How soon until we get to a Star Trek reality?

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@ai_for_success
SurgicalAR Vision is insane - straight out of the future!

7 wild examples



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1807785636113297410/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/27tnUtL_lexy_BfU.mp4

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@ai_for_success
Multiple imaging data types, and all at once



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1846207421770833920/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/BUngvQWftr9i3XGE.mp4

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@ai_for_success
Surgeons can see the 'surgical view' during STA-MCA



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1707368008086130688/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/nEn0K7tJzC_hav9o.mp4

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@ai_for_success
Transforms complex 2D imaging, like MRI and CT scans, into 3D holographic visualizations that can be superimposed onto the patient's body in real-time



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1686395583702188032/pu/vid/1280x720/vMOy-6jR7s6rCcDP.mp4

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@ai_for_success
View and interact with anatomy in an immersive 3D environment



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1683804318086856704/pu/vid/1280x720/6-WugKJWwuvZjjVv.mp4

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@ai_for_success
Manipulate your medical imaging data.



https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1671889558227795974/pu/vid/1280x720/fSn7hZKJAgEx1NJl.mp4

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https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1754884831257792512/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/aD2t4RCWT0HFcXJ9.mp4

8/12
@CodeByPoonam
Medvis is doing amazing innovation in healthcare.



9/12
@ai_for_success
I saw a few videos yesterday and was like damn.. This is so good..



10/12
@rethynkai
This is really a remarkable development, and it can improve the efficiency highly in the medical field.



11/12
@Ayuu2809
Cool stuff!



12/12
@pben4ai
This is just mind-blowing! Very cool!




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Plasma coils? No.

But how about plasma engines?

MSN

Scientists at Rosatom have unveiled a plasma electric rocket engine that is claimed to be capable of propelling spacecraft to Mars in just one to two months.

As reported by Russia’s Izvestia newspaper, unlike traditional rocket engines that rely on fuel combustion, this innovative propulsion system utilizes a magnetic plasma accelerator and promises to significantly reduce interplanetary travel time.

“A plasma rocket motor is a type of electric motor. It is based on two electrodes. Charged particles are passed between them, and at the same time a high voltage is applied to the electrodes,” Egor Biriulin, a junior researcher at Rosatom’s scientific institute in Troitsk, told Izvestia.

“As a result, the current creates a magnetic field that pushes the particles out of the engine. Thus, the plasma receives directional motion and creates thrust.”

Plasma propulsion offers unprecedented speeds​

Under this approach, hydrogen is used as fuel, and the engine accelerates charged particles – electrons and protons – to a speed of 100 km/s (62 miles/s).

“In traditional power units, the maximum velocity of matter flow is about 4.5 km/s, which is due to the conditions of fuel combustion. In contrast, in our engine, the working body is charged particles that are accelerated by an electromagnetic field,” said Alexei Voronov, first deputy general director for science at the Troitsk Institute, as reported by Izvestia.

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Scientists achieve teleportation with quantum supercomputer

Breakthrough brings quantum computing closer to large-scale practical use

www.independent.co.uk

Oxford scientists achieve teleportation with quantum supercomputer​

Breakthrough brings quantum computing closer to large-scale practical use​

Anthony Cuthbertson

Monday 10 February 2025 15:25 GMT

Oxford scientists achieve teleportation with quantum supercomputer

A major milestone in quantum computing has been achieved after researchers at the University of Oxford built a scalable quantum supercomputer capable of quantum teleportation.

The breakthrough centres on the so-called scalability problem of quantum computing, with the researchers claiming it will allow the next-generation technology to be realised on an industry-disrupting level.

The field of quantum computing has been around for decades, but only in recent years have significant advances been made towards realising them on a practical scale.

Oxford researchers say the quantum teleportation they achieved lays groundwork for 'quantum internet' (Creative Commons)

Utilising the properties of quantum physics, these next-generation machines replace traditional bits – the ‘ones’ and ‘zeros’ used to store and transfer digital information – with quantum bits (qubits), which can act as a one and a zero at the same time through a phenomenon known as superposition.

