Is this the future? Billions of people connect online and use wifi daily. Now, there may be a futuristic way to connect online: The tungsten lightbulb has served well over the century or so since it was introduced, but its days are numbered now with the arrival of LED lighting, which consume a tenth of…
New Concrete Technology Absorbs Enormous Amounts Of Water [Video]
They poured 4,000 liters of water on it.. Flooding has been a problem for a long time, and has become an even bigger problem with the advent of long roads made of concrete. Now, a team from Europe has invented a new type of concrete that can absorb enormous amounts of water. This is for…
Origami Robot Can Jump Up To 7 Times It’s Own Height
These incredible new tiny robots can do amazing things. First off, they can jump 7 times their height. Usually robots are not constructed like origami which opens up a new type of thinking in how robots are made: Researchers at EPFL have come up with a folding, reconfigurable robot that is capable of crawling and…
A Super Strong Bridge Assembled By Drones…Seriously [Video]
you won’t believe this.. Drones seems to be all the rage in tech and futuristic discussions lately. We often hear of their benefits although it is still early. However, if nothing else, this video is shows a bunch of drones doing something kind of neat: Quadrocopters autonomously assembling a rope bridge. This is part of a…
Are 3D Computer Chips The Future?
The intel microprocessors of the 1990s boosted computing power for the general population in a major way. Now, they are researching quantum computing, over 1 billion people have smart phones and there may be another breakthrough structure in microprocessor design: A new method of designing and building computer chips could lead to blisteringly quick processing…
Invisibility Cloak Can Make Things Completely Disappear Whoa!
this is AWESOME!! Science fiction is becoming science reality and a new nano scale invisibility cloak is making things disappear. Here is an excerpt from this latest breakthrough: Invisibility cloaks are a staple of fantasy, but they’re also an ongoing field of interest to scientific researchers, who are continually working on ways to manipulate how…
Uh…The First Self Driving Car Now In Great Britain
Is this a good thing? Well whichever side you are on, this is what’s happening in Europe: The self-driving vehicle revolution has gotten underway in the UK, with the first of a number of automated ‘pod’ trial vehicles unveiled to the public in Milton Keynes this week. The LUTZ (Low-carbon Urban Transport Zone) Pathfinder is…
This System Absorbs Almost 100% Of Sound
Whoa…In case you wanted to absorb a lot of sound for some reason, they just advanced the technology to a whole new level (or lack of 😉 in Hong Kong: The new system developed by scientists at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, which is capable of absorbing almost all the sound that…
Mars Rover And Earth Could Have A Direct Connection
With the new pics of Mars and Ceres coming in, there is a big buzz about the planet and the interesting surface. And now apparently they may be able to communicate with future Mars probes much more efficiently: Walking to rovers on the surface of Mars could become much easier, thanks to a new type of antenna…
Is The SeaOrbiter Te Future Of Oceanic Exploration?
There is a new design concept for a vessel that can either be described as revolutionary or inefficient and unfeasible. Here is more information on the concept: SeaOrbiter is an oceanic exploration vessel and a universal scientific laboratory designed by the architect Jacques Rougerie. The floating vessel will be the first facility to provide explorers…
The Magnus Effect Is Used In Many Cool Inventions
Many of us have seen the first incredible viral video by Veritasium showing what happens to a basketball rotating and let go from a lofty height. The unexpected curving and trajectory is known as the magnus effect. Aside from looking cool apparently it has many uses and is currently being used in many applications today.…
What Is Quantum Electrodynamics?
Is this something to fear or embrace? Could this be the future of computing? This is really out there and actually hard to get one’s mind around, but absolutely fascinating. And there are people on both sides. Some say this is to be used in the next gen computers. Others say this is like the…
Quantum Computers Are Insane
Many know about quantum computers or have heard of them. Basically regular computers work on 0s and 1s either or states when quantum computers work in qubits which can hold multiple outcomes as possibilities: Lockheed Martin, NASA and Google all have one thing in common: they all own quantum computers. These quantum computers are superconducting…
NASA And This Company Join To Make A “Tractor Beam”
Uhh..Is this a good idea? We’ve all seen science fiction movies about tractor beams pulling in space ships and the like. Now, they may actually begin to attempt on a small scale to make an actual tractor beam: When Arx Pax unveiled its “hoverboard” last year, we had a hunch that this was but the…
Futuristic Transportation..Would You Take Any Of These?
This interesting video discusses the real future of transportation and shows off some inventions that you may have never seen. Here is a brief background on transportation and some commonly discussed future ideas from wikipedia: Most transport media in use today are generally fossil fuel powered. The reason for this is the ease of use…
Have You Heard of This ? 1,000,000 People Play A Game You Can’t See
There is a game call Ingress that over 1 million people are playing and you can’t see them. Here is more on it from wikipedia: The gameplay consists of establishing “portals” at places of cultural significance, such as public art, landmarks, monuments, etc., and linking them to create virtual triangular “control fields” over geographical areas.…
3D Computer Cursors Will Change The Way You Navigate
This is too cool! The 2d screen and mouse cursor will soon be a thing of the past (similar to the floppy disk that is still an icon on some text editors) 😉 Forget everything you thought you knew about computer cursors. Researchers have come up with a way to turn cursors into a tool…
How Fast Are Quantum Computers? [Video]
Many microprocessor designers and other tech strategists are pretty certain that quantum computing is where microprocessors are headed. Here is an intro to a video about how these futuristic processes work: Lockheed Martin, NASA and Google all have one thing in common: they all own quantum computers. These quantum computers are superconducting chips which were designed by D-wave…
Concept Of A Laser Based Spacecraft
This is a very interesting theoretical way to attain deep space travel and physicists discuss in the video: The “Lightcraft” is a laser-propelled spacecraft concept that could ultimately run on other beamed energies, such as microwave. You may recall some recent discussions at NASA about a microwave propelled thruster and the em drive. This is…
They Can Now Use Thermal Imaging For Facial Recognition…In The Dark
Once again science fiction is becoming science reality as facial recognition capabilities have become extremely advanced: It’s kind of crazy how quickly face detection and recognition technology managed to push its way into the mainstream. Over the past few years we’ve seen face recognition technology reach desktop photo software like iPhoto and even mass market smartphones from the…
