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We believe that everyone’s future can be richer, happier and more efficient<\/strong>. But you can’t embrace that future unless you take the first, most crucial step: being informed about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to The Tipping Point<\/a>, a regular post on Future Tech for people who don’t have enough time to read all the full news stories. Instead we shorten them, concentrate everything into one post, put that in your face, and you have to suck it. So let’s go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Weeks News!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

FOOD: You can finally buy Impossible Foods\u2019 meatless burger in grocery stores<\/a>
Vox<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If you\u2019re a fan of the cutting-edge meatless burgers produced by Impossible Foods, this is your lucky week: You\u2019ll soon be able to buy them in grocery stores and cook them at home. This Friday, they\u2019re hitting all 27 Gelson\u2019s Markets in Southern California, including in San Diego and Los Angeles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI: Artificial Intelligence Takes On Earthquake Prediction<\/a>
Quanta Magazine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a great long form read for anyone interested in AI. They go in depth on how they’re using AI to predict specific types of Earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“After successfully predicting laboratory earthquakes, a team of geophysicists has applied a machine learning algorithm to quakes in the Pacific Northwest.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COMPUTE: Xiaomi Mi Mix Alpha comes with wrap-around screen of dubious utility<\/a>
Android Police<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“You’ve heard of folding phones, but those are so yesterday. Xiaomi thinks it has something better up its sleeve. The Chinese company today introduced the Mi Mix Alpha, a surround-screen “concept” phone with a display that is only interrupted by a camera seam on the back of the device, which sports a 108MP sensor.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CRYPTO: Bitcoin to Be Accepted in More Than 25,000 New Locations in France
<\/a>Be In Crypto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Cryptocurrency adoption continues to expand in France. Several partner companies from the digital payment sector have planned to altogether equip 25,000 stores to begin accepting Bitcoin.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENERGY: Google makes world\u2019s biggest ever corporate renewables purchase<\/a>
Renew Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Internet giant Google has announced a massive 1.6GW renewable energy buy-up, comprising 18 mostly solar off-take deals that will double the capacity of the company\u2019s global solar portfolio to date and boost its entire renewable energy portfolio to 5.5GW.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ROBOTICS: Boston Dynamics Launches Official Spot Robot Dog<\/strong><\/a>
Boston Dynamics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A nimble robot that climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with unprecedented ease, yet is small enough to use indoors. Built to be a rugged and customisation platform, Spot autonomously accomplishes your industrial sensing and remote operation needs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spot has a top speed of 5.7 km\/h, lasts for 90 minutes with interchangeable batteries, 360 degree vision and object avoidance, IP54 dust and rain resistant, added crash protection, can operate in -20 to 45\u00b0C, carry payloads of 14 kg plus has customisable attachments including a 30x optical zoom camera and grasping hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston Dynamics also released this amazing video of their Atlas humanoid robot doing extremely graceful rolls, jumps and other manoeuvres. Definitely worth a watch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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