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๐ก Optimistโs Edge: Will the Tesla Bot replace all physical human labor?
Robots that understand and can interact with the surrounding environment will be able to replace all physical human labor, which will lead to a dramatic expansion of the world economy.
โ These solar panels provide electricity even at night
By utilizing a natural physical process, it is possible to get solar panels to generate some electricity even during the dark part of the day.
๐ฉโโ๏ธ EU approves automatic AI analysis of X-ray images
AI can take care of the routine analysis of X-ray images and relieve X-ray doctors, enabling them to focus on more difficult tasks.
๐ถ Uterus transplantation helps the childless to have children
Transplanting a uterus from a donor is an effective and safe method to solve infertility for women who lack a functioning uterus.
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scottish villagers buy nature reserve
Scottish villagers buy a nature reserve and now they are hoping to double its size, making it 4000 hectares.
๐ถ Researchers "rejuvenate" skin cells by 30 years
By reprogramming skin cells, it is possible to turn back the clock and make the cells function as if they were several decades younger.
๐ Remote tracking system helps understand elephant ecology
The use of technology in Africa in research and everyday life is increasingly bridging the technology gap between the continent and western countries. In this case, with the Victoria Falls Elephant Project.
๐ซ Beautiful eco-school protects students from harsh desert heat
In Jaisalmer, a city in India, students have to brave scorching temperatures to attend class. A new school, the Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School, with a smart design keeps the school and its students cool without air conditioners.
๐ณ๏ธ Strong connection between democracy and prosperity
People living in democracies are richer, healthier and happier. And there is a strong connection between democracy and prosperity, a new report from The Atlantic Council and the Alliance of Democracies shows.
๐ Optimists live longer
Optimists live 5.4 percent longer than others and have a ten percent greater chance of becoming more than 90 years old.
โ๏ธ Photovoltaic panels are now facing their latest challenge: recycling
The EU-funded PHOTOTRAMA project aims to develop innovative technology for recovering almost all raw materials coming from waste panels, not dispersing polluting metals into the environment and making the most of all the valuable parts.
๐ Obama should feel more hope
Citizens in free countries are richer, happier and healthier than citizens in unfree countries. Barack Obama should use his world-class rhetorical skills to boost confidence in democracy and create hope for its future. Because, as he used to say: There is nothing false about hope.
๐ฌ Effective and low-tech solution to bycatch
Fishing nets are usually invisible to animals using echolocation but now marine biologists from Germany have come up with a solution to make nets visible to acoustic signals, helping animals to dodge the nets.
๐ชธ AI reveals "singing" coral reefs
A team of researchers from University of Exeter is creating an algorithm that tracks the health of coral reefs by understanding their โsongโ.
๐ฑ These people are using technology to strengthen democracy
Eight democracy activists from Ukraine, Venezuela and Georgia presented their web tools to organize democracy movements, expose corruption, bring transparency to elections and help investigative journalism.
๐ New cell therapy can repair damaged tissue after heart failure
Stem cells can be used as a basis for producing cells that can repair scar tissue in the heart that arises in heart attacks.
๐ Top Reads
We're honored to present these top reads from World-Class writers, who contribute to Warp News because they believe in our mission of spreading fact-based optimism all over the world.
๐งฌ The Elon Code - how to understand Musk
Much has been said and written about how Elon Musk thinks and operates, but despite that, a key part has been neglected. There are two parts to The Elon Code, but only one part has gotten most of the attention. Here we dive into the second part.
๐ก David Deutsch: Optimism, Pessimism and Cynicism
With so much progress in the world, how can pessimism still be widespread? It is because of cynicism, denying that โso-called-progressโ is progress, argues David Deutsch, professor at Oxford University and one of the world's leading intellectuals on optimism.
๐ก Kevin Kelly: The Case for Optimism
Kevin Kelly is the founder of Wired Magazine and author of several books, among them The Inevitable. For Warp News he presents his case for optimism.
๐ Opened or closed will determine China's future success
An increasing number of people think the future belongs to China. Interestingly, thatโs what well-informed pundits assumed 1,000 years ago as well. The reason that those predictions turned out wrong tells us something important about Chinaโs prospects this time.
โฌ๏ธ Pollyanna's secret
Optimists often get called nicknames, one of these is Pollyanna. But the real story about the nickname tells us something important about the power of optimism.
๐ Matt Ridley: The unexpected history and miraculous success of vaccines
At a time when the miraculous success of vaccines has transformed the battle against the pandemic it is fitting to recall the general idea, and unexpected history, behind vaccination, writes Matt Ridley, bestselling author of The Rational Optimist and How Innovation Works.
