30th December 2020

Boston Dynamics' robots dance to "Do you love me"

Boston Dynamics, already well known for its cutting-edge robotics technology, has released a new video in which its latest machines can be seen dancing to the classic song "Do You Love Me" by the Contours.

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25th December 2020

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2021!

Future Timeline would like to wish our readers a merry Christmas and all the best for 2021!

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24th December 2020

World's first robotic kitchen goes on sale

Following six years of research and testing, a British technology company has officially launched what it claims to be the world's most advanced domestic robot.

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22nd December 2020

2063 – China is carbon neutral

By 2063, China has fully transformed its energy system and is carbon neutral.

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20th December 2020

Lab-made milk could replace dairy cows

A new startup company is creating lab-made dairy that it claims is indistinguishable from natural dairy.

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18th December 2020

Milestone towards a viable quantum internet

Scientists at Fermilab in the U.S. have demonstrated, for the first time, sustained and long-distance teleportation of qubits of photons with fidelity greater than 90%.

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15th December 2020

Thymus built from human stem cells

A human thymus rebuilt using stem cells and a bioengineered scaffold has been demonstrated by researchers in London.

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13th December 2020

Mass of human-made materials now equals the planet's biomass

We are doubling the mass of the human-made, "anthropogenic" part of the world every 20 years. The entire planet Earth could be converted to human uses within the next several centuries if this trend continues.

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10th December 2020

Europe's largest vertical farm will have 1,000-tonne annual capacity

The first phase of construction on Europe's largest vertical farm has been completed. It stands 14 levels high in a 7,000 square metre facility on the outskirts of Denmark's capital.

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7th December 2020

Radishes grown in space for first time

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have collected the first harvest of radishes grown on the station.

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6th December 2020

27,000 AD – The Arecibo message arrives at M13

An interstellar radio message, beamed from Earth in 1974, is finally reaching its destination.

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5th December 2020

China claims quantum supremacy

Chinese researchers claim to have achieved quantum supremacy, using a 76-qubit system, which performed calculations at 100 trillion times the speed of classical supercomputers.

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3rd December 2020

2020 in top three warmest years

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports that 2020 is among the three warmest years on record, at 1.2 °C above the pre-industrial level. There is at least a one in five chance of temporarily exceeding 1.5 °C by 2024.

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1st December 2020

Quantum coherence times, 2000-2040

Coherence times in quantum computing have increased by orders of magnitude since the early 2000s. If this exponential progress continues, coherence times measured in seconds or even minutes could be achieved in the near future.

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