10 Technologies That Could Enslave Humanity
Terminator is a true story. Find out how we’re all doomed in 10 technologies that could enslave humanity. [AllTime10s]
Category Archives: Technology
Supersonic jet will have virtual windows
A company designing a supersonic jet says it will use virtual window displays. The design of the Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet will remove the needed for the added weight and structural support of windows, without leaving passengers feeling claustrophobic. The new supersonic jet will feature a revolutionary windowless passenger cabin so no more glaring sun and […]
Robot solves Rubik Cube in three seconds [Video]
From the Legoworld 2014 event: Us vs Them explains it works thanks to a Samsung Galaxy phone that takes pictures of all six faces, figures the most efficient solution, then sends instructions to a robotic arm via Bluetooth,
“Games & Gamers” Young Adult Book Series is Nonfiction Look at Gaming Industry
Lerner Publishing Group has released a 6-book nonfiction series about the video game industry entitled ShockZone™ Games & Gamers. The series, written by video game and comic book writer Arie Kaplan (The New Kid from Planet Glorf graphic novel, Paranormal State and Law & Order: Legacies games), is fun, yet fact-filled, and discusses many aspects of […]
“Personal cell” tech could improve mobile broadband
The man behind WebTV and OnLive says he’s created a mobile broadband technology that lets you get maximum speed regardless of how many other people are trying to connect. Steve Perlman’s claims have, to say the least, raised skepticism in the mobile industry. The technology, originally called DIDO, is now being launched under the name […]
EmoSPARK: The First Artificial Intelligence Home Console
I want one, and I’d call him HAL. I’d also program him to say: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. Enter EmoSpark, the world’s first home artificial intelligence console that uses emotion text and content analysis to measure the emotional responses of its users. In fact, it actually detects the moods of […]
Incredible Flying Robot Bird and Dragonfly by Festo [Slow Mo Videos]
Check out these incredible flying robotic machines by Festo (above and below,) a company we often featured on GAS for their incredible robots! Slow-Mo films by the people from Earth Unplugged. [Earth Unplugged | Via LS]
Government Funds Self-Destructing Tech
Most military technology needs to be extremely robust to stand up to extreme temperatures, dust and the risk of impact. But the US military is now funding an IBM project to make electronic gadgets that can be utterly destroyed. IBM has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the closest thing the […]
3D Printing Goes Multi-Color, Multi-Material
The company behind the MakerBot 3D printer has launched a model that can handle multiple colors and materials in one print run. Stratasys’s new machine costs $330,000 and is very much aimed at making practical objects rather than novelty items. Where normal 3D printers use a single stream of material, Objet500 Connex3 uses jets that […]
Alien technology achieves record broadband speed
A joint French and British project has achieved broadband speeds of 1.4 terabytes per second over a 255 mile distance, which the companies are claiming as a record. The speeds are apparently the result of an “alien super channel.” The project is the work of French firm Alcatel-Lucent and British Telecom. They carried out the […]