This give quantum computers the potential to be orders of magnitude more powerful than today’s state-of-the-art supercomputers that use conventional computing technology.

It is not the first time that scientists have achieved quantum teleportation, with teams previously transferring data from one location to another without moving qubits. However it is the first demonstration of quantum teleportation of logical gates – the minimum components of an algorithm – across a network link.

The researchers claim the quantum teleportation technique could form the foundation for a future ‘quantum internet’, which would offer an ultra-secure network for communications, computation and sensing.

“Previous demonstrations of quantum teleportation have focused on transferring quantum states between physically separated systems,” said Dougal Main, from the Department of Physics at the University of Oxford, who led the study.

“In our study, we use quantum teleportation to create interactions between these distant systems. By carefully tailoring these interactions, we can perform logical quantum gates – the fundamental operations of quantum computing – between qubits housed in separate quantum computers.

“This breakthrough enables us to effectively 'wire together' distinct quantum processors into a single, fully-connected quantum computer.”

Dougal Main and Beth Nichol working on the distributed quantum computer (John Cairns)

The researchers also showed that the quantum system could be built and scaled using technology that is already available.

“Our experiment demonstrates that network-distributed quantum information processing is feasible with current technology,” said Professor David Lucas, a principal investigator of the research team and lead scientist at the UK Quantum Computing and Simulation Hub.

“Scaling up quantum computers remains a formidable technical challenge that will likely require new physics insights as well as intensive engineering effort over the coming years.”

The findings were published in the journal Nature, in a study titled ‘Distributed quantum computing across an optical network link’.

 

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Huge LEGO Star Trek 'Deep Space Nine' Model Has Over 75,000 Pieces

This massive brick build of 'Deep Space Nine' from Star Trek includes over 75,000 pieces from across the LEGO range of kits.

www.belloflostsouls.net

 

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They turned light into a solid. Well a supersolid, but a solid nonetheless.

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An odd solid that can flow like a fluid has been created from light for the first time. Studying it will help researchers better understand exotic quantum states of matter.

“We actually made light into a solid. That's pretty awesome,” says Dimitris Trypogeorgos at the National Research Council (CNR) in Italy. He notes Daniele Sanvitto, also at CNR, showed how light could become a fluid more than a decade ago. Now Trypogeorgos, Sanvitto and their colleagues have used light to make not just any solid, but a quantum “supersolid”.

Quantum time travel: The experiment to 'send a particle into the past'

Supersolids simultaneously have zero viscosity and a crystal-like structure akin to the arrangement of atoms in salt crystals. These strange materials have no counterpart outside of the quantum realm. Because of this, they have previously only been created in experiments with atoms cooled to extremely low temperatures, where otherwise negligible quantum effects become dominant.

But in this experiment, the researchers replaced ultracold atoms with the semiconductor aluminium gallium arsenide and a laser.

They shone the laser onto a small piece of the semiconductor that had a pattern of narrow ridges. Complex interactions between the light and the material eventually formed a type of hybrid particle called a polariton. The ridge pattern constrained how these “quasiparticles” could move and what energies they could have in such a way that the polaritons formed a supersolid.

Light has been transformed into a 'supersolid' for the first time

Time may be an illusion created by quantum entanglement
The true nature of time has eluded physicists for centuries, but a new theoretical model suggests it may only exist due to entanglement between quantum objects

Sanvitto says the team had to very precisely measure enough properties of this trapped and transformed light to prove it was both a solid and a fluid with no viscosity. This was a challenge because scientists had never created and experimentally evaluated a supersolid made from light before, he says.

The new experiment contributes to physicists’ general understanding of how quantum matter can change its state by going through a phase transition, says Alberto Bramati at Sorbonne University in France. The team clearly demonstrated they made a supersolid, but many more measurements need to be done to understand its properties, he says.

Trypogeorgos says light-based supersolids may be easier to manipulate than those previously created with atoms, which could make his team’s experiment a first step towards understanding a slew of novel and surprising types of matter.

“We are really at the beginning of something new,” he says.

 

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One step closer to shuttlecrafts.

