Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 1029
Jul 17, 2017
For the first time in 99 years, all Americans will be able to experience a total solar eclipse
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jul 17, 2017
These new white roads can cool down entire cities
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jul 17, 2017
These researchers used an Xbox Kinect to 3D scan a T-Rex skull
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jul 17, 2017
This concept will allow you to quickly deliver anything within a city!
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jul 17, 2017
The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: futurism, military
Two years ago, Barack Obama appointed a new Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter—a technocrat physicist, an arms control veteran, and a professor at Stanford—to help close this divide. During his tenure, Carter set up a virtual outpost in Silicon Valley. He worked to make it easier for tech companies to sell things to the Pentagon, for their engineers to work there, and for their bosses to offer up advice. He even let WIRED tag along and write a profile of him. He also impressed the local royalty. “He’s been amazing,” Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, told me in an interview.
The former Secretary of Defense built a bridge between tech and the Pentagon. Here, he talks about its importance in an uncertain time.
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Jul 15, 2017
Amazon’s next warehouse could be in the skies
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Jul 14, 2017
Aliens from another dimension might have created our universe, according to a speculative new study
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: futurism
Jul 13, 2017
Will Self-Driving Cars Kill Your Job?
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: automation, business, driverless cars, drones, futurism, media & arts, robotics/AI, transportation
Self-driving cars are pretty cool. Really, who wouldn’t want to spend their daily commute surfing social media, chatting with friends or finishing the Netflix series they were watching at 4 am the night before? It all sounds virtually utopian. But what if there is a dark side to self-driving cars? What if self-driving cars kill the jobs? ALL the jobs?
In this video series, the Galactic Public Archives takes bite-sized looks at a variety of terms, technologies, and ideas that are likely to be prominent in the future. Terms are regularly changing and being redefined with the passing of time. With constant breakthroughs and the development of new technology and other resources, we seek to define what these things are and how they will impact our future.
