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- The world’s first large scale Hydrogen engine starts generating electricityEarth and energy
- Researchers use AI and known genetic codes to create revolutionary new Pandemic vaccinesBiotech and enhanced humans
- Cybercriminals unleash the world’s first AI-powered self-replicating BotnetSecurity and privacy
- MIT manage to 3D print a complete working motor with moving partsIndustry and manufacturing
- Researchers demonstrate quantum information cloning is possible in world firstSecurity and privacy
- Humanoid robots get first outing on Ukraines front linesRobotics
- Long range US X-Ray vision system sees threats from a mile awaySecurity and privacy
- Russian soliders surrender to Ukrainian gun totting robot in a world firstSecurity and privacy
- RentAHuman Lets AI Agents Rent Human Bodies in World FirstConnected society
- World first as paralysed man feels the world through another persons bodyBiotech and enhanced humans
- Alibaba slashes AI training GPUs by 82 percent in world firstComputing
- First of a kind AI that gives data owners full control of their data emergesAI and intelligence
- China unveils the world’s first anti-drone barrage weapon to counter drone swarmsRobotics
- MIT’s new SEAL AI edits, evolves, and boosts its own intelligenceAI and intelligence
- World first after an AI in Austria successfully applies to go to art collegeAI and intelligence
- An unhinged AI Bot just pumped a crap crypto memecoin to $657 MillionAI and intelligence
- In a world first two people communicate with one another via their dreamsAI and intelligence
- World’s first AI physiotherapy run clinic sees stellar resultsBiotech and enhanced humans
- The world’s first dogfight between an AI and a human pilot has taken placeRobotics
- World’s first drug that regrows teeth to be tried in humansBiotech and enhanced humans
- World’s first algae based bio-circular datacenter launches in FranceEarth and energy
- This first of a kind URL based malware attack evades all cyber defensesSecurity and privacy
- Researchers have created the first ever graphene semiconductorComputing
- Researchers use CRISPR extinction gene tech to render viruses harmlessBiotech and enhanced humans
- Chinese scientists store data in the world’s first unhackable 3D printed materialSecurity and privacy
- The worlds first slime robot can go places that no other robot can travelRobotics
- In a world first this organism has 50 percent synthetic DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- These programmable DNA nanobots can make new things and replicate infinitelyIndustry and manufacturing
- In a world first laser beams have been deflected by just airEarth and energy
- This brainwave reading wearable can predict strokes before they happenBiotech and enhanced humans
- The EU’s Carbon Border Tax is a world first for sustainable global manufacturingIndustry and manufacturing
- In a world first scientists have observed the creation of matter from lightEarth and energy
- Toyota invents new Large Behaviour Model AI to accelerate robot learningRobotics
- BAE’s torpedo dropping drone is a world firstSecurity and privacy
- Two US lawyers just got fined for using ChatGPT to generate fake court casesAI and intelligence
- Coaching for Performance Runners – A Synthetic Book by Caiden Griffin Aged 10Articles
- Your level of stress can now be measured using a simple palm worn smart tattooBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers replace blood tests with a 5 second pulse of light to detect MalariaBiotech and enhanced humans
- Chinese scientists unveil the world’s first tough, flexible ceramic with multiple applicationsIndustry and manufacturing
- Rolls Royce successfully runs a converted aircraft engine on HydrogenEarth and energy
- The world’s first tunnel dug by an autonomous robot swarm was just completed in the UKRobotics
- NASA successfully tests the world’s first inflatable heat shieldSpace
- NASA successfully tests the world’s first inflatable heat shieldSpace
- First trials of lab grown blood cells for Sickle Cell patients starts in the UKBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists have created a new smart material that’s more AI than materialAI and intelligence
- Scientists cram millions of years of evolution into months with chromosome level re-engineeringBiotech and enhanced humans
- Record breaking US military test takes beaming energy long distance to a new levelEarth and energy
- Russia becomes the worlds first country to use hypersonic weapons in war timeSecurity and privacy
