LughMeta is rolling out a tool to track employees mouse movements, keystrokes, clicks, and screenshots, so that it provide data to model their AI replacements.
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Mechanical drills can't reach the deepest, hottest rocks for geothermal energy. Quaise Energy in Oregon says its non-contact drill that vaporizes rock can, potentially boosting energy efficiency 5-10X
Mechanical drills can't reach the deepest, hottest rocks for geothermal energy. Quaise Energy in Oregon says its non-contact drill that vaporizes rock can, potentially boosting energy efficiency 5-10X - Futurology Today
“Quaise uses a gyrotron, originally developed for fusion research at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, to produce millimeter-wave energy that ablates rock by vaporizing it with no mechanical contact. Last year, they drilled through 100+ meters of granite in Central Texas in the first field demonstration of the technology. This year, they’re targeting a kilometer, then eventually, 10-12 miles. At full depth, a single superhot well would produce 5-10x more power than a conventional geothermal well.” [https://www.notboring.co/p/weekly-dose-of-optimism-189] So far, geothermal energy’s potential has been limited by location. A small number of places on the planet, like Iceland, are naturally very well suited to it. Quaise aren’t the only people trying to reexamine geothermal by focusing on its fundamental constraints. In Texas, Fervo is exploring the use of existing oil drilling technology [https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/fervo-highlights-stable-operations-of-project-red-geothermal-project-after-600-days/] so that geothermal plants can be placed anywhere, not just “ideal” geological locations. Now Quaise is doing the same, but with a different approach. Fervo is drilling 2-5km deep. Quaise wants to tap 300–500°C rocks 15-20km down. Geothermal energy could be the key to 100% renewable grids. Even when solar & wind are overbuilt, the grid would still be vulnerable in winter, where weeks go by with low wind. In those circumstances, geothermal energy could be the ideal base load. So far, the constraints Quaise & Fervo are trying to fix have limited this. Quaise looks to advance ‘superhot’ geothermal power plant in Oregon [https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/quaise-superhot-geothermal-power-plant-oregon]
Living neurons in mouse brain tissue responded to signals from a printed electronic device exactly as they would to a biological neighbor, in a breakthrough from Northwestern University engineers.
Another sign of the coming extinction of gasoline cars. A Chinese firm launches solid-state EV batteries with twice the energy density of existing lithium battery tech.
Another sign of the coming extinction of gasoline cars. A Chinese firm launches solid-state EV batteries with twice the energy density of existing lithium battery tech. - Futurology Today
Solid-state batteries might not be cheaper at first. But once economies of scale from mass production efficiencies kick in, they will be. One thing that goes under-appreciated about EVs is that even though they are winning today against gas-cars on reliability and cheapness, they still have years of improvements and cost reductions ahead. By the 2030s, they will be vastly cheaper & better than fossil fuel cars. China is already making decent cars in the $10-15k price range; this battery tech will make that even easier. It’s also making these cars with good Level 3 self-driving tech. There is a vast unserved market in the Global South (& huge chunks of the Western world) for cars like this. The standard global car of the 2030s will be Chinese-made, an EV, self-driving & cost about $10,000. Anyone who still thinks gas cars have a future in this world is a dinosaur who can’t see that asteroid streaking through the sky & about to hit them. Solid-state EV batteries are coming sooner than expected after another breakthrough [https://electrek.co/2026/04/15/solid-state-ev-batteries-coming-sooner-than-expected/]
FuturologistChina shock 2.0: the flood of high-tech goods that will change the world.
Solid-state EV batteries are coming sooner than expected after another breakthrough
Just as world gasoline prices start to soar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia now manufacture enough solar panels to cheaply power 20 million EVs, six times their annual new car sales.
Just as world gasoline prices start to soar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia now manufacture enough solar panels to cheaply power 20 million EVs, six times their annual new car sales. - Futurology Today
These 4 countries now manufacture approximately. 40GW of solar panels per year. That’s enough to power around 20 million EVs (maths below). That’s far in excess of new car sales in those 4 countries, which come in at 3-4 million cars per year. The oil shock from the Middle East War has not hit the world economy yet. Pre-war deliveries & reserves are still keeping prices artificially low, but that won’t last much longer. $6/gallon oil is not far off. This is an acute economic crisis for SE Asia. There’s an alternative, and it won’t take long for more and more people to start joining the dots. If you make cheap power yourself for EVs - why stick with gas-cars? A prediction? By year’s end, new gas-car sales will be plummeting in country after country. China won’t be able to keep up with the export demand for new EVs. Southeast Asia’s Solar Panel Boom: It’s not just about China. The world is now benefiting from historically cheap solar panels made in Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia. [https://thediplomat.com/2026/04/southeast-asias-solar-panel-boom/] Maths - 40 GW × 20% capacity factor × 24 hours/day × 365 days/year = 70,080,000 MWh/year (70.08 TWh/year). Annual energy per EV: 12,000 miles × 0.3 kWh/mile = 3,600 kWh (3.6 MWh) per year. 70,080,000 MWh / 3.6 MWh per EV ≈ 19.4666666667 EVs
Ukraine’s Robots Capture Russian Position Without Soldiers or Losses; As with drones, the future of 21st century warfare is being invented by frontline conflict.
Ukraine’s Robots Capture Russian Position Without Soldiers or Losses; As with drones, the future of 21st century warfare is being invented by frontline conflict. - Futurology Today
For all the boasts the US’s AI military vendors make, I’m constantly struck by how few real-world achievements they have. They are battlefield tested in Gaza and Lebanon, but to what result? The mass destruction of civilian populations we see there looks exactly like WW2-era warfare. Now they want $445bn extra [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/03/defense-spending-trump-budget-proposal] for more of the same? What a waste. Meanwhile, with a tiny fraction of the budget & resources, it’s Ukraine that is inventing the future. Drones have already reconfigured 21st-century warfare. Once again, recent events in the Middle East have shown that. Now Ukraine is doing the same with robots. Some people find the idea of killer robots grim. But I’d rather see robots fight robots than WW2-style mass slaughter of civilians. Ukrainian robots capture enemy position without troops in historic first, Zelenskyy says [https://www.euractiv.com/news/ukrainian-robots-capture-enemy-position-without-troops-in-historic-first-zelenskyy-says/]