Category Archives: forecasting
Emotion recognition: can AI detect human feelings from a face?
Detecting Conspiracy Theories on Social Media (RAND)
Improving Machine Learning to Detect and Understand Online Conspiracy Theories Read more (RAND)
by William Marcellino, Todd C. Helmus, Joshua Kerrigan, Hilary Reininger, Rouslan I. Karimov, Rebecca Ann Lawrence
The 30 Cities Best Positioned for Long-Term Success
Wireless brain implant to make friends?
Using the tiny, battery-free brain implant device, the team were able to program and deprogram mice to socially interact with each other in real-time. When two or more mice had their devices switched on, they interacted much more than usual, and when the device was switched off, the opposite effect was nearly immediate. Read more
The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming. Psychiatry May Never Be the Same.
The Psychedelic Revolution Is Coming. Psychiatry May Never Be the Same. https://nyti.ms/3twfIVl
“There’s been a sea change in attitudes about what not long ago was considered fringe science, given the mental health crisis in this country, there’s great curiosity and hope about psychedelics and a recognition that we need new therapeutic tools.”
Michael Pollan
SexTech White Papers from École des Mines de Saint-Étienne
Nike and Boeing Are Paying Sci-Fi Writers to Predict Their Futures
Is this wearable electronic skin the future of fitness tracking?
This kinda creepy sounding — but really cool — new technology was created at the University of Tokyo. It’s called e-skin, and it’s made of polyvinyl alcohol combined with a layer of gold. Yes, gold. This combination of materials makes e-skin into a flexible, wearable sensor that can track your vitals and other important health information, CNN reported. Before you get too excited, e-skin hasn’t gone through clinical trials yet, but the developers have been testing it on volunteers and started talking to manufacturers about how to make e-skin available to the public. Read more (Mic)
Future romance: how science fiction is predicting our relationships
The contemplative indie Marjorie Prime is the latest in a long line of sci-fi films and TV shows that explore how we might date and love in the future
AI is the perfect sounding board for these modern anxieties about human connection, and 20th- and 21st-century films are filled with dystopian landscapes that showcase the loneliness of a world where intimacy is something you can buy. Read more (The Guardian)
