Tech
The future has arrived, at least in Arizona.
Body Modification | Transhumanism
We’ve already started becoming cyborgs, here’s how easy it is now.
There is mounting evidence that technology, in fact, protects humans.
Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing and blockchain can help the world recover from future crisis events.
This is what Japan thinks the future of 5G looks like.
One last peek at the Cybertruck and its companion before the end of the year.
Cybertruck | Virtual Characters
It took a virtual character to give the Tesla Cybertruck its best look.
Don’t act like you don’t want it. Feast your eyes.
With the Cybertruck, Tesla has integrated several of its technologies into one offering.
The rest of the world has to wait two years, but someone is out there having fun driving the Cybertruck.
Could treating social robots kindly make us kinder people? And could cruelty towards them make us more callous?
Internet access is today necessary for leading a minimally decent life, which doesn’t just mean survival but rather includes political rights.
Futurecasting | Virtual Assistants
Pursuing natural conversations with machines that sound like us can become an unnecessary and burdensome objective.
The reality of robot dogs isn’t as cute some MIT engineers think.
China’s use of technology for social control of its citizens is extensive – but it could affect users elsewhere too.
Adults on the autism spectrum often have difficulty finding employment. Entrepreneurs and advocates are working to fix that by pairing companies with a pool of candidates.
Companies are firing up fleets of unmanned aircraft in a race to deliver everything from electronics to food.
Boston Dynamics shows exactly ‘how’ robots will beat down humans in the near future.
Deep fakes + expert impressionists mean we may never have to lose our favorite actors.
Robot exoskeletons are helping paralysed people walk again thanks to Dublin City University.
Tomorrow’s wars will be faster, more high-tech, and less human than ever before. Welcome to a new era of machine-driven warfare.
As the promise of autonomous machines lags the underlying technology, the growing need for human robot-minders could juice the remote workforce.
Wall Street Journal | Artificial Intelligence
As a new generation grows up surrounded by artificial intelligence, researchers find education as early as preschool can help avoid confusion about robots’ role.
Autonomous Vehicles | Futurecasting
What does a future full of autonomous vehicles mean for all the spaces reserved for downtown parking?
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
If it were possible to download the neural networks of a human brain, could we preserve a computer simulation of that person?
Why we should worry about the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces.
While prosthetics and implants for medical purposes have been around for years, a whole new range of elective body augmentations are becoming possible.
Transportation | Futurecasting
Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to increase by between 300% and 700% by 2050.
