If your boss offered to implant a chip in your hand to replace that clumsy ID badge dangling around your neck on a cord, would you do it? Employees of the Swedish company Epicenter are offered the option of the implant to replace key fobs and other security devices. The implant, the size of a...
Author: Gerald Celente
Better artificial photosynthesis
At the University of Central Florida, researchers have found a way to re-create photosynthesis, the basic process of plant life, in a synthetic material. The group built a photoreactor, a structure in which light causes chemical reactions. Their reactor was a framework of titanium – a common, nontoxic metal – infused with organic molecules that...
Blinding boomers! Artificial retinas can save your sight
In the US alone, more than 20 million people lose part of or all their vision from failure of retinas – the layer of cells at the back of the eyeball that reacts to light and sends messages to the brain that we’re seeing something. Until now, research has created crude versions of artificial retinas...
Trump’s budget. Military wins. Will economy grow?
With great fanfare, but lacking fine details, President Donald Trump sent his budget to Congress last week, much of which closely mirrored what he said he would deliver when he was a contestant in the race for the White House. On the campaign trail, candidate Trump promised, “We’re going to build our military bigger, better,...
As forecast: Antibiotics resistance a crisis
Feeling down, can’t get it up? Got back pain, a pain in the neck? Got the sniffles, sore throat, tooth ache? Don’t worry, just turn on the TV! Supersaturated with uplifting drug commercials of chirping birds and lovers frolicking down the path toward eternal happiness, there’s a pill for every ill. Ignore the litany of...
Gerald Celente’s Ireland Retreat
Global forecaster Gerald Celente and his Trends Research Institute invite you to “Find Your Future In Trends,” a weeklong conference in magnificent Galway, Ireland, set along a majestic coastline along Galway Bay. This dynamic, inspiring conference will explore a series of powerful trends unfolding worldwide and how they directly affect your quality of life, bottom...
Speaking of heart disease
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic report success in using sounds in people’s voices to determine whether they have heart disease. The team already has identified vocal markers for autism and Parkinson’s disease. The sound characteristics are spotted by a software program developed by the Israeli company Beyond Verbal. Speech patterns are analyzed by computer algorithms...
Thinking out loud: Thoughts that speak?
A woman suffering from the degenerative ALS disease and no longer able to move or speak is now operating a speech computer with her thoughts. Researchers at Utrecht University’s medical center implanted electrodes in the woman’s brain. The electrodes are placed in the brain’s area that would control the woman’s finger movements. Individual letters are...
Green energy grows jobs
States with strong green energy industries are more attractive to major employers, according to a new report called Corporate Clean Energy Procurement Index: State Leadership & Rankings. The study was commissioned by the US Retail Industry Leaders Association and the Information Technology Industry Council. The idea was to rank the 50 US states according to...
Artificial intelligence in a box
Chip-maker Nvidia has unveiled the DGX-1 supercomputer that, it says, trains artificial intelligence (AI) systems faster and cheaper than its competitors. The computer is the size of a large suitcase and puts together deep-learning software with eight sophisticated processing chips. At $129,000, it’s not cheap but dozens of users – including financial services firms and...