- World first as Chinese researchers power a high speed MAGLEV train wirelesslyEarth and energy
- In a world first researchers created a digital cell that grows like the real thingBiotech and enhanced humans
- UK to create a complete digital twin of its power grid to improve performanceEarth and energy
- World’s first WiFi 7 demo shows of blazing fast next gen speedsConnected society
- The world’s first commercial quantum network is being built in LondonConnected society
- In a world first doctors use VR to help parents visualise their child’s surgeryVirtual worlds
- In a world first Chinese hackers spoofed biometric authentication systems to steal $76 MillionSecurity and privacy
- Volvo uses the world’s first green steel to make itself a dump truckIndustry and manufacturing
- MotoGP stands up the world’s first ultra-fast standalone 5G broadcasting systemConnected society
- In a world first patent officials in South Africa credited an AI as an inventorAI and intelligence
- Energy free aerogels help scientists turn air into clean waterIndustry and manufacturing
- The world’s first satellite that can be re-programmed in orbit heads to final assemblySpace
- Digital humans that sign make more content accessible to the deaf communityAI and intelligence
- Worlds first oblique detention engine could unlock Mach 17 aircraftTransport and mobility
- IBM pushes the boundaries and unveils the world’s first 2nm computer chipComputing
- World’s first handheld neutron detector detects bombs and nuclear material in real timeEarth and energy
- NASA students show off the world’s first 3D printed rocket padIndustry and manufacturing
- Material that harvests electricity directly from 5G signals ushers in the “Internet of Electricity”Earth and energy
- David Attenborough backs new technology that can recycle all plasticsEarth and energy
- Australian firm unveils the world’s first Hydrogen battery to power homesEarth and energy
- In a world first an AI just made it’s own synthetic human genomeBiotech and enhanced humans
- First of a kind prototoype Russian TV ditches the plug to go fully wirelessEarth and energy
- Designers unveil the world’s first hydrogen powered superyachtEarth and energy
- Singapore becomes the first country in the world to approve lab made meat for saleIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists show off the world’s first 3D printed mini human heartBiotech and enhanced humans
- China launches the world’s first 6G satelliteConnected society
- TCL shows off the world’s first sideways rolling TVIndustry and manufacturing
- South Park creators announce the world’s first DeepFake sattire TV showAI and intelligence
- University researchers unveil the world’s first portable MRI machineEarth and energy
- Blind patient regains sight after world’s first in vivo gene editing trial goes without a hitchBiotech and enhanced humans
- Raytheon unveils the world’s first 3D printed guided missileIndustry and manufacturing
- Bespoke 45 carat lab grown diamond ring designed by Jony Ive sells at auctionIndustry and manufacturing
- Novel bio-ink lets doctors 3D print human organs directly into patients bodiesIndustry and manufacturing
- World first as scientists link biological and artificial neurons together in a networkBiotech and enhanced humans
- A satellite just serviced another satellite in space for the first time everRobotics
- World first after Chinese scientists use CRISPR gene editing to erase fearful memories from ratsBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first after scientists create artificial cells that react to their environmentBiotech and enhanced humans
- German scientists just created the world’s first self-replicating synthetic cellsBiotech and enhanced humans
- A revolutionary AI built by MIT just discovered a new powerful antibiotic drugAI and intelligence
- World’s first fully pilotless commercial aircraft takes off from FranceTransport and mobility
- Uber’s breakthrough problem solving AI learns by creating then solving its own problemsAI and intelligence
- MojoVision unveil the world’s first augmented reality contact lensVirtual worlds
- Russia becomes the first country in the world to deploy hypersonic weaponsSecurity and privacy
- The world’s first living robots were created by an AI and a supercomputerRobotics
- First of a kind attack as criminals clone a CEO’s voice and con UK energy firm out of $243,000Security and privacy
- BigRep unveil the world’s first fully 3D printed electric carIndustry and manufacturing
- HyperStealth demonstrate the world’s first viable invisibility cloakIndustry and manufacturing
