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A research team from the University of Michigan and Meta Reality Labs has developed a system to turn any surface—clothes, countertops, even clothing—into an input device for swipes, taps, and scrolls. https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/sensor-turns-any-surface-even-the-human-body-input-device/

A spacesuit is much more than a set of clothes astronauts wear on spacewalks. A fully equipped spacesuit is really a one-person spacecraft. The formal name for the spacesuit used on the space shuttle and International Space Station is the Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or EMU. “Extravehicular” means outside of the vehicle or spacecraft. “Mobility” means […]

Whether a painting or sculpture is made in orbit or forged on terra firma and launched to the stars, the minds creating the new genre of space-centric art are using this rare creative category to raise funds and awareness for important earthly causes. https://www.barrons.com/articles/art-destined-for-space-has-an-earthly-impact-01630701380

From the challenges of providing optimal nutrition to managing the risks posed by microgravity, scientists and engineers from NASA work to predict, assess, and solve the problems that humans encounter in space. Through such research, NASA can develop systems that help humans thrive in space. https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/living-in-space/

This video is about the phenomenon of neutrino oscillations, which is where neutrinos can change flavors (ie, change between electron, muon, or tau neutrinos) because those interaction states are in non-trivial superpositions of the free traveling/mass eigenstates (𝜈1, 𝜈2 and 𝜈3).

Brian Greene the renowned American theoretical physicist talks about quantum teleportation, quantum entanglement and whether it’s possible to teleport a human being.

Despite the growing global economy and the technological progress observed in the past decades, there are still many societal challenges that need to be overcome to enhance human development. The United Nations, involving more than 190 Member States, has developed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in order to address these challenges in the form […]

The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) works to help all countries, especially developing countries, access and leverage the benefits of space to accelerate sustainable development. We work toward this goal through a variety of activities that cover all aspects related to space, from space law to space applications. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/aboutus/roles-responsibilities.html

In this episode, we focus on stories about people who have personally experienced wearable technology’s potential to enhance the human condition, from Neil Harbisson the “sono-chromatic” cyborg, to an art product that enhances the senses, to the latest breakthroughs in prosthetics and exoskeleton technology at Vanderbilt University.

In this exclusive preview of groundbreaking technology, former Apple designer and Humane cofounder Imran Chaudhri envisions a future where AI enables our devices to “disappear.” He gives a sneak peek of his company’s new product — shown for the first time ever on the TED stage — and explains how it could change the way […]

Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles has found an unconventional way to treat chronic pain – virtual reality programs designed by the company Applied VR. The VR experiences “hijack” the brains of patients, drastically reducing their perception of pain. In the latest episode of Superhuman, we look at the technology and meet patients benefiting from it. […]

With data as his paintbrush, media artist Refik Anadol trains AI algorithms to visualize the disappearing wonders of nature. He gives a beautiful tour of his recent work — imagery of artificial coral reefs, flowers, rainforests — and ponders: Can we use AI to preserve our memories of the fading natural world?

Designer Behnaz Farahi’s 3-D printed vest can say “back off” without ever uttering a word thanks to eye-tracking controlled movement.

Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht tells us about the digital tools she used to create a collection of interactive 3D-printed dresses for Audi, which incorporate headlights, parking sensors and other technology. The movie is part of Dezeen’s new Future Makers collaboration with Autodesk exploring the future of making things.

‘The Art of Bloom’ is an immersive exhibition in Long Beach, L.A., featuring floral petal showers and augmented reality.

Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media.

In this video I look at augmented reality in 60 seconds and what it means in the real world.

MAUA, the first museum of augmented urban art, has been inspired by the idea of structuring previously unseen cultural routes outside the city centre and beyond the traditional art destinations. 50 works of street art brought to life in augmented reality provide the perfect opportunity to explore city neighbourhoods that are generally off the beaten […]

At OneDome. you’re transported to a futuristic digital playground. It’s an immersive art destination on Market Street featuring AR experiences created by artists from the Bay Area and around the world.

This video explores Augmented Reality in 2050 and its top 10 future technologies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM4r2o-9kN4

This video explores Augmented Reality in 2030 and its top 5 future technologies

A long-awaited space mission in the coming year could herald the start of a new era where so many science fiction dreams finally begin to cement themselves as science fact. But first we must pass a critical test of our own making that pits our technological expansion into orbit against the sun itself. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2023/12/31/two-space-stories-in-2024-will-determine-the-future-of-humanity/?sh=44f950816453

The International Space Station is an unprecedented achievement in global human endeavors to build and utilize a research platform in space. Since 2000, the station evolved from an outpost into a highly capable microgravity laboratory. Results are compounding, new benefits are emerging, and the third decade is building on research. https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/space-station-research-and-technology/benefits-for-humanity/

NASA’s citizen science projects are collaborations between scientists and interested members of the public. https://science.nasa.gov/citizen-science

On 8 January, US space company Astrobotic launched the first commercial Moon lander, called Peregrine. Among the spacecraft’s 20 payloads were five instruments built by NASA. Other cargo included the cremated remains of at least 70 people and one dog, sent by two US companies, Celestis and Elysium Space, which give people the opportunity to […]

NASA’s director of Astrobiology Institute, Penelope Boston, explains why caves are interesting to astrobiologists.

