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Half a billion diabetics lose foot sensation. The solution? A sock with sensors, AI and electrodes that bypasses damaged nerves. It's called Leia, arrives in 2027 and could prevent thousands of amputations.

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#futuroprossimo #health
Leia, an AI sock that restores sense of touch to diabetics.
A quarter of a billion diabetics lose feeling in their feet. The solution? A sock with a chip and sensors sewn into it.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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I delfini in Florida si spiaggiano confusi come anziani persi. Studio conferma: Alzheimer da alghe tossiche. Cervelli pieni di placche, 2.900 volte più neurotossine. Miami è la città più colpita al mondo.

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#futuroprossimo #salute
Delfini malati in Florida: è Alzheimer causato dall’uomo
Si spiaggiano confusi come anziani persi. Studio conferma: delfini con Alzheimer da alghe tossiche. Miami è la città più colpita al mondo.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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This 8-gram clip turns any pen into a motivational tracker. Colored LEDs, digital avatar, real-time feedback. Kokuyo gamifies studying for adults and it actually works.

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#futuroprossimo #IoT
The smart pen that makes you study like a video game
Kokuyo applies IoT to writing: colorful LEDs, digital avatars, and motivational cards. Procrastination becomes more difficult.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Former OpenAI researcher maps AI 2027 scenario: from clumsy digital assistants to superintelligence in 30 months. Programming becomes obsolete by March 2027. Two possible endings.

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#futuroprossimo #AI #2027
AI, superintelligence in 2027: a scenario that worries experts
2027, the turning point: when AI will begin to improve itself. The report sparking a buzz in Silicon Valley.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Bavaria: vertical solar panels float on lake, producing energy all day long. World's first plant cuts grid consumption by 60%, zero environmental impact.

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#futuroprossimo #verticalSolar
Germany inaugurates the world's first vertical floating solar power plant
The first vertical floating solar plant debuts in Bavaria: panels positioned upright on the water produce energy from morning until night.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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An AI detector accused 6,000 students of cheating with AI. Many were innocent. Six months to prove it, careers blocked. The university knew it was faulty but kept using the tool anyway.

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#futuroprossimo #AI
University uses AI to counter copycats, but launches thousands of false accusations.
The AI ​​that was supposed to catch cheaters actually cheated: thousands of false accusations against students. The paradox was served after a six-month wait.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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TIME awards the non-browning banana: CRISPR gene editing fights food waste. Stays yellow even after cutting. Coming in 2026.

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#futuroprossimo #CRISPR
TIME Awards 'Non-GMO' GMO Banana That Never Turns Black
Tropic's gene-edited GMO banana wins TIME 2025: it stays yellow after cutting and reduces waste by 25%. Commercial launch in 2026.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Low-dose radiotherapy for knee osteoarthritis: 70% improvement rate, zero toxicity. Study on 114 patients confirms that between pills and prosthetics there's a third option. Six sessions reduce pain significantly.

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#futuroprossimo #arthritis
New radiotherapy for osteoarthritis: surprising results
Therapeutic radiation works against osteoarthritis: doses less than 5% of oncological doses reduce knee joint pain.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Three-meter stone camels carved 12,000 years ago in the desert: not art, but survival maps. 176 monumental engravings marked water when Arabia was a green oasis.

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#futuroprossimo #rockart
Rock Art: Giant Survival Maps Found
Monumental rock art reveals how nomads survived: carvings as tall as buildings marked water sources in the desert.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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Type A kidney turned into type O. Transplanted without rejection. The wait could be over.

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#futuroprossimo #medicine
First time in the world: blood type changed in one kidney
A kidney's blood type was converted before transplantation. Success rate for 48 hours, mild reaction on day three. A breakthrough is possible.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Children born in 2025 will never witness a car crash. Autonomous vehicles will reduce deaths by 99.4%. They'll grow up expecting absolute safety in everything.

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#futuroprossimo #selfdriving
Those born in 2025 will experience a world without road accidents.
Zero accidents by 2040: autonomous vehicles will eliminate 40.000 deaths per year. A generation will grow up fearless of the road.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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An immunome test analyzes one million cells and assigns a score to immune health. It finds hidden diseases. Predicts who will get sick. Before symptoms appear.

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#futuroprossimo #immunome
Immunoma: A Map of Your Health with a Single Test
The immunome is a complete map of the immune system. A test evaluates it and detects hidden diseases before they become a problem.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Caira hooks to iPhone and rewrites shots with Nano Banana: wine glass turns to water, light shifts in a blink. Pro lenses on smartphone, ethical brakes on deepfakes. A tool that speeds creation, blurs truths.

