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Smarter phones require more power. So, when you need your phone to make a call because you’re stranded on the side of the road or you’re bored in the doctor’s waiting room and need to…
Smarter phones require more power. So, when you need your phone to make a call because you’re stranded on the side of the road or you’re bored in the doctor’s waiting room and need to…
3D Manufacturing Breakthrough The Strati is the world’s first 3D printed car. It’s a two-seater that took 45 hours to build and is a “runabout” neighborhood car with a range of 120 miles and a…
The use of sci-fi technology in war would change the realities of warfare in the future. Scientists and engineers from a British defense giant BAE Systems is researching sci-fi technology. The company believes that in…
Fifty-year time frames are interesting in that technology and living conditions change quite dramatically, but not too much. Looking back 50 years brings us to 1964 when a lot of groundwork was being laid for…
The Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) is the latest innovation from the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research, which is essentially a monster amphibious assault vehicle. The UHAC began…
The Gravity Max “tilt roller coaster” ride at Lihpao Land Discovery World in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan, may be the scariest roller coaster ride on the planet. Gravity Max hangs riders over a 13 story vertical…
Brazil may be the soccer capital of the world, but surveys show 52% of Brazilians did not support hosting the World Cup in their own country. Thousands of Brazilians lost their homes for the construction…
Creating a “Social Process” to Answer Technology and Futurism Questions Dr. Robin Hanson and Dr. Charles Twardy of George Mason University lead the SciCast project, which has become the largest crowdsourced science and technology forecasting…
Transporting your kayak just got a lot easier thanks to the new foldable, 26-pound Oru Kayak. The 12-foot-long kayak can fold up into a 33 x 29-inch carrying case along with a collapsible paddle and…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: for Cookie Monster, it is cookies, for the Bulb Eater it is florescent light tubes. A company called Aircycle Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, has designed a contraption…