DTN 059: The Era of Stationary Spacecraft is Over
The Big Picture
China has a controversial plan for brain-computer interfaces
“More concerning, though, is China’s interest in noninvasive BCIs for the general population. Hannas coauthored a report released in March that examines Chinese research on BCIs for nonmedical purposes. ‘China is not the least bit shy about this,’ he says, referring to ethical guidelines released by the Communist Party in February 2024 that include cognitive enhancement of healthy people as a goal of Chinese BCI research. A translation of the guidelines by CSET says, ‘Nonmedical purposes such as attention modulation, sleep regulation, memory regulation, and exoskeletons for augmentative BCI technologies should be explored and developed to a certain extent, provided there is strict regulation and clear benefit.’” (Wired)
Deep Tech News
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- Buh-bye, conflict materials: US gets first sodium-ion battery
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- Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
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Peer Review
- CERN gives green light to build new experiment to search for unknown particles
- Researchers build new device that is a foundation for quantum computing
- mRNA cancer vaccine reprograms immune system to tackle glioblastoma in 48 hours
- Here’s why we should put a gravitational wave observatory on the moon
- New tech enables deep tissue imaging during surgery
- Robots can’t outrun animals. A new study explores why
- Nano-drugs hitching a ride on bacteria could help treat pancreatic cancer
- New discovery of a mechanism that controls cell division
- Rat cells grown in mice brains
Funding x M&A
- Tether buys $200M majority stake in brain-computer interface company
- $17.5M to build domestic supply chain for critical minerals and materials
- BlackRock, Temasek decarbonization venture raises $1.4B
- Yoneda Labs, a startup building a foundation model for chemists working in drug discovery, raised a $4M seed round
- Blaize, an AI computing developer providing edge computing solutions, raised $106M in funding
- Thintronics, an electronic materials startup, raised a $23M Series A
- BioIntelligence Technologies, a startup reducing waste in industrial bioprocesses, raised a $5M round
- AI cloud infrastructure startup CoreWeave raised a $1.1B round at a $19B valuation
- Genomic diagnostics startup Karius raised a $100M Series C
- Stargate Hydrogen, a startup providing green hydrogen solutions, raised a $47M seed round
- World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, raised $25M in funding
Miscellanea
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