Technology Archives
October 24, 2016What a Driverless World Would Look Like
(via TED) What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we can find inspiration in the genius of our biology to design the transit systems of the future. In this forward-thinking talk, preview exciting concepts like modular, detachable buses, flying taxis and networks of suspended magnetic pods that could help make the dream of a dynamic, driverless world into a reality. 
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| Technology - Monday October 24th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Man Experiences Sense of Touch Through Robot Arm
(via DARPA) A DARPA-funded research team has demonstrated for the first time in a human a technology that allows an individual to experience the sensation of touch directly in the brain through a neural interface system connected to a robotic arm. By enabling two-way communication between brain and machine—outgoing signals for movement and inbound signals for sensation—the technology could ultimately support new ways for people to engage with each other and with the world. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Friday October 14th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Can We Explore the Universe With Self-Replicating Robots?
(via PBS Space Time) Self-assembling robots are referred to as von Neumann machines after the man responsible for originally proposing them, John von Neumann. Since then, the potential of these machines and their ability to proliferate throughout known space has made galactic colonization seem not only possible but perhaps inevitable. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Wednesday September 14th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Forget a Dyson Sphere. Let's Build a Dyson Swarm!
(via PBS Space Time) The Kepler telescope recently noticed a strange partial eclipse that some have speculated could be a Dyson Sphere. Are Dyson Sphere's possible? Are they practical? What other alternatives to futuristic energy capture do we have to choose from? Why not a kugelblitz - a swarm of black hole powered engines? Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Wednesday August 24th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Null Island: The Busiest Place That Doesn't Exist
At coordinates 0,0, Null Island is supposedly one of the busiest places on Earth. But it's in the middle of the ocean... and doesn't exist. Minute Earth explains why. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Friday July 8th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
When Will We Be a Type III Civilization?
Based on our current growth in energy usage, how long will it take before we use up all the energy of our planet, of our star, or even all the energy in our galaxy? Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Tuesday July 5th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
Robotic Snake Swims Underwater
Norwegian technologists have created a snake-like robot for underwater applications. Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Tuesday April 19th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
A Glimpse of Our Augmented Reality Future
(via TED) What if technology could connect us more deeply with our surroundings instead of distracting us from the real world? With the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset that makes it possible for users to see, grab and move holograms just like physical objects, Meron Gribetz hopes to extend our senses through a more natural machine. Join Gribetz as he takes the TED stage to demonstrate the reality-shifting Meta 2 for the first time. (Featuring Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson) Send to a Friend | Permalink
| Technology - Friday March 18th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
The Computer That Could Grow Your Food
(via TED) What if we could grow delicious, nutrient-dense food, indoors anywhere in the world? Caleb Harper, director of CitiFARM at the MIT Media Lab, wants to change the food system by connecting growers with technology. Get to know Harper's "food computers" and catch a glimpse of what the future of farming might look like. Send to a Friend | Permalink
Why Machines Don't Think Like Humans
(via Explanimator) Artificial intelligence doesn't mimic the workings of the human brain: it reasons in a completely different way.
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| Technology - Tuesday March 8th, 2016 | Send to a Friend
The Trouble with Transporters
CGP Grey philosophizes about Star Trek transporters. Send to a Friend | Permalink