- A hydrogen powered drone just made an epic ocean crossingTransport and mobility
- Indian surgeon completes world’s first remote robotic human heart surgeryRobotics
- 4D Bio-Printing emerges to help scientists print better human organsIndustry and manufacturing
- World first as astronauts 3D print beef in spaceIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists develop the world’s first infinitely recyclable plasticIndustry and manufacturing
- World first as Google achieves Quantum Supremacy, but IBM tries to spoil the partyComputing
- An AI learned to surf and use tools after playing 500 million games of hide and seekAI and intelligence
- World’s first vaccine entirely designed by an AI heads to human trialsAI and intelligence
- Vodafone combines 5G and haptics to let rugby players 100 miles apart tackle each otherVirtual worlds
- World first after researchers create an AI made of glassAI and intelligence
- Endel becomes the world’s first music AI to be signed by a major record labelAI and intelligence
- New material could generate an infinite amount of energy from the coldness of spaceEarth and energy
- World first as Chinese scientists use plasma to create tiny sci-fi light sabresEarth and energy
- World’s first batteryless bluetooth sensor harvests energy from the airEarth and energy
- Synthetic lifeforms closer to reality after AI creates world’s first synthetic genomeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists have created a living material that has the three signs of lifeIndustry and manufacturing
- World’s first autonomous robot completes its journey inside the human bodyRobotics
- World’s first book written entirely by an AI is a real thrillerAI and intelligence
- Researchers unveil the world’s first programable DNA computer prototypeComputing
- Dutch firm unveils the world’s first autonomous self-balancing energy grid for EV’sEarth and energy
- World first as Google DeepMind’s AI crushes the world’s top Starcraft playersAI and intelligence
- A US start up has created the world’s first fully autonomous vertical farmRobotics
- Scientists built an 8 base pair DNA double helix with potential to create new lifeformsBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as nanobots get to work choking cancers to deathRobotics
- Woebot, the World’s first AI counsellor, manages 2 million conversations a weekRobotics
- World first as Chinese surgeon performs remote robotic surgery across a 5G networkRobotics
- World first as scientists use tractor beams to make objects danceEarth and energy
- Aleph Farms serves up the world’s first lab grown steakIndustry and manufacturing
- Hyundai unveils the worlds first car with a solar power panoramic roofTransport and mobility
- World first as scientists re-grow a frogs amputated leg using a “silk bioreactor”Biotech and enhanced humans
- This million core neuromorphic computer simulates a whole mouse brainComputing
- Worldwide surveillance, Hawkeye satellites use radio to track illegal shippingSecurity and privacy
- The UK’s new Quantum Compass makes GPS satellites obsoleteTransport and mobility
- Triton’s $48million submarine takes the super rich to the bottom of the deepest oceanTransport and mobility
- China debuts the world’s first AI news anchorRobotics
- A portrait created by an AI just sold at Christies for $432,000AI and intelligence
- Singapore, the world leader in education, bans all student rankingsConnected society
- Three people played Tetris telepathically together in world firstAI and intelligence
- Virgin Atlantic completes world’s first biofuel trans Atlantic flightEarth and energy
- Researchers 3D print human corneas in world firstIndustry and manufacturing
- World first as scientists just turn human blood cells into human eggsBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as Japanese rovers relay incredible photos from distant ancient asteroidSpace
- World’s first AI government policy maker gives China a diplomatic advantageAI and intelligence
- Estonia becomes the world’s first virtual nation capable of rebooting itselfConnected society
- World’s first space elevator hitches a ride to the ISS to begin first trialsSpace
- World’s first digital teacher starts work teaching kids about energyAI and intelligence
- IBM injected a virus into a neural net to create an undetectable cyberweaponSecurity and privacy
- Artificial General Intelligence is here, DeepMind unveils its Impala AGIAI and intelligence
- Scientists have 3D printed the world’s first physical neural networkAI and intelligence
