023-08-28 20.48.45 - biological lab inside a sattelite orbiting earth with few test tubes and a microscope looks like a photo

The pharmaceutical manufacturing market in space is developing; Companies raise considerable sums; Space Pharma has received approval from the USPTO to manufacture a drug in space

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Two British companies have raised funds from investors to develop satellites for the production of drugs and chips in space. CEO of Space Pharma Yossi Yamin: This shows that we are not the only crazy people and that even the capital market recognizes the manufacturing market in space
political polarization. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Six ways artificial intelligence can make political campaigns trickier than ever

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Prof. Binghai Yan. Unexpected enlightenment. Courtesy of the Weizmann Institute

And let there be light, more light

It started with very strange experimental results, continued in a new physical theory about the behavior of photons, and in the future may improve our smartphone screens and allow faster data communication. faster data
Innovation and change management during the Corona period. Image: depositphotos.com

To expand the circles of technological innovation in Israel

How to expand the circles of technological innovation in Israel in the Corona era?
Natural food colors. Photo: Prof. Assaf Aharoni's laboratory, Weizmann Institute

Color from nature

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Disease at first glance: when a cell of the immune system (macrophage, in blue) meets a bacterium (in red), what happens in the first 48-24 hours is crucial

An algorithm that may predict the chance of contracting tuberculosis

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Cancer cells drift in the bloodstream. Illustration: shutterstock

The first blood plants: this year ten people will receive synthetic blood transfusions

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Prof. Nir Gov. Photo: Weizmann Institute Spokesperson

Frustrated at the turn

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Breast cancer cells in culture as seen under an optical microscope. You can see the bands connecting the cells. Photo: Prof. Geiger, Weizmann Institute

All together and each separately

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Illustration: pixabay.

Should artists find out how involved technology is in their works?

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iNNOVEX conference. Source: conference website.

What will our lives look like in 2030?

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Illustration: pixabay.

The search for a new test for artificial intelligence

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Illustration: pixabay.

Caution! Your home devices follow you

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Source: pixabay.

See the night in a new light

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Bloodhound's supersonic car. Photography: DANIEL JONES.

Will Oracle "fly" the supersonic car to a record speed of over 1600 km/h?

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Photography: Richard Masoner.

A locator for children - for a connected solution for renting smart bicycles

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Bill Gajda, senior vice president of innovation and strategic partners for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Visa. Photo: Avi Blizovsky.

"Visa realized that it needed to work with the innovative companies and therefore opened its APIs to the disposal of technology companies"

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Illustration: Courtesy of MIT.

"Wood on a chip"

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The world is changing, but is the rate of change accelerating or slowing down? Would a person who fell asleep in 1950 and woke up in our time be as surprised as a person who was in 1850 and woke up 50 years later would be surprised? In the photo: a monk in Myanmar takes a picture with a smartphone. Source: Jennifer Stahn.

The world is changing, but is the rate of change accelerating or slowing down?

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Illustration: pixabay.com.

From the paper to the screen: what skills will our children need to acquire to face the future?

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