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Reconstructed brain images

Technology

AI reconstructs whatever you see just by reading a brain scan

An algorithm can reconstruct pictures a person is looking at from brain scans, could one day be used to tell what someone is thinking

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Virtual reality lets doctors guide you through your own guts

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Virtual reality lets doctors guide you through your own guts

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Ballroom dancers

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Automated dance teacher tells you when your moves are wrong

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A woman in an art gallery looking at pieces of art on the walls

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Mind-reading AI uses brain scans to guess what you're looking at

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Robot in park

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DeepMind AI is learning to understand the ‘thoughts’ of others

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Facebook Messenger used to try and deradicalise extremists

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SpinLaunch

Space

Start-up aims to catapult stuff to space without using rockets

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Flat pack furniture yet to be assembled

Technology

Robots armed with saws make custom flat-pack furniture

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Playing Atari games

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AI cheats at old Atari games by finding unknown bugs in the code

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pile of clothes

Earth

Green is the new black: Redesigning clothes to save the planet

The clothes on your back are responsible for huge amounts of pollution – but lab-grown fabrics and changes to our fashion habits can make a big difference

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Why big pharma might pay cryptocurrency for your DNA

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Electric eel-inspired batteries could power life-long pacemakers

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Electronic skin animates heartbeat on the back of your hand

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Will a new wave of smart glasses make us 'glassholes' again?

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