- Scientists created a DNA Neural Network and the world’s first “test tube AI”AI and intelligence
- Revolutionary injectable brain implant restores mobility in paralysed patientsBiotech and enhanced humans
- This is the world’s first 3D printed carbon fiber bikeIndustry and manufacturing
- BMW and MIT create the world’s first 3D printed inflatable materialIndustry and manufacturing
- General AI, the “holy grail” of AI, demonstrated for the first timeAI and intelligence
- Editing living memories demonstrated for the first timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- Scientists turned live bacteria into the world’s first biological computerComputing
- Scientists stored a movie inside a living bacteria, then replayed itComputing
- Scientists successfully transferred memories between two snailsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers record first ever HD movies of cells moving through the living bodyBiotech and enhanced humans
- The world’s first Quantum blockchain is a “quantum time machine”Connected society
- Creative AI’s generate video from plain textAI and intelligence
- World’s first stem cell bone tissue transplant is a successBiotech and enhanced humans
- Ultrasound on a smartphone, Butterfly Network release the iQBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as Waymo’s self-driving taxi service opens to the publicTransport and mobility
- World’s first crystal robot goes for a walkRobotics
- World first as scientists created the world’s first DNA storage file systemComputing
- World’s first DNA robots successfully move and deliver molecule sized cargoRobotics
- China launches the world’s first fully electric cargo shipTransport and mobility
- World first as scientists manage to make carbon fiber using plants, not oilIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists use sound tornadoes to create the world’s biggest tractor beamIndustry and manufacturing
- The world’s first molecular robots go to work on the production lineIndustry and manufacturing
- LG unveils their giant rollable 65 inch and 88 inch Crystal Sound OLED TV’sIndustry and manufacturing
- Scientists have created the world’s first wormhole in a labEarth and energy
- Researchers unveil the world’s first complete silicon quantum chip designComputing
- The US Military just put out a contract for the world’s first flying aircraft carriersSecurity and privacy
- DeepMind unveils the world’s first test to assess dangerous AI’s and algorithmsSecurity and privacy
- First of a kind AI malware learns and mimics its target systems behaviours to prevent detectionSecurity and privacy
- World’s first ultrasound 3D printer prints and assembles electronics in situIndustry and manufacturing
- World’s first liquid transistor could usher in a new era of liquid computersComputing
- World first as drones and robots plant, tend and harvest their own cropsRobotics
- World first as Qualcomm shows off the world’s first 5G to mobile data linkConnected society
- World’s first fully autonomous freight train goes for a spin in AustraliaTransport and mobility
- World’s first intercontinental Quantum Internet link goes live, hosts video conferenceSecurity and privacy
- World’s first autonomous robot Dentist implants two teeth into a patientRobotics
- World first as AI and Blockchain come together to boost “Robot Intelligence”AI and intelligence
- World’s first autonomous cargo ship to enter service in 2018Transport and mobility
- Russia reportedly re-activates autonomous “Deadhand” AI, plugs it into nuclear arsenalAI and intelligence
- Tech giants team up to create the world’s first Deep Learning standardAI and intelligence
- World’s first holographic smartphone makes its debutVirtual worlds
- South Korea introduces the world’s first “Robot Tax”Robotics
- The world’s first AI produced music album breaks coverAI and intelligence
- World first as researchers hack a computer using modified DNASecurity and privacy
- Researchers unveil the world’s first battery free phoneEarth and energy
- Scientists have built the world’s first biological ‘teleporter’Biotech and enhanced humans
- World first as Chinese scientists teleport particles 300km into spaceConnected society
- Russian researchers have created a ‘Quantum safe’ blockchainComputing
- World first as scientists create the first Black Hole on EarthEarth and energy
- World first, Dubai announces it will 3D print an 80 storey skyscraper in 2020Industry and manufacturing
- CaliBurger rolls out the world’s first burger flipping robotRobotics
- World first as scientists turn your DNA into a disease fighting computerBiotech and enhanced humans
