News about the future: technology, science and society of tomorrow, told today.
Futuro Prossimo is part of the network ForwardTo, studies and skills for future scenarios.
They feel pain. All of them. Animal consciousness is no longer deniable.
Mirror test, episodic memory, play: this is how animals demonstrate their consciousness. And now what changes for us?
Future notes
Chinese Micro Drones? Robot Mosquitoes Ready for War Theaters
These Chinese micro drones perfectly mimic mosquitoes: their microscopic size allows for spying that is impossible to detect.
Future notes
I'll tell you what we'll do in a world without work
Millions fear automation, but maybe the problem isn't losing our jobs. It's finding out who we really are when we don't have to work anymore.
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Artificial intelligence
The camera that prints poems (and doesn't even take a picture)
The Poetry Camera does not capture images, but scenes to be transformed into poems: when a machine learns to write, perhaps it is time to stop. To read.
Courts: First Posthumous Testimony via AI Arrives
Veteran Killed in 2021 Testifies Against His Killer Using AI. First Time in US Court History.
Medical Research
Frequent Nightmares More Dangerous Than Smoking and Obesity
Shocking Research: Frequent Nightmares Shorten Telomeres and Accelerate Aging. 19 Years of Data Never Lies.
New Study: Kombucha Repairs Microbiota Even Without Diet
38 Volunteers, No Diets: Only Daily Kombucha. Result? “Obese” Microbiota Becomes Normal. Study by the University of Viçosa, Brazil
Italy Next
Organizations and people who make the future.
Gene editing in neonatal blood, Italy 1st in the world in tests
Italian researchers cure three deadly blood diseases with direct gene editing in the first days of life of newborn mice.
An AI Department That Always Listens: Andrea Zurini's Digital Challenge
Andrea Zurini launches the department of listening with artificial intelligence: 24 hours a day, always available for civic reports.
