AI is something all of us should “keep an eye on.”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told CNBC back in June that he’d invested in a company called Vicarious that is developing products and services based on artificial intelligence. Musk wasn’t interested in the firm because of that. Instead he was backing the form “to keep an eye on” unforeseen terrifying scenarios where the products began to threaten humanity.
We are heading down a path that will allow us to supercharge the brain.
You might be able to enter a flow state that allows you to learn a new skill twice as fast, solve problems that have mystified you for hours, or even win a sharpshooting competition with just a jolt of electricity.
Project Loon aims to bring internet access to the two-thirds of the world.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, last month, thumbed his nose at Google for its various “moonshot” projects, currently housed at Google’s semi-secret X Labs. When Nadella was asked if Microsoft could learn a thing or two from X Labs, he said that there’s always something to learn from “from people who market themselves well.”
Continue reading… “Top 9 ways Google is changing the world”
Printeer is a $450 3D printer for kids.
Cheap 3D printers have been getting a bad rap. They are seen as toys for enthusiasts, most work by squeezing melted plastic filament through a thin nozzle (Fused Filament Fabrication, or FFF). But in reality, these devices are revolutionizing the world of product development. They are set to educate a generation and are home to some of the most innovative developments in the 3D printing world.
Continue reading… “Affordable 3D printers are revolutionizing the world of product development”
As soon as 10 years from now these RoboBees could artificially pollinate a field of crops.
Honeybees pollinate nearly one-third of the food we eat but they have been dying at unprecedented rates because of a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). The situation is so dire that in late June the White House gave a new task force just 180 days to devise a coping strategy to protect bees and other pollinators. The crisis is generally attributed to a mixture of disease, parasites, and pesticides.
Continue reading… “RoboBees will pollinate crops instead of real bees”
Would you pay for online privacy?
Once we went online the concept of privacy changed. What was once private personal information has now been twisted and altered by the digital age, like so many analog and now antiquated concepts before it.
Continue reading… “Does internet privacy come at a premium?”
How much money you make and how you spend that money plays a huge part in what your life looks like.
What makes us unique? Well, we like to think lots of things make us unique: where we’re from, how we were raised, our tastes, our education. But for better or worse, how much money you make and how you spend that money also play huge parts in dictating what your life looks like. Vox presents 29 charts below showing how Americans earn and spend money, from childhood through their golden years.
Will they steal our jobs or raise living standards?
Are American wages and jobs under threat by the increasing automation of our economy? Should the American worker fear the rise of the robots? No, not really.
Continue reading… “Should we welcome the robots?”
The real estate blog Movoto shows the net worth of the richest resident in each U.S. state on this interactive map. Darker shades of blue reflect those at the richest end of the wealth spectrum, while darker shades of red reflect those at the lower end. As you can see in the map, there’s a wide gulf between the fortunes of America’s richest.
Continue reading… “Map shows the wealthiest person in each state”
If addictive behaviors rewire the brain, the challenge is to erase these patterns of behavior.
Addictive substances are known to rewire the brain, but addictive behaviors do as well, according to a new article published in the journal Neuroscience and Behavioral Reviews. It’s not just what is consumed, but what is experienced that can make the brain crave the experience in the same manner it can be taught to crave a drug.
Continue reading… “Mindfulness can erase brain patterns that lock addicts into a cycle of abuse”
Graphene is pure carbon arranged in sheets that are only one atom thick.
The startup, 3D Graphene Labs, hopes to develop not only graphene materials for 3D printers, but a 3D printer designed for graphene printing. But we’re not so sure.
Continue reading… “Researchers hope to develop the world’s first graphene 3D printer”
Scientists launch a new landmark project to map the genetic causes of disease.
Within 20 years, chemotherapy will be obsolete. Scientists have predicted the end of chemotherapy after launching a landmark project to map 100,000 genomes to find the genes responsible for cancer and rare diseases.
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.