#futuroprossimo #AIPhotography

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Caira: the AI ​​camera that instantly edits reality
Caira uses Nano Banana to change photos in real time: lights, colors, objects, all on the fly. Reality becomes opinion.
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October 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Ocean-2, a sphere harnessing waves for clean energy, battles the hostile sea. Panthalassa dreams of terawatt grids, but algae and costs laugh. Will it succeed?

#futuroprossimo #waveenergy

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Ocean-2, low-cost electricity from waves
A bizarre sphere sails across Puget Sound: it's not a UFO, but Panthalassa's Ocean-2, which transforms waves into clean energy, defying rust and marine life.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Glasses with carbon nanotube sensors detect fatigue by monitoring eyelids. 74% accuracy. Could save lives of truck drivers, pilots and surgeons before they fall asleep at the wheel.

#futuroprossimo #technology

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Anti-fatigue glasses: the technology that saves you
Think you're still alert? Your eyes say otherwise. New smart glasses detect fatigue before you realize it.
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October 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Chronic stress strips sugar molecules from neurons. When St3gal1 enzyme fails, synapses destabilize and depression follows. Not serotonin: it's protein glycosylation. Korean study in Science Advances.

#futuroprossimo #neuroscience

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Chronic Stress-Related Depression: Molecular Mechanism Revealed
Chronic stress, depression, and a missing sugar: scientists discover it's not just serotonin. It's deeper biochemistry.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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In the 80s electronics was colorful and bold. Today everything is gray, black, identical. Industrial design collapsed into minimalism. Don Norman: "We prioritized aesthetics over usability". The result? Perfect but soulless objects.

#futuroprossimo #design

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Industrial Design Is Dead: Why Electronics Became Boring
Apple changed everything: from the triumph of color to the reign of gray. Industrial design collapsed. And it's never going back.
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October 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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AI economy promises trillions but fires workers today. Universal basic income would cost $3 trillion yearly. White-collar jobs fall first. Something doesn't add up in this equation.

#futuroprossimo #AI

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AI Economy: Why Basic Income May Not Be Enough
40% of jobs will disappear with the AI ​​economy. Universal income would cost $3 trillion a year. Something doesn't add up.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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EZH2 silences the wrong genes and transforms normal cells into metastases. But drugs that block it already exist. Clinical trials underway for triple-negative breast cancer.

#futuroprossimo #oncology

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EZH2, the switch to metastasis has been found
The EZH2 enzyme modifies DNA without harming it. It silences the wrong genes and transforms normal cells into unstoppable metastases.
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October 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The universe has memory: quantum cells record every event at Planck scale. IBM tests show 90% accuracy. We're in the third cosmic cycle, less than ten remain. Real age: 62 billion years.

#futuroprossimo #quantum

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October 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Study of 21,000 patients: hypertension kills more than diabetes in fatty liver patients. Death risk +40% vs +25%. High blood pressure is the silent killer we were underestimating.

#futuroprossimo #fattyliver

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New study reveals the true killers of fatty liver disease
Fatty liver: Discovered that hypertension is the number one killer, not diabetes. Each additional risk factor increases the risk of death by 15%.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Science moved old age to 75, but nobody seems to know. Today's 65-year-olds run marathons and manage companies. Yet we still call them "elderly". An empty convention that ignores biology.

#futuroprossimo #longevity

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Senior Citizenship is a Convention (and It's Time to Change It)
Today's over-65s are as fit as 55-year-olds were 40 years ago. Yet we treat them like old people. Old age needs to be redefined.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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A space cargo vehicle orbiting for 5 years. When needed, it descends and lands anywhere in 60 minutes. Inversion Space's Arc promises global deliveries from orbit.

#futuroprossimo #space

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Arc: Space cargo with 60-minute delivery anywhere
Inversion Space presents Arc: a space cargo vehicle that descends from orbit and lands precisely in under 60 minutes. First delivery in 2026.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Four jets, baby face, and the first stable flight of a humanoid robot. iRonCub3 is real: 70 kg, turbines at 800 degrees, and a future in extreme rescue. IIT Genoa made a humanoid fly. Until it catches fire.

#futuroprossimo #robotics

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Four jets and a baby face: iRonCub flies
After 10 years of development, iRonCub has taken flight in Genoa. It is the first humanoid robot with working jet propulsion.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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MIT unveils AlterEgo: neural interface reading muscle signals when you mentally articulate words. 92% accuracy, zero surgery. Silent communication without opening your mouth.

#futuroprossimo #neurotechnology

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MIT's AlterEgo: Speaking Without Opening Your Mouth Is Real
Speaking without a voice is possible: the MIT neural interface reads speaking intention through muscles. 90% accuracy.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM