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Sushi Bot
The plot of the movie “I, Robot” may not come true anytime soon, but there has been a proliferation of robots creeping into our daily lives. Namely, in the kitchen. (Videos)
Continue reading… “Robotic chefs of the future”
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Broad Sustainable Building, a construction company in China, has announced plans to build the world’s tallest building…in just 90 days. When finished, it will be 220 stories high, 10 meters taller than Dubai’s Burj Khalifa.
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Tensator Virtual Assistant at Dulles Airport
What comes to mind when you thing of the “display of the future”? Is it the hyper-neon displays of Blade Runner or the holograms from Star Wars? The world of digital display always seems to wiggle its way into the bleeding-edge technology of science fiction, but it’s not unwarranted.(Videos)
Continue reading… “The future of digital display”
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A new rival is bringing some serious competition to Microsoft when it comes to bringing motion controls to desktop and laptop computers. Leap Motion has just launched a gesture-control device that may not be as powerful as Kinect for Windows, but is definitely cheaper.
Everyone wants to believe that a few bad apples spoil the bunch. but according to research everyone lies a little bit when given the opportunity, even to the point where they lose their sense of integrity. Dan Ariely, author of the new book, “The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty,” explains why.
Continue reading… “Why everyone lies”
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How may airplanes fly above our heads everyday?
Aaron Koblin knows the answer: It can be more than 19,000 in the United States. And thanks to his wizardry with FAA data, we can see how these aircraft drift from city to city in this mesmerizing computer visualization.
Continue reading… “A visualization of airplane flight paths in the U.S.”
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A team of researchers at MIT claim to have developed a new and improved glass that is both anti-fogging and glare-free. The near-invisible glass is also said to be self-cleaning, and it could have dozens of practical applications.
Continue reading… “MIT researchers develop self-cleaning glass”
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Hair salon Super Hair Seo in Nishinomiya, Japan is playing lucky host to Panasonic’s Head Care Robot, which is undergoing its first tests alongside hairdressers. The shampoo robot ‘offers a degree of comfort that users cannot experience with human hands.’
Continue reading… “Panasonic testing shampoo robot in Japan”
Facebook added a new feature that has the potential to save lives. On Tuesday, Facebook announced the arrival of a new tool that will allow people to share their status as an organ donor on their timelines.
Continue reading… “Facebook adds organ donor status to Timeline”
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The Higgs Boson is kind of a big deal. If it does exist, it could provide a key to unifying the standard and quantum models of physics. But what is a Higgs Boson, what does it do, and how does it work? With the help of this animated short, UCI physics professor Daniel Whiteson breaks down the basics of this mysterious particle (or is it a field?) in a way even your parents can understand.
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IBM has built a battery that needs oxygen to live.
In an effort to build a battery capable of powering a car for 500 miles, IBM has designed a battery that produces power by taking in oxygen and then recharges by expelling oxygen. Such a battery can be significantly smaller and lighter than traditional lithium ion batteries, providing a much longer life per square inch since it is driven by the outside air. (Video)
Continue reading… “IBM’s oxygen powered battery”
Snoozebox
We have seen tough, stackable, easy-to-transport steel shipping containers used for everything from a traveling restaurant to a mobile classroom to an off-grid house. But now , the British company Snoozebox has come up with yet another clever use for them – a modular, scalable portable hotel system made up of multiple tiered containers, that can be set up anywhere within 48 hours. (Video and pics)
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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