Google’s self-driving car
Within about six years, Google’s self-driving car technology may appear in Toyotas, Fords, and other widely available vehicles. It all depends on how the latest rounds of talks between Google and the automakers play out.
Massive FBI facial recognition database raises concerns about privacy
The FBI plans to start using facial recognition software.
Most technology watchers believe we shouldn’t be overly concerned just yet about the privacy implications of facial recognition technology because it isn’t yet sophisticated enough to identify people accurately,
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Robots are writing more news than you think
Ninety percent of the news could be written by computers by 2030.
Software is writing news stories with increasing frequency. In a recent example, an LA Times writer-bot wrote and posted a snippet about an earthquake three minutes after the event. The LA Times claims they were first to publish anything on the quake, and outside the USGS, they probably were.
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Matter.i0 wants to bring Instagram-like ease to 3D printing
Matter.io wants to be the Instagram to traditional 3D modeling’s Photoshop.
A startup connected to MIT’s Media Lab, Matter.i0, is on a mission to lure more folks into 3D printing by providing user-friendly design software – software that vastly simplifies 3D modeling.
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Top 10 reasons 3D printing hasn’t caught on yet
3D printers may not be as easy to use as they seem. Photo credit: FredKahl/Flickr
3D printing stands to completely transform the way we make, replace, and transport products and will disrupt nearly every major industry. However, the technology is still geared toward passionate, motivated makers and hobbyists—not the average citizen.
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The real manufacturing advantage in America
General Motors assembly line.
In the United States the industrial sector is rebounding. Manufacturers are boosting output, building new plants, increasing exports, and creating better-paying jobs that require precise skills—and in the process are helping lead the U.S. out of the long, stubborn slump that followed the market disruptions of 2007.
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The library of the future is Chattanooga’s public library
The Chattanooga public library’s fourth floor.
Forget what you know about the library of the 20th century. The library as a warehouse of information is an outdated concept. The library of the 21st century is a community workshop, a hub filled with the tools of the knowledge economy.
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Amazon patents anticipatory system to ship your product before you order it
Amazon’s system is aptly called “anticipatory shipping.”
In December Amazonpatented a system that will reduce logistics costs and dissuade customers from ever entering a physical store again by shipping your stuff before you order it, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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CLO3D – Amazing 3D virtual fashion design technology
CLO3D at CES 2014
CLO3D is a 3D fashion design software is a fashion design solution that mirrors real garments. Based upon 3D Fashion Design Technology, which is faster and more sophisticated, CLO Virtual Fashion Inc. has developed two softwares, called CLO3D and MarvelousDesigner.
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How app designers can make the future of dating less creepy
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One day, Google Glass could enable some pretty incredible augmented reality apps. Its camera might recognize a person’s face, then scour the Internet for information about him or her, beaming that back to you in real time. It’s neat stuff for sure, but as this concept demo from Israeli software developer Infinity AR shows us (completely unintentionally): automatically digging up too much information about someone else can be downright creepy.
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Top 7 ways to be a better programmer in 2014
Continuous learning can make you a better programmer.
Programmers make New Years resolutions like everyone else. But if your list of resolutions is still empty you might want to consider some ideas from other programmers to sharpen your skills.
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Top 5 ways the technology explosion will impact you
Automation could do away with hundreds of millions of “simple” jobs.
By Gerd Leonhard: Over the next ten years the Web is set to change our lives dramatically. This will also raise questions about the use of personal data and the need to balance new powers with ethics.
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