With the increase in Global Warming, we are all interested when a new battery concept is released. The biggest battery company in the world has released details of a new battery concept that has increased efficiency to the extent it will make electric driven jet engines possible. 500 Watts per Kilo is the magic number. These new batteries should give electric cars a range of 1000k. These are condenser batteries and not solid state.They have a high energy cathode and a new anode and they are apparently a real game changer.
ChatGPT has been developing Artificial Intelligence for some time. Great claims have been made for the future of AI. New chatbots are now becoming available to the public. These chatbots are capable of many things and time will tell if their development will lead to a greater use of digital science. ChatGPT could become the most used tool on the internet. We watched several videos showing their uses but we also watched a video of one of the developers advising that there are dangers involved in allowing artificial intelligence to develop without regulation and he is uneasy about his involvement.
At Tech Talks I like to range over a number of subjects. We finished by looking at a film of Melbourne In the 1920’s. It was more or less the same as it is now but with a few differences. The streets have not changed and the buildings are still recognisable. There were a limited number of cars. Hardly any. There were still some horses and carts. Out of the CBD there were no traffic lights. The streets looked empty. Trams ran well out of the city.
Neville Gibb