Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today
We have a credo around here: The future will be better. It may sound optimistic in light of our wheezing environment and limping economy, but then you haven’t met the Brilliant 10, PopSci’s annual...
View ArticleGo to the Dark Side With BMW Night Vision
The new system is like an extra set of eyes — a very complex processing unit is constantly monitoring video of the road aheadCategory: TransportationYear: 2010Tags: bmw, night, vision, automotive,...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Robot Hand
The robots are already surpassing human abilities.Category: TechnologyYear: 2010Tags: robots, robotics, ai, artificial, intelligence
View ArticleWaterCar Python Offends All 5 Senses on Land And Water
A California company has combined a Corvette with a luxury speedboat and thrown in some jet ski to create a holy trinity of awesomeness it calls the WaterCar Python.Category: TechnologyYear: 2009Tags:...
View ArticleMulti-touch – Future of Human Computer Interaction?
Some thoughts on the future of interfaces.Category: TechnologyYear: GeneralTags: multitouch, ui, interface, learning, gestures, computers
View ArticleThe past, present and future of AI
Thoughts on the state of artificial intelligence.Category: InformationYear: GeneralTags: ai, turing, rossking
View ArticleGartner: Brace yourself for cloud computing
shared computing services accessible over the Internet that can expand or contract on demand--topped Gartner's list of the 10 top technologies that information technology personnel need to plan...
View ArticleMary Meeker's Internet Presentation 2009
Mary Meeker's always great, information-dense slides from Web 2.0 2009.Category: The WebYear: 2009Tags: marymeeker, web20, oreilly, mobile, trends, slides
View Article5 New Technologies That Will Change Everything
3D TV, HTML5, video over Wi-Fi, superfast USB, and mobile "augmented reality" will emerge as breakthrough technologies in the next few years. Here's a preview of what they do and how they...
View ArticleMuscle-Bound Computer Interface
Forearm electrodes could enable new forms of hands-free computer interaction.Category: TechnologyYear: 2009Tags: computer, communication, interface
View ArticleFuture Of Web Apps - Miami 2010
Speakers include Fred Wilson, Gary Vaynerchuk among others.Category: The WebYear: 2010Tags: fowa, conference, miami, carsonified
View ArticleAwesome List of Modern Robots w/ Pics
J Storrs Hall at Foresight.org has compiled a sweet list of modern day robots to illustrate their avaialability for complex research. It's long!Category: TechnologyYear: 2009Tags: robot, robotics,...
View ArticleComputers Faster Only for 75 More Years?
A pair of physicists has shown that computers have a speed limit as unbreakable as the speed of lightCategory: ScienceYear: BeyondTags: mooreslaw, quantum, quantumcomputing, processors, processing,...
View ArticleIBM's Blue Gene Models Cat's Entire Brain
Using 144 terabytes of RAM, scientists simulate a cat's cerebral cortex based on 1 billion neurons and 10 trillion synapses Category: TechnologyYear: 2009Tags: ibm, catbrain, simulation, ai, bluegene,...
View ArticleCloud computing: Clash of the clouds
The launch of Windows 7 marks the end of an era in computing—and the beginning of an epic battle between Microsoft, Google, Apple and othersCategory: Business & WorkYear: GeneralTags:...
View ArticleMicrosoft Throws Its Weight Behind HTML5 and H.264
Microsoft has taken a big step toward standards-based web video by announcing support for HTML5 and the H.264 encoding format in Internet Explorer 9, the next version of its web browser.Category: The...
View ArticleFuture Human Evolution Art Gallery
Future Human Evolution Art GalleryCategory: EntertainmentYear: BeyondTags: future, human, evolution, art, gallery
View ArticleRobot-Human Marriages Inevitable by 2050 says Levy
Levy, a British researcher who recently earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, believes that by 2050, robots and humans will be able to marry legally in the United States....
View ArticleProsthetic Fingers That Grab Gracefully
ProDigits can replace any or all fingers on a hand; each replacement digit has a tiny motor and gear box mounted at the base. Movement is controlled by a computer chip in the prosthesis. The...
View ArticleHigher Education Reimagined With Online Courseware
The Open University, the distance-learning behemoth based in England, has vastly increased its visibility with open courses, which frequently show up in the Top 5 downloads on Apple’s iTunes U, a...
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