Van Gogh’s Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers
After seven years of development, Fujifilm’s “Reliefography” 3D scanning and printing technique is ready to create near-flawless replicas of great works of art. The replicas will be available to the public for tens of thousands instead of tens of millions.
Robot arms weld a vehicle on the assembly line at a General Motors plant.
Since the Great Recession ended four years ago, American workers’ productivity has risen. But, in the U.S. there are two million fewer jobs than before the downturn. The unemployment rate is stuck at levels not seen since the early 1990s and the proportion of adults who are working is four percentage points off its peak in 2000.
Continue reading… “How technology hurts the middle class”
Moore’s Law — the ability to pack twice as many transistors on the same sliver of silicon every two years — will come to an end as soon as 2020 at the 7nm node says Robert Colwell who now works for DARPA (trying to pick after CMOS technology) and was Intel’s chief chip architect from 1990 to 2001.
Continue reading… “End of Moore’s Law by early 2020’s: It’s not just about physics”
“Mab” flying robots.
“Mab” is Adrain Perez Zapata’s futurist concept where he envisions a swarm of tiny flying robots zipping around your house to clean surfaces, before returning to a spherical home base. Here’s the summary: (Pics)
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JetSurf takes watersports to a whole new level. This gas-powered mini-surfboard is about the size of a wakeboard, and its carbon-fiber-and-kevlar body is powered by a two-stroke internal combustion engine. You don’t need waves (or paddling) to move. You just hold on to the handle, press the hand-operated control unit, and you’re off and surfing.
Continue reading… “JetSurf – a high-tech motorized surfboard”
Tube transportation is the future of transportation.
You shouldn’t give up on flying cars or hoverboards just yet. As technology continues to march on, everything will go into development sooner or later—as demonstrated by the existence of these things, which we’ll almost certainly see within our lifetimes.
Continue reading… “Top 10 cutting-edge technologies in development”
Dashboards have played an integral role in how we interact with our cars, at least since the 1980’s. The switches, knobs and dedicated displays housed below (and sometimes on) our windshields keep us tuned in to the world around us. (Pics)
Continue reading… “World’s first car with voice-activated LED projection dashboard”
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The new RoboCoin ATM machine to buy and sell bitcoin has launched this week. The new ATM will allow anyone to buy the virtual currency BitCoin with actual dollar bills, right on the street corner.
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Patients complain that the CPAP machines are noisy and the masks are uncomfortable.
There may soon be several new treatments for sleep apnea patients to choose from. None involve the annoying face mask from a CPAP machine.
Continue reading… “Sleep apnea alternatives without the CPAP mask”
Transcendent Endeavors is a company that uses technology to break down communication barriers.
Bill Tan only knew 500 words of English when he arrived in America at 15 years old. That was 500 more words than anyone else in his family knew. The experience inspired him to found Transcendent Endeavors, a company that uses technology to break down communication barriers.
There has been a lot of talk about the potential of drones. Now there is Hex, a new Kickstarter project that aims to bring the technology and opportunities that drones afford to anyone.
CrowdRoaming
Travel internationally has become easier and cheaper. Accommodation platforms, such as CouchSurfing, offer more affordable places to stay and travel apps provide tourists with cheaper dining options. But there is one part of traveling that has remained expensive despite development in other areas, mobile data roaming.
Continue reading… “CrowdRoaming app will cut your overseas data roaming costs to zero”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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