AI-Driven Emerging Technologies You Might Have Missed

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By 2030, we’re going to see some pretty amazing technologies that will change how we live. Imagine smart homes that know what you need before you do and AI that’s practically a personal assistant for everything. We’ll likely have self-driving cars everywhere, making travel smoother and safer. Quantum computing could be solving big problems in seconds, and personalized medicine might be a reality, with treatments tailored just for you. And don't forget about virtual and augmented reality—they could be part of our everyday lives, blending the digital and real worlds seamlessly. It's going to be an exciting time!

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00:00Can we power spaceships using black holes?

00:03Kinda.

00:04Exploring our galaxy is a bit problematic.

00:07Our fastest spacecraft ever, NASA's Parker Solar Probe,

00:10only travels at about 0.06% the speed of light.

00:16So, it would take around 7,700 years for us to reach even our closest neighbor star,

00:23Proxima Centauri.

00:24Therefore, we need to find a way to achieve super high velocity

00:28without wasting too much fuel.

00:31Why don't we consider powering spacecraft using radiation from black holes?

00:35Natural black holes are too massive for us to harness.

00:39However, during the early stages of the universe,

00:42there might have been very small black holes known as primordial ones.

00:47Perhaps we could attempt to recreate them.

00:49In order to do so, we would need to concentrate a massive amount of energy

00:53on a minuscule point.

00:55Imagine a mass of about a million tons with a radius of a few atom meters.

01:02Scientists have devised a method to accomplish this.

01:05By collecting a vast amount of the sun's energy using solar panels,

01:10directing it towards a single point,

01:12surrounding it with collectors to capture the emitted energy,

01:15and utilizing its radiation to power a spaceship.

01:19What a brilliant plan!

01:21As for the implementation,

01:23we'll have to wait and see how it unfolds.

01:27Scientists in Japan have developed artificial wombs

01:30that can nurture premature baby sharks.

01:33They help embryos to be prepared to be born properly.

01:36These artificial wombs can power little sharks for almost a year.

01:42This is much longer than their previous record of 160 days.

01:47The invention actually works.

01:49Some embryos grew from 1.2 to almost 6 inches,

01:53which is their natural birth size.

01:56Premature sharks are very vulnerable

01:58because the seawater is too salty for their little bodies.

02:01This is especially dangerous for viviparious sharks

02:04because their young ones are born without a protective shell.

02:09So what scientists did is they put them in these containers

02:12and started slowly decreasing natural fluids

02:15and gradually increasing the seawater

02:17until babies got used to the salt.

02:20The results are still not perfect, though.

02:23Out of 33 embryos, only 3 reached birth size.

02:27However, these three are healthy

02:29and now live like any normal baby shark.

02:32They mushed on some minced mackerel and shrimp

02:34and behaved typically for their age.

02:36The end goal of all this research, of course,

02:39is to develop more universal systems for wider use.

02:44Sensing a hug over the internet might soon be possible.

02:49Using eSkin

02:50Researchers at City University of Hong Kong

02:53have developed a wireless, soft eSkin

02:56that can detect and deliver the sense of touch.

03:00This creates a touch network for multi-user interaction.

03:04The eSkin can both sense touch and imitate it.

03:07We had similar technologies like that before,

03:10with VR, for example,

03:12but not both of them at the same time.

03:15Here's how it works.

03:16You press an actuator

03:18and it generates an electrical signal.

03:20This signal is converted into a digital signal

03:23by an analog-to-digital converter.

03:25Then it's sent via Bluetooth to another eSkin.

03:30The receiving eSkin converts the signal back

03:33into an electrical current

03:34and it recreates the touch sensation through vibrations.

03:39Finally, long-distance friends and family

03:41could use technology to feel each other.

03:45This technology might also help visually impaired people

03:48with directions and reading Braille messages.

03:52Now, imagine being able to 3D print literal bones.

03:57This is a new technology

03:58that helps us create synthetic bones with living cells.

04:02It uses a special ink that mimics natural bone.

04:05First, you create a model, like a custom bone design.

04:09Then the printer uses ceramic ink in a gelatin bath,

04:13extruding it layer by layer.

04:16You 3D print this thing at room temperature.

04:19Then the printed bone material hardens

04:21and integrates with existing bone tissue.

04:23And voila!

04:25Still, there are some problems left to solve.

04:28For example, make sure that there won't be any immune reactions,

04:31make the material stronger, and so on.

04:35By the way, in Mumbai, there's a startup

04:37that has created helpful 3D models of organs

04:40for over 1,200 operations already.

04:43And the technology will only keep improving.

04:47The next goals are to add blood vessels

04:49to ensure nutrients and oxygen reach the tissue

04:52and develop smart materials that will change

04:54depending on the environment.

04:57In the future, you might have a digital copy of your body

05:01to track your health.

