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Zuckerberg shows off Augmented Reality glasses during F8

April 13, 2016

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his 10-year plan for Facebook, onstage at the F8 developer conference. During which he detailed the company’s thoughts on AR and VR and demonstrated a pair of AR glasses that are not yet ready for sale. He also discussed their dedication to live streaming, including a new API so developers can add live streaming to their hardware.

Onstage at its annual F8 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared the social network’s 10-year road map. In addition to the company’s dedication to live streaming (including a new API so developers can add live streaming to their hardware), he detailed the company’s thoughts on how AR and VR will affect our lives. He also showed off a pie-in-the-sky pair of AR glasses that you probably won’t be able to pick up from your optometrist anytime soon.

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Patent Unveils Samung’s Idea For Smart Contact Lenses With A Camera And Display

April 12, 2016

Science fiction from movies is becoming reality. In this case a scene from Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, where IMF agent Milliam Brandt(played by Jeremy Renner), may have you wondering if this technology exists yet. According to a patent that recently surfaced, Samsung may be working on making this a reality soon, with their patent of a smart contact lens.

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“Surround 360” Facebook’s open source VR camera

April 12, 2016

Facebook can now get more 360-degree video and VR content into your news feed and Oculus thanks to its open sourced virtual reality camera made from scratch. Now you can build your own and start shooting. All the parts for this 17 lens camera on a stick can be purchased online, for $30,000 and later this summer you can find the hardware and video stitching algorithms on Github for anyone to assemble.

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A Way to Make Any Tractor Autonomous

April 7, 2016

The company the Autonomous Tractor Corporation, which invented the autonomous, and cab-less tractor Spirit in 2013, has developed an aftermarket package to turn any tractor, no matter the brand, into an autonomous vehicle. The package is called AutoDrive, a safety navigation and implement management system that allows for autonomous operation. It taps into the electronics onboard the tractor and, using sensors, lasers, radio signals and artificial intelligence software, takes over the controls, without the need for a driver.

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3D printed ovaries allow for infertile mice to produce babies

April 5, 2016

New research has shown that a 3D-printed scaffolding could restore function to mice that had their ovaries removed. The scientists presented their research last week at the annual Endocrine Society meeting in Boston. The mice they were testing gave birth to healthy pups. Hopefully, in the future, this procedure can restore functionality to women who have lost their ability to give birth through age, chemotherapy, or other issues.

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Another step closer to a future where everything can be 3D printed

April 5, 2016

We’re heading for a future where we can start 3D print our own shoes and our own dinners, but so far the hype has not met the expectations. The technical challenge of consistently printing, quality, objects, in multiple colors and materials at once has been very difficult to overcome. But Stratasys, the largest 3D-printing company in the world, says its newest industrial printer does both, marking what it says is an “industry breakthrough.”

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The Future of Tampons

April 5, 2016

Is it possible to draw blood without causing pain? This problem has plagued the medical industry for decades. The old archaic needle is getting replaced by tiny vacuums and laser beams, but for women it could become much easier than that. In 2014, an engineer at Harvard named Ridhi Tariyal hit on a far simpler workaround. “I was trying to develop a way for women to monitor their own fertility at home,” she told me, and “those kinds of diagnostic tests require a lot of blood. So I was thinking about women and blood. When you put those words together, it becomes obvious. We have an opportunity every single month to collect blood from women, without needles.”

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DARPA has begun speed testing its submarine-hunting drone ship

April 4, 2016

This 130-foot drone ship from DARPA is almost ready to roam the open seas. The drone has already begun its speed testing has reached its expected top speed of 31 mph. However, drone does more than cruise around the ocean, it also has the ability to detect foreign submarines, including the stealthy diesel electric silent ones.

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Want to Generate Power Out of Thin Air? Freevolt May Have the Answer

April 4, 2016

What you see pictured above may look unremarkable, but it has the potential to power a low energy device forever and at no cost. If that sounds like a big deal, well… that’s because it is. Drayson Technologies today announced Freevolt, a system that harvests energy from radio frequency (RF) signals bouncing around in the ether and turns it into usable, “perpetual power.” Drayson isn’t exactly a household name, but the research and development company has a particular interest in energy, especially where all-electric racing is concerned. And now it’s developed the first commercial technology that literally creates electricity out of thin air.

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Energy Storage, The Most Important Technology In Today’s World

April 4, 2016

The Pearl Street Station, invented by Thomas Edison in 1882, is the first steam powered electrical distribution plant, and because of competition between him and George Westinghouse, the technology increased rapidly in the following years. By 194o middle class homes had a lot of the conveniences we have today, like refrigerators, air conditioning and telephones. Today, as the demand for renewable energy increases, we have to develop a new way store all of it, revolutionizing the use of batteries.

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Promising testing of Autodesk’s Project Escher makes 3D Printing for Massive Projects a likely future

April 3, 2016

There are limitations to designing large scale parts when 3D printing. Detailed items take a long time to print, while small items are quick, but less detail. Autodesk has a solution that will decrease those limitations and revolutionize the industry with Project Escher.

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Skyscraper of Delivery Drones is possible future for Urban Delivery

April 1, 2016

Amazon’s delivery drone testing have brought up many questions about the logistics of how to handle these machines. Like where will they be deployed? How do you extend the range to places farther away, and how will cities adapt to a constant frenzy of drones buzzing around.

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