In the not-too-distant future, Americans will be sharing the road with self-driving cars. Companies are pouring billions of dollars into developing self-driving vehicles. Waymo, formerly the Google self-driving-car project, says that its self-driving cars have already driven millions of miles on the open road.
In the not-too-distant past, beer has already been delivered by a robot truck in Colorado, so this shouldn’t seem so far fetched.
Stanford researchers have set the stage for an evolution in electronics by taking the concept of ‘artificial skin’ to the next level, demonstrating not only a stretchable circuitry that can feel the touch of a ladybug, but a manufacturing process to mass produce this circuitry.
Continue reading… “Stanford researchers develop stretchable, touch-sensitive electronics”
Radiative sky cooling systems use reflective panels to emit heat into space, potentially cooling a building in the process.
Continue reading… “Electricity-free Stanford system cuts cooling costs by beaming heat into space”
When the first printed books with illustrations started to appear in the 1470s in the German city of Augsburg, wood engravers rose up in protest. Worried about their jobs, they literally stopped the presses. In fact, their skills turned out to be in higher demand than before: somebody had to illustrate the Growing number of books.
Continue reading… “Artificial intelligence will create new kinds of work”
Back in 2013 student groups from the design school at Stanford University started to take on an interesting question: what will an undergraduate education at Stanford look like at the turn of the 22nd century? Continue reading… “Stanford’s 4 crazy ideas about the future of college”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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