linkedin post 2020-05-26 04:03:27
TECHNOLOGY BOTTLENECK. “Will there be a singularity? I think that it is certainly not out of the question, and that the main obstacles are likely to be obstacles of motivation rather than obstacles of capacity.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-26 04:02:22
THE IDEAL MIRROR UPLOAD. “So I think that by far the most plausible hypothesis is that full consciousness will stay present throughout.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-26 04:01:28
MIRROR UPLOAD. “Suppose that we can create a perfect upload of a brain inside a computer. For each neuron in the original brain, there is a computational element that duplicates its input/output behavior perfectly.” https://lnkd.in/e335knp View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-28 04:42:37
"STRUCTURAL COLOR in flowers, such as the iridescence exhibited by hibiscus trionum and tulipa kauffmanniana petals is determined by surface diffraction gratings that consist of ordered striations or ridges...cellulosic CLCs (cellulose chiral liquid crystals) are responsible for plant surface nanostructures and iridescent colors." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215038214000077 View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-28 04:41:19
CELLULOSE CHIRAL LIQUID CRYSTALS (CLC). "Biological materials, such as DNA in human cells, cellulose in plant cell walls, chitin in arthropod' cuticles and collagen in human compact bones, exhibit Bouligand's twisted plywood architecture, which is that of cholesteric liquid crystal." https://lnkd.in/dyyFFsB View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-28 04:39:35
“CHIRALITY IN NATURE is ubiquitous in exquisite examples wherever you look, be it at the molecular, cellular, or organismic level. However, in a biomimetic quest for new materials with new properties, a stumbling block is often the introduction of chirality into a synthetic system, to try to mimick the 60 biomineral materials made by millions of species in nature.” https://lnkd.in/dCa_nDw View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-28 04:36:30
THz TUNING. "Split ring resonators show a capability for tuning across the terahertz regime. Furthermore, the repeating structure made up the constituent materials follows the same strategy of averaging the electromagnetic field as it manipulates and transmits the terahertz radiation." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terahertz_metamaterials View in LinkedIn
linkedin post 2020-05-29 05:06:51
ADVENTURES IN FLATLAND. "A material that is just a few atoms thick can have very different fundamental properties from a material made of the same molecules in solid form. “Even if the bulk material is an old one, if you can get it into 2D form it opens up new opportunities." https://lnkd.in/eVYcGX9 View in LinkedIn