The Diginauts

The Diginauts


Diginauts 0018 — Musk’s New Neuralink Venture, Bleached Coral Reefs, Artificial Synapses

April 14, 2017

* segment 1, Top of Mind — Neuralink: Elon Musk doesn’t have enough companies yet, so he’s starting a new one to explore connecting human brains with computers.
* segment 2, Future File — Synthetic Synapses: A team at the National Center for Scientific Research has created a “memristor,” a first step in artificial brains.
* segment 3, Juris Prudent — Patents Versus Ownership Rights:  The Supreme Court is deciding whether companies can continue to maintain control over the use of their products, even after you buy them.  Lexmark doesn’t want you to reuse your printer cartridges via third-party suppliers, and we discuss the precedent that might set.
* segment 4,  Let’s Dig Some More:  In Deron’s Official Omnibus Offering of Mother Earth Dispatches, the Great Barrier Reef is terminally ill.  Stories of robots replacing bricklayers, contractors, pizza delivery folk, financial corporate officers, and even lawyers and creative directors.

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