05:02A digital twin is a virtual model of a physical object

05:05that not only looks like the object,

05:08but also behaves like it.

05:10To be fair, it doesn't have to be a full-blown copy of you.

05:14It can be something simple, like a copy of a heart.

05:17Unlike a simple 3D model,

05:19a digital twin must show how all parts of the object

05:22interact with each other.

05:24It will show all components and their interactions,

05:27not just the shape or appearance.

05:29Looking at them will help doctors understand

05:32and improve health outcomes better

05:34by tweaking random parameters

05:36and seeing how the condition changes.

05:39For example, recently,

05:41researchers created digital twins of patients' hearts.

05:45The model showed the heart's structure and damage,

05:48things like scars and all that.

05:50They also had a simulation of the heart's electrical activity.

05:53They tried sending signals through the digital twin,

05:56looked at how it behaved,

05:58and were able to predict issues, like arrhythmias.

06:02What if your walls could eat sunlight during the day

06:05and use the accumulated energy to power the building at night?

06:09Buildings literally powering themselves?

06:12Check out the energy-storing bricks.

06:14They can be built-in walls among regular bricks,

06:17capture extra renewable energy,

06:19stabilize the power grid,

06:21and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

06:23They use a type of concrete

06:25that can store electricity and power devices.

06:28These bricks can turn the red pigment in standard bricks

06:31into conductive plastic,

06:32which can store and release tons of charge.

06:36Pair them with solar panels,

06:37and voila!

06:38Lots of clean energy,

06:40which also works even in case of power outage.

06:43And they're pretty affordable as well.

06:46People could also use them

06:47to create portable and flexible devices

06:50powered by these bricks,

06:51such as wearable electronics,

06:53sensors,

06:54or displays that attach to clothes and stuff.

06:58Potentially, these bricks could be 3D-printed

07:00and mass-produced.

07:02China has developed a groundbreaking car battery

07:04that can get fully charged in just 10 minutes.

07:08Moreover, it could power a car for hundreds of miles

07:11before needing to be plugged in again,

07:13all thanks to recent great advancements in chemistry.

07:18Chemists found a way to store much more energy.

07:20The latest batteries can enable cars

07:22to travel 250 miles on a single charge,

07:25and newer versions can achieve up to 600 miles per charge.

07:30In the future,

07:31this could make electric cars

07:32much more efficient and convenient.

07:35You'd think it sounds nice and dandy,

07:37but there's a catch.

07:38If there are any disruptions due to extreme weather,

07:41trade disputes or anything else,

07:43people will be screwed.

07:45It's not like you can go

07:46and ask your neighbor to lend you gasoline.

07:48Electric cars might not be able

07:50to get the batteries they need.

07:52Anyone who drives an electric car to work

07:54would be stuck,

07:55and the prices would skyrocket.

07:58There's also a weird type of battery

08:00that is made of sand.

08:02Finnish engineers filled a large steel container

08:05measuring 13 by 23 feet

08:07with 100 tons of sand.

08:09They then heated the sand

08:12using wind and solar energy.

08:14This method allows energy

08:16to be stored for months.

08:18In a battery like this,

08:19electricity used to heat air

08:21in a special system of pipes.

08:23The hot air then flows through these pipes

08:25to warm up the sand.

08:27This generated heat can be used as energy.

08:31This is called resistive heating.

08:34Sometimes, new technologies

08:36can be both amazing and a little creepy.

08:38That's definitely the case with necrobiotics.

08:42This involves turning things

08:43that passed away into robots.

08:46It might sound like a horror movie plot,

08:48but researchers at Rice University

08:50think it will be super useful.

08:53A team at Rice University

08:54has turned a deceased spider

08:56into a robot like Gripper

08:58that can pick up objects.

09:00They do this by injecting air

09:02into the spider.

09:03Spiders use hydraulics

09:04to move their limbs,

09:06forcing their version of blood

09:07into their legs

09:08to make them extend.

09:10These necrobiotic grippers

09:12could be used in delicate tasks

09:14where traditional robotic parts

09:16might be too bulky or rough.

09:18tossing air into a boat

09:19to make them feel

09:21into a lonely plane

09:22and the system

09:22will be used in a space

09:23of a hiccup.

09:23It's just because

09:25of the strength,

09:25they need to expose them

09:27to the static stuff

09:27and we need to be used

09:28to be used to load

09:28into an initiate

09:29that they will return

09:29to the weeb

09:30or to the place

09:30and then switch

09:31through the smooth

09:31and develop

09:32to push them

09:33with a light

09:35and then save them

09:36into a daily

09:37space.

09:37Now the pilot

09:38can be used

09:39to go

09:41to the next

09:42how to do

09:43and enjoy

09:44and whatever

09:44that

09:45you

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