Discover the potential of transhumans as the solution to long space travel in this thought-provoking article. https://www.tomorrow.bio/post/are-transhumans-the-answer-to-long-space-travel-2023-11-5600772524-futurism

Dec. 25 is a pretty special birthday for many around the world, but it’s also a big deal for fans of astronomy — who will be celebrating the second anniversary of the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Since coming online in mid-2022, the most powerful telescope ever built has both blown our minds […]

Most of us are familiar with the saying, made popular by astronomer Carl Sagan, folk singer Joni Mitchell, and countless inspirational posters and billboards—We are stardust. Yet, how do we know that we’re stardust? Put another way, what’s the observational evidence that we’re made of elements forged in dying stars? Part of it is here […]

The disk of our galaxy was long thought to produce these ghostly high-energy particles, but they haven’t been detected until now https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-a-first-scientists-see-neutrinos-emitted-by-the-milky-way/

Imagine a sprawling megastructure floating endlessly through space. One day, humans may occupy an orbital settlement several hundred kilometers from Earth. Perhaps, humans will settle closer to the moon, or in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars. If humans ever migrate into space, what would our settlement look like, and how would we navigate life […]

The High Frontier tells the untold story of Gerard K. O’Neill who in 1977 wrote the book, The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked a grassroots movement to build Earth-like habitats in space in order to solve Earth’s greatest crises.

The abundance of data that satellites collect about our planet can help solve a myriad of problems on Earth. For example, remote sensing technology can be used to detect environmental changes, satellite communication can assist with remote services and natural disaster management, and human spaceflight has advanced our understanding of medicine. https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Discovery_and_Preparation/Space_technology_for_life_on_Earth

Tired of living on an overpopulated Earth? Why not move to the O’Neill Cylinder? An artificial state-of-the-art space habitat where we can control everything, including the weather. What would it take to build a space station like this? How big would it be? And how would we make it suitable for life?

Cosmic rays, neutrinos, photons, and gravitational waves: Each of these signals carries a message. What can they tell us?

ViewSpace gives you the opportunity to explore our planet, solar system, galaxy, and universe. Provided free with the support of NASA, ViewSpace is developed by a team of scientists, educators, and communication specialists who collaborate to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, engaging, relevant, and accessible to a wide audience. ViewSpace interactives allow you to […]

Explore the “Magic Windows” of the electromagnetic spectrum https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/magic-windows/en/

Francis Halzen, IceCube Principal Investigator, explains the search for high-energy neutrinos in this three part story of neutrinos.

Learn about the discovery of gravitational waves in this NOVA Next article https://lpb.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/nvnn-sci-ligo/wgbh-nova-next-how-ligo-detected-gravitational-waves/

This video is about gravitational waves in the weak field limit as discovered by the LIGO collaboration, explained by parallels to electromagnetic radiation, sound waves, water waves, etc.

After a decades-long quest, The MIT-Caltech collaboration LIGO Laboratories has detected gravitational waves, opening a new era in our exploration of the universe.

This animation shows the structure of matter at smaller and smaller scales. Zooming into a human hair, we pass through hair cells, fibril structures, keratin molecules, Carbon atoms, nuclei, neutrons, protons, and finally quarks. The Standard Model explains how the basic building blocks of matter interact, governed by four fundamental forces. Find out more: http://home.cern/…/physi…/standard-model

Scientists may understand how the eye works, but seeing what other animals see is another matter entirely. Learn how eyes evolved, and find out which animal’s eye biologist Tom Cronin would look through if he had the chance.

How does the eye work exactly? In the latest video from Decoder, learn some of the extraordinary science behind how your eyes and brain work together to perceive the world around you.

Here is a handy visual of what’s inside the human body. Of what makes us, well, us. While it may seem rather simple to measure all the various parts of a human, it’s really quite complicated. This is primarily because there are a number of ways that you can measure what makes a human a human. […]

This Interactive website explores the elements of the Periodic Table. Check out Body Chemistry! http://www2.open.ac.uk/openlearn/periodictablephase2/main.html

Neil deGrasse Tyson compares our body chemistry to the rest of the universe.

Astrophysicist Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked by a reader of TIME magazine, “What is the most astounding fact you can share with us about the Universe?” This is his answer.

Since 1976, Spinoff has profiled technologies that benefit from NASA investment and expertise. These developments have transformed into commercial products and services that are used throughout daily life, from your cell phone camera to the memory foam in your mattress. We feature dozens of these success stories annually online and in our print publication, demonstrating […]

One of the oldest questions may be answered in our lifetimes. Are we alone? National Geographic explores. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/astrobiology/