MSN

Dr. Charles Buhler, a veteran NASA engineer and co-founder of Exodus Propulsion Technologies, has revealed a startling breakthrough. His team’s propellantless propulsion drive has successfully countered Earth’s gravity, challenging long-standing principles of physics.

With decades of experience on projects like the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station, Buhler sees this as a game-changer for space travel. He believes their discovery could reshape propulsion technology for generations.

“The most important message to convey to the public is that a major discovery occurred,” he said, underscoring the significance of their findings.

Their innovation, harnessing electric fields to generate sustainable thrust without expelling mass, represents a paradigm shift in propulsion physics.

Their system generates thrust using electric fields rather than expelling mass, a radical departure from traditional propulsion. If scalable, this technology could revolutionize how objects move through space, extending exploration far beyond current limits.

Buhler and his team presented their work at the Alternative Propulsion Energy Conference (APEC), where they detailed the years of experimentation behind the discovery. Initial skepticism did not deter them. Instead, they turned to electrostatics—a field where Buhler is a recognized expert—to explore new possibilities.

Collaboration played a key role in their success. Experts from top institutions and industries contributed insights, pushing the boundaries of what was thought possible.

Over a span of decades, the team meticulously conducted experiments, culminating in their propellantless propulsion drive.

Through iterative refinement and rigorous testing, they achieved thrust measurements exceeding previous limits. Notably, their latest iteration exhibited a remarkable feat: generating thrust equivalent to one Earth gravity, a milestone in their quest.

Detailing their methodology, Dr. Buhler explained the significance of their tests conducted in a custom-made vacuum chamber simulating deep space conditions. These experiments validated their propulsion drive's efficacy, eliminating alternative explanations and solidifying their patent.

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1 step closer to a Holodeck. Introducing the Holofloor.

 

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At least 50 years. The very beginning stages that is

 

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Another step forward in a sci-fi future. Holograms are now manipulable.

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A team of researchers from the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) has made a breakthrough in holographic technology.

Led by Doctor Elodie Bouzbib and including Iosune Sarasate, Unai Fernández, Manuel López-Amo, Iván Fernández, Iñigo Ezcurdia, and Asier Marzo, the group has successfully created three-dimensional graphics that float in mid-air—and can be touched and moved by hand.

“What we see in films and call holograms are typically volumetric displays,” said Bouzbib, the lead author of the work. “These are graphics that appear in mid-air and can be viewed from various angles without the need for wearing virtual reality glasses. They are called true-3D graphics.”

She explained that this kind of display supports the “come-and-interact” approach. “They are particularly interesting as they allow for the ‘come-and-interact’ paradigm, meaning that the users simply approach a device and start using it.”

This achievement takes things far beyond existing commercial prototypes. Companies like Voxon Photonics and Brightvox Inc. already offer volumetric displays, but those don’t let users interact directly with the floating images. This new project changes that.

Asier Marzo, the lead researcher, stated, “Direct interaction means being able to insert our hands to grab and drag virtual objects.”

 

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So which are we getting 1st? Data or Ghost in the Shell. Artificial muscles are here.

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The human body moves through a coordinated effort of skeletal muscles, working in concert to generate force. While some muscles align in a single direction, others form intricate patterns, enabling complex motion.

Engineers and scientists have long been interested in replicating these natural movements in artificial systems, particularly for soft robotics and medical applications. Traditional robotic actuators rely on rigid mechanical parts, but biohybrid robots powered by lab-grown muscle tissue could offer an alternative, allowing for flexible, energy-efficient motion.

However, engineering artificial muscle tissue with the ability to contract in multiple directions has remained a significant challenge. Most lab-grown muscle fibers have been unidirectional, limiting their ability to mimic the complex movements seen in nature.

Now, researchers at MIT have developed a breakthrough method that allows muscle tissues to contract in multiple, coordinated directions.

Their approach, called "simple templating of actuators via micro-topographical patterning" (STAMP), uses a cost-effective and scalable method to guide muscle cell growth along microscopic patterns, allowing for precise alignment of muscle fibers. This advancement opens the door for biohybrid robots with improved functionality and for medical applications in tissue engineering.