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Fact-based Optimistic News
Warp News helps you get the edge by sharing stories on the innovations and solutions that are impacting the future.
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🧠 Artificial Intelligence
🧠 In just 20 years artificial intelligence could dramatically reshape our world
The imagination of Kai-Fu Lee, former president of Google China, takes us into a futuristic world made up of virtual teachers, augmented cities, increased longevity, immersive virtual worlds, as well as vital new issues to address.
💡 Optimist’s 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.
🪸 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 “song”.
⚡️ Energy
☀ 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.
Portugal is building Europe's largest floating solar plant
A solar electric plant in a hydro dam provides clear advantages over locating an equally large plant on land.
🔋 Northvolt and the benefit of understanding the future
The story of Peter Carlsson and Northvolt teaches us two lessons: You need to understand the future to see all the possibilities, and you must be a fact-based optimist to grab them.
♻️ Green Tech
🍺 Beer yeast can purify water of heavy metals
Yeast that is normally used in the brewing of beer can also be used to purify water of heavy metals, such as lead, in a cheap and environmentally friendly way.
✈ This is how we could eliminate the climate impact of aviation
By capturing and storing carbon dioxide in the production of bio aviation fuel, it is possible to eliminate the climate impact of aviation completely.
☀ 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.
❤️ Health Tech
🧫 Immunotherapy cures cancer
An attempt provides hope that many cancer cases can be cured with immunotherapy that does not have the same serious side effects as traditional methods.
🧫 Cheaper and faster stem cell production
A new 3D-printed prototype for the extraction of stem cells offers potential for large-scale production with high quality - at a lower cost.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Diabetes will be able to be cured - sooner rather than later
Diabetes has been described as a global epidemic, but its end may now be within reach.