Technology
Will your eyes soon become a camera? If Samsung has their way, your eyes may be more than a camera, as their new contact proto-type connects with other devices too.
The Walkonomics app helps you find the best route for getting from point A to B based on walkability. It now has a new version that lets you find the path that puts you closest to nature, or more specifically, has the most trees, so that you can add a little nature immersion to your day-to-day travels.
German architect Andre Broessels has developed a spherical glass solar power collector that tracks the sun and can collect much more power than the flat screen solar collectors. Still in its development he has patents pending in 5 jurisdictions and hopes to market it in the near future. The indiegogo campaign has been successful and he is now testing.
Researchers predict that up to 35% of all jobs in the UK and 47% of all jobs in the US are at the risk of being displaced by technology over the next 20 years.
All new technology is frightening, says physicist Lawrence Krauss. But there are many more reasons to welcome machine consciousness than to fear it. Right now, says Krauss, robots can’t even fold laundry. But when they do learn to think (which he considers very likely), then there’s also reason to believe that they’ll develop consciences.
Better yet, what if all waste streams, like those from agricultural, livestock, and food production, could essentially become fuel refineries at a local level?
Will we all be flying cars in the near future? If these three flying car makers have anything to say about it, the answer is a resounding, “yes!”
“There is no question that someone is going to die in this technology,” said Duke University roboticist Missy Cummings in testimony before the US Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation.
The life and experiences of the genius, Nikola Tesla, in his early years, and in his adult life in America. Discussed are his relationships with Edison, Westinghouse, and JP Morgan, his willingness to gift his inventions to mankind and how he was taken advantage of, dying penniless.
The “Vision Next 100” concept car is a luxurious, self-driving, emissions free, sports car with an overall futuristic finish and wheels that look like speakers.
The hybrid electric flying car that’s been a dream for so long is finally taking shape. Terrafugia announced that they expect to have a prototype for their computer-controlled electric aerial vehicle called the TF-X released within two years.
Do you think we will have ‘Terminator’ like robots dwelling among us anytime soon? This article shows the rapid evolution of a specific humanoid robot called ATLAS.
Could vaccines be delivered to humans via mosquito bite. In that case Genetically Modified insects ( or tiny insect like drones) could “bite” and there would be no opportunity to decline. Are the current viral epidemics a good opportunity to develop and implement this process which has been discussed for several years? All excellent questions. What do you think?
If you are using a PC with Windows 10 chances are you are being spied on. The shocking thing however is that Microsoft can’t do nothing about it.
It’s been 73 years since his death, and Tesla is still helping to make the world a better place. Having predicted and assisted in the development of the smartphone and facetime many years before the first television.
