The Return of Moores Law (and Other Amazing Developments)

Published: June 14, 2017, 11:30 p.m.

b'Phil and Stephen discuss recent positive breakthroughs from a number of fields\\n\\nNew Cancer Drug Is So Effective Against Tumors, the FDA Approved It Immediately\\n\\nA small but significant new study is blowing experts away after it found that a particular cancer drug overwhelmingly helped shrink or eradicate tumors in patients whose cancer had resisted every other form of treatment.\\n\\nAn IBM Breakthrough Ensures Silicon Will Keep Shrinking\\n\\nToday, an IBM-led group of researchers have detailed a breakthrough transistor design, one that will enable processors to continue their Moore\\u2019s Law march toward smaller, more affordable iterations.\\xa0\\n\\nNew \\u201cInstantly Rechargeable\\u201d Battery Deals a Fatal Blow to Fossil Fuels\\n\\nPurdue researchers have developed technology for an \\u201cinstantly rechargeable\\u201d battery that is affordable, environmentally friendly, and safe. Currently, electric vehicles need charging ports in convenient locations to be viable, but this battery technology would allow drivers of hybrid and electric vehicles to charge up much like drivers of conventional cars refill quickly and easily at gas stations.\\n\\nAI Learns How to Create Human Faces From Scratch\\n\\nThere\\u2019s nothing more popular in the science and technology world today than artificial intelligence (AI). With companies like Google now pushing an \\u201cAI-first\\u201d policy, not to mention AlphaGo\\u2019s show of dominance against the best Go players we humans could come up with, it\\u2019s pretty clear that AI is here to stay \\u2013 and rise.\\n\\nWT 313-622'