Without getting into a political discussion, this video examines an interesting concept that the world has enough resources and scientific knowledge to sustain itself if applied correctly: The Venus Project is an organization that proposes a feasible plan of action for social change, one that works towards a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines…
Think Drones are Different Check Out a Quadcopter
This is a pretty exciting TED talk in regards to dropne technologies and related devices. A brief intro can be found here: In a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D’Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D’Andrea…
Scientific Study on Laser Guns and Their Proliferation
When you think of laser guns maybe Star Wars or perhaps the old school game laser tag comes to mind. However there have been serious advancements in the Star Wars program in regards to national defense and some feel that things have gone too far. This excerpt was taken from a Washington Post article: When…
Are Terminator Like Robots on the Horizon?
Most of us have seen the Terminator movies about robots that go through time and mess with things (to put it nicely.) Even the RoboCop series of movies were science fiction fantasy about robotic cops using tech to fight crime. Well fantasy is coming closer to reality: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is…
Will Metamaterials Power the Internet of the Future?
The Optoelectronics Research Centre in the United Kingdom is studying metamaterials. Meta what? They are leading a study on nanostructured photonic materials. Metamaterials represent the beginning of a new photonic revolution according to the narrator. In nanotechnology molecules are configured in a way to make artificial structures. So why is this important? Because the current…
Bizarre Discovery About the CERN Supercollider Building
The CERN headquarters building in Switzerland and is one of the largest particle physics laboratories in the world. It’s architectural structure is an incredibly large dome shape with a hole at the top covered in glass. It is also home to one of the most controversial programs in the world as a particle supercollider. Some…
Are Mandatory Microchip Implants Fact or Fiction?
Some people have been claiming the government will be tracking its citizens with an implantable chip. Others often called conspiracy theorists or the paranoid would agree, and that this chip will also be mandatory. Even in science fiction movies such as Total Recall where Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character removes a trackable chip from his nose, things…
