This Brain on a Chip tech is designed to destroy brain tumours faster and cheaper
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The treatments to destroy and kill brain tumours hasn’t evolved very much in the past two decades, but new technologies are coming through to give us hope. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
Teeth cleaning nanobots are here to make your teeth feel awesome
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Believe it or not there are some things that only nanobots are great at, and cleaning the inside of your teeth happens to be one of them. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, subscribe to the podcast, future proof yourself with courses...
An AI just invented a new enzyme that breaks down plastics in weeks
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Firstly AI creating new enzymes is a game changer that accelerates new product development, and secondly plastic is a scourge, so this breakthrough has a double whammy. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
A virus wiped out anti-biotic resistant bacteria in an immunocompromised patient
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Anti-Biotic resistance is a growing problem, and researchers and governments are increasingly desparate for solutions – this could be one. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
These smart electric chopsticks change the flavour of your food on demand
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF On the one hand these could help people eat healthier by changing the flavour of food to make it taste nicer, on the other they could have applications in the metaverse … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with...
A new DNA tool is speeding up vaccine development by a million fold
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In short? The faster we can create vaccines for diseases the fewer people that have to suffer or die from those diseases. Enough said? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and...
Genetically engineered gut bacteria produce Parkinson’s drugs in vivo for patients
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if pharmacies and doctors weren’t in a remote building somewhere but in your body instead? Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. New research presented...
In world first human brain cells in a dish learned to play Pong faster than AI
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Future computers and AI’s will likely be biological and organic, and this breakthrough could play a role in the future of computing in a very weird way. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about...
Implantable immunotherapy factory helps patients immune systems fight cancers longer
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We have an increasingly powerful set of tools in our arsenal to beat cancer, but it’s a very tough opponent. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
In a world first AI can now model the molecular machines that govern life itself
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Your body is a very complex machine and if we are to cure disease or even “conquer death” then we need to know everything about it, and now AI is unlocking more of its inner workings. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community,...
New cancer therapy completely destroys advanced tumours in trials
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Cancer is a scourge and one of the world’s biggest killers, and despite decades of trying “cures” are still fleeting, often painful, and not guaranteed to work. A new treatment might move the dial though … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community,...
One gram of DNA now capable of storing over 500Pb of data thanks to synthetic DNA breakthrough
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The rate of information growth is now so vast that in a century the planet could end up being just one giant datacenter, so we need new ways to store huge volumes of data cheaply and easily. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential...
In a world first researchers created a digital cell that grows like the real thing
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF By digitising biology in this way it means one day we will be able to create and test new cures for all kinds of diseases at digital speed. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read...
Researchers have found a way to create universal donor organs
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People can wait years for donor transplants and this will cut waiting times significantly. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. While new emerging technologies such...
Brain scans from a dying patient shows flash of memories in last moments of life
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Very little is known about death itself especially people’s last moments and this accident provides fascinating insights. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Have you...
The WHO endorses the use of the world’s first Malaria vaccine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Malaria is the world’s biggest killer, and now there’s a malaria vaccine that will help reduce its death toll … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my...
Sci-fi like gadget lets blind people see using infra red and loose the cane
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New technologies, new sensors, and new things help people with disabilities do new things in new ways … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch a keynote, or browse my blog. Virtual...
A lab accident might have just solved the global anti-biotics crisis
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Anti-biotic resistance is now a global threat of pandemic proportions according to the WHO but a lab mistake might have just found a solution … Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech...
New Reverse Vaccines train the immune system to stop attacking itself
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Your body attacks all sorts of things it should like itself, or pollen, or blood clotting agents and so on, this new treatment stops it doing that and could change medicine. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses...
Doctors sequenced a entire human genome in five hours with breakthrough new machine
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ability to quickly and cheaply analyse patients DNA and genomes for disease will save lives and help doctors treat patients faster. Love the Exponential Future? Join our XPotential Community, future proof yourself with courses from XPotential University, read about exponential tech and trends, connect, watch...