- Cray prepares to ship the world’s first ARM powered supercomputerComputing
- Healthcare breakthrough turns bacteria into cyborgs and drug factoriesBiotech and enhanced humans
- A river in New Zealand was just granted human rights to protect it from pollutionEarth and energy
- Hyperloop One have built the world’s first Hyperloop test trackTransport and mobility
- World first as two quantum computers go head to headComputing
- These new Adidas trainers are made entirely from up-cycled ocean plasticIndustry and manufacturing
- World’s first flying taxi service will start operations in Dubai this summerTransport and mobility
- Two world firsts as researchers hack an unhackable quantum networkSecurity and privacy
- Scientists publish a breakthrough architecture for the world’s first Quantum ComputerComputing
- British Aerospace unveils the world’s first laser deflector shield conceptSecurity and privacy
- World first as scientists use synthetic stem cells to repair a damaged heartBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as Norway turns off FM radio and goes digital onlyConnected society
- QuirkLogic’s new E-Ink whiteboard is a giant kindle for your officeIndustry and manufacturing
- Seahorse’s genome sequenced for the first time, unlocks weird mysteriesEarth and energy
- World first as scientists sequence the genome of the Ash treeEarth and energy
- France opens the worlds first solar panel road to the publicEarth and energy
- In a world first scientists have reversed ageing in miceBiotech and enhanced humans
- UK approves designer babies and the first will be born in 2017Biotech and enhanced humans
- IBM opens the worlds first commercial Cyber RangeSecurity and privacy
- Accidental discovery pauses life and puts embryos into suspended animationBiotech and enhanced humans
- Sweden wants to become the worlds first cashless societyConnected society
- Scientists have created the worlds first artificial neuronBiotech and enhanced humans
- Chinese researchers trial the worlds first cancer vaccine on humansBiotech and enhanced humans
- China claims new anti-stealth radar systems neutralise stealthSecurity and privacy
- US Navy stands up the worlds first fully autonomous drone squadronRobotics
- Dubai to build the worlds first Hyperloop network by 2021Transport and mobility
- Google AIs learnt how to encrypt their communications to stop people spying on themAI and intelligence
- Harvard puts a 3D printed Heart on a Chip to make drug testing saferBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as Otto’s self driving truck delivers much needed beer in ColoradoTransport and mobility
- World first as AI “Judge” succesfully predicts the outcomes of 79% of cases in the European CourtAI and intelligence
- World first as Microsofts speech recognition software becomes as accurate as humansAI and intelligence
- Scientists petition the UN to create a sovereign space nationSpace
- World first as a brain chip implant helps paralyzed man feel againBiotech and enhanced humans
- From line to plate, Tuna gets its own blockchainConnected society
- World first as Lockheeds autonomous submarine launches an autonomous droneSecurity and privacy
- World first as virtual reality helps legally blind man see for the first timeBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as US Marines 3D print their own ammunitionSecurity and privacy
- Worlds first designer baby is born in Mexico and has three parentsBiotech and enhanced humans
- Komatsu unveils its 250 ton autonomous dump truck for strip minesTransport and mobility
- New programmable material breakthrough lets plastic flowers bloomIndustry and manufacturing
- Autonomous Roboats to sail the canals of AmsterdamTransport and mobility
- World’s largest DDoS attack tops 1TbpsSecurity and privacy
- Japanese company Spread set to open worlds first fully autonomous farm in 2017Robotics
- New Graphene breakthrough reverses paralysisBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as researchers observe atoms interactingEarth and energy
- Researchers cut HIV genes out of living cells using CRISPRBiotech and enhanced humans
- World first as surgeons use a robot to operate inside the eyeRobotics
- New breakthrough helps drug addicts forget they were addictedBiotech and enhanced humans
- Researchers find evidence that ancestors memories are passed down in DNABiotech and enhanced humans
- China launches worlds first unhackable Quantum communications satelliteSecurity and privacy
- Robot surgeon STAR bests its human counterparts in world firstRobotics
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