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A Brief History Of The VR Revolution

Supporters believe VR has the potential to improve and revolutionize many fields including education, architecture, medical, business, research, military, therapy, travel, art, design, just to name a few. Let’s take a brief look at how we got to be where we are now and what might be on the horizon...

Musical Applications In VR

Beyond just enjoyment, VR tools offer a new way to create music in a fun, engaging and immersive way. Here we take a look at these applications.

Interview With Solana Blockchain Founder Anatoly Yakovenko

Here is an interview with Solana founder, highlighting the path that he went through to build the new blockchain technology

Interview With Emin Gun Sirer, Founder And CEO At Ava Labs

Avalanche is an open-source platform for launching decentralized finance applications and commercial blockchains in one interoperable, highly scalable ecosystem.

Physical Education In Virtual Reality

As virtual experiences become the main form of entertainment, the fitness of the general population has been reduced as people prefer to sit in front of a screen rather than go outside for walks or to play football in the garden. The new popularity of virtual reality (VR) however can potentially change this trend.

Ecology In VR

If you love VR and If ecology and Zoology is interesting to you, it’s well worth checking this out.

Google And Harvard Map Brain Connections In Unprecedented Detail

The human brain is the most ridiculously complex computer that’s ever existed, and mapping this dense tangle of neurons, synapses and other cells is nigh on impossible. But engineers at Google and Harvard have given it the best shot yet, producing a browsable, searchable 3D map of a small section of human cerebral cortex.

'Robot Swarms' Could One Day Build Underground Shelters For Humans On Mars

NASA and other groups have looked at different potential shelters on Mars, Thanga says, including ideas for houses made from sandbags or ice.

Electronic Nose Sniffs Out Cancer In Blood Samples With Over 90% Accuracy

The data shows we can identify these tumors at both advanced and the earliest stages, which is exciting.

A New Gene Editing Tool Could Rival CRISPR, And Makes Millions Of Edits At Once

This month, a team led by the famed synthetic biologist Dr. George Church at Harvard University hijacked another strange piece of bacteria biology. The result is a powerful tool that can, in theory, simultaneously edit millions of DNA sequences, with a “bar code” to keep track of changes.

Japan Wants To Build Intercontinental Passenger Spaceships By The Early 2040s

A booming space industry is making it easier than ever to get into orbit, but Japan is betting that it could revolutionize terrestrial travel, too. The country’s science ministry has unveiled a plan to develop intercontinental passenger spaceships by the early 2040s.

Plans For Nüwa, A Proposed City On Mars Built Inside A Giant Cliff

Nuwa would be the capital in a design made up of five linked cities, each housing 200,000 to 250,000 people.