Contrails, meet AI

Plus: The part of your body that cannot heal ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   [// Transform your life with Fount »]( [Advertise]( | [Talk to Us](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) | [Shop]( | [Unsubscribe]( The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you. In today's edition: // Computer-brains // Black hole evidence // NY to Paris in 90 minutes // Contrails [/innovation] [New York to Paris in 90 minutes. Can this startup make it happen? | Forbes]( [New York to Paris in 90 minutes. Can this startup make it happen?]( “Earlier this month, a curved aluminum skeleton 40 feet long sat waiting in Hermeus’ cavernous Atlanta factory. It was the prototype of a drone called Quarterhorse. It will never fly. Instead, it’s scheduled for ground-testing starting in September. Hermeus CEO AJ Piplica and his cofounders believe it’s the first step on a long road to an audacious goal: building a plane capable of carrying 20 passengers at hypersonic speed — five times faster than sound, or 3,850 miles per hour.” [// Forbes »]( [/biohack] [Elite performance and longevity, powered by your data | Fount]( [Elite performance and longevity, powered by your data]( Fount brings elite-level performance optimization and longevity strategies to you, without the gimmicks or hype. Leveraging proven methods based on our work with Special Operations and top-tier athletes, we analyze your bloodwork, wearable data, and lifestyle factors to craft tailored plans. Our focus encompasses sleep, nutrition, custom supplements, hormone balance, longevity, and stress resilience. Begin a 4-month comprehensive life transformation starting at $2,499/mo. 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These cosmic behemoths are surrounded by the spinning accretion disks composed of gas and dust. This glowing disk emits excessive energy over the electromagnetic spectrum, from high-energy gamma rays and X-rays to visible light, infrared, and radio waves. Astronomers have now discovered the clearest evidence of an accretion disk encircling a black hole at the center of galaxy III Zw 002. As per the official release, the findings were made after reviewing data from ‘two rare and peculiar near-infrared emission lines.’” [// Interesting Engineering »]( [/lifehack] [The AI Tool Report just wants to make your life easier]( [The AI Tool Report just wants to make your life easier]( Do you know how things like budgets, finances, your job, and other tasks take up way too much time? Oh, you do? Of course you do, you’re human! And as a human, you deserve to live your life to the fullest. That’s where the AI Tool Report comes in. 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Both groups used their BCIs to help two separate individuals — one who couldn’t communicate due to a brainstem stroke and the other who lost communication due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or ALS), a neurodegenerative condition — to speak again.” [// Inverse »]( [/bites] [Get ready to empty your wallet]( [// 77% off a lifetime license to Microsoft Office? You betcha! »]( [// Get a custom longevity and total wellness regimen from Fount »]( [// The advice and wisdom of experts and gurus for an entire lifetime at 76% off »]( [/motion] [@andythomasartist on Instagram]( [@andythomasartist]( Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? [// Get in touch »](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) [/quiz] [//Quiz: What is the only part of the human body that cannot repair itself?]( What is the only part of the human body that cannot repair itself? Warning: Please do not test any theories at home. Just use your brain. 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