💡 Warp News #313
🤧 A nasal spray vaccine colds. ⏲️ New world record – fusion reactor held plasma stable for 22 minutes. 🎙️ Kevin Kelly and Dan Pink launch podcast about best possible future scenarios.
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📗 Launching my book abroad
My book about AI, The Fifth Acceleration, has sold well in Sweden and we are now working to have it published in more languages.
I would really appreciate it if you could register your interest on the website – it takes about 24 seconds.
It’s of course non-binding, but it helps us a great deal to show potential publishers that there are interested readers outside Sweden.
You can also read more about the book there.
Here are a couple of reviews:
"A welcome argument that AI is not the end of humanity, but on the contrary, unleashes human potential and helps us find better explanations and solve new problems."
- David Deutsch, Professor at Oxford, creator of quantum computing
"Mathias Sundin argues that AI is the next great engine of human progress, a tool that will accelerate the cross-pollination of ideas and unlock innovation. He may well be right."
- Matt Ridley, science journalist and bestselling author
Read more and register your interest here.
Still a book sale
My book (in Swedish) is still on sale. More here.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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⏲️ New world record – fusion reactor held plasma stable for 22 minutes
The research reactor WEST in France held plasma stable for just over 22 minutes, which is a new world record. The record surpassed China's previous mark by approximately 25 percent. The test showed that the reactor's internal surfaces withstood the demanding conditions without breaking down.
🤧 A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus
Researchers have developed a "universal vaccine" in the form of a nasal spray that in animal experiments protected against virtually all tested viruses, bacteria and even allergens. The method puts immune cells in the lungs in a heightened state of readiness.
🚚 Aurora triples its driverless truck network and expands across the southern United States
Aurora has expanded its driverless network from three to ten routes. The Fort Worth–Phoenix route of approximately 1,000 miles is the first driverless freight route to exceed mandated driving time limits, nearly halving transit times.
🚙 Waymo launches driverless taxi rides in four new cities and presents next-generation technology
Data from over 127 million miles driven shows that Waymo's driverless cars have ten times fewer serious crashes and twelve times fewer crashes with pedestrians compared to human drivers. The company has launched new sensor technology with the ability to drive in extreme winter weather.
🌲 Deforestation is slowing down – forests are expanding in more and more regions
In the past, forests around the world were cut down on a massive scale. But that has changed in recent decades. Deforestation still continues in some regions, but in others the trend has reversed. Forest area is now increasing in more parts of the world than it is decreasing in.
🎙️ Kevin Kelly and Dan Pink launch podcast about best possible future scenarios
New podcast series – Best Case Scenarios – explores the best possible developments in energy, transportation, biotechnology, and brain science over the next 25 years. The focus is on what happens if everything goes right and how technology can reduce costs, emissions, and accidents.
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