Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 559
Mar 21, 2021
Argument technology for debating with humans
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
A fully autonomous computer system has been developed that can take part in live debates with people. The findings hint at a future in which artificial intelligence can help humans to formulate and make sense of complex arguments. An autonomous computer system that takes part in live debates.
Mar 21, 2021
Solar Foods — Cooking Up Future Food
Posted by Brent Ellman in categories: food, futurism
Mar 21, 2021
It looks like some kind of futuristic sound-weapon, but have no fear, it’s merely the latest in wave energy technology
Posted by Jeffery Pacheco in categories: energy, futurism
Mar 21, 2021
Humans are still evolving, and maybe faster now than ever
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in category: futurism
The sudden prevalence of an artery in the forearm is evidence that we’re still very much a work in progress.
Mar 20, 2021
A new global rivalry? Airbus, Boeing, Comac and the future of aviation
Posted by Raphael Ramos in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
The future of aviation, planes of the future.
As the aviation industry attempts to recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic, we take a in depth look at the future of flying. Will we soon be boarding commercial jets made in China? Or flying faster than the speed of sound? And what will the planes actually look like? Answers to these questions and more as Rob Watts reports on the future of flight.
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Mar 20, 2021
Humans still similar to first animals without heads, arms, or skeletons
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in category: futurism
555-million-year-old oceanic creatures share genes with today’s humans, finds a new study.
As complex as modern humans can get, they still retain some features of the earliest animals on Earth. According to new research, we are not as different as we might think from strange prehistoric organisms that didn’t have any heads, arms, legs, or skeletons.
A study from UC Riverside identified 555-million-year-old oceanic creatures that share genes with humans and other contemporary animals.
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Mar 20, 2021
Strange creatures accidentally discovered beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: futurism
Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there’s more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science.
Mar 18, 2021
New Apple Mixed-Reality Headset Details: Swappable Headbands, Eye-Tracking
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
A mixed-reality headset Apple is developing will be equipped with more than a dozen cameras for tracking hand movements and showing video of the real world to people wearing it, along with ultra-high-resolution 8K displays and advanced technology for eye tracking, according to a person with direct knowledge of the device.
Those are among a bevy of features Apple is planning for the headset, a device that could represent one of the company’s most ambitious efforts to build a new technology platform. The Information viewed internal Apple images of a late-stage prototype from last year, which show a sleek, curved visor attached to the face by a mesh material and swappable headbands. An artist’s rendering based on the images of the headset and created by The Information appears below.
Mar 17, 2021
Scientists plan to drop limits on how far human embryos are grown in the lab
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
As technology for manipulating embryonic life accelerates, researchers want to get rid of their biggest stop sign.