Ever since I was in high-school, I had a passion for music and Sci-Fi movies. On some levels, I managed to fulfill that need to create my own music and be praised for it, but I also had a personal dream of making my own Sci-Fi movie about time travel. I admit, it is a [...]
Back in the days, robots were always present in futuristic movies or Sci-Fi literature. Now, we entered a new era of technology, where everything is possible. Yesterday’s stories are today’s daily facts. We are able to buy various configurations of home robots that will help around the house, solving domestic problems. We see robots in [...]
Robotic prostheses for human limbs have evolved a lot over the last 10 years, and their prices have been greatly reduced from tens of thousands of dollars to only 10,000 dollars for a “BeBionic 3″ bionic hand, created by BeBionic. Touch Bionics is another manufacturer in this niche, and they recently released a new and [...]
Lockheed Martin is an American global company with interest in aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology fields. Recently, the US giant paid a lot of money to a Burnaby computer manufacturer company in order to get the fastest computer in the World: D-Wave One quantum computer. After two years and huge amounts of money spent [...]
A good marketing scheme has always been one of the main ingredients for a successful product and while most of the big tech producers have a standard marketing recipe there have been several “out of the box” campaigns with really interesting and cool ads. We have summed it up for you in this article where [...]
Esha Khare is a young 18 year old woman from Saratoga, and she could be the one who reinvents our current smartphone batteries. Recently, she won a prize of $50,000 provided by the Intel corporation at International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). The contest was held in Phoenix, USA, and everyone loved her small device that could be charged in 20 seconds.
Ever since I was in high-school, I had a passion for music and Sci-Fi movies. On some levels, I managed to fulfill that need to create my own music and be praised for it, but I also had a personal dream of making my own Sci-Fi movie about time travel. I admit, it is a topic that fascinates me still, and I love to re-watch those cool time travel movies: Terminator, Back to the Future, Donnie Darko, Groundhog Day, Twelve Monkeys. Of course, I know that in order to make a watchable Sci-Fi movie from scratch, you need to undergo a test of endurance and patience, because you have to write the screenplay, you need to find/hire a cast, you need to shot those Sci-Fi scenes in a way that’s not ridicule and pathetic, you need to edit the movie and finally, you need a great soundtrack. Even if I write one sentence for each and every one of these “to do’s” on a piece of paper, it still takes a lot of time and imagination. Oh, and there is that little thing that makes the world go round: the budget. In order to shot any kind of low budget movie, no matter how cheap you go, you still need a budget. Before seeing Primer, I thought that all of the above were just reasons not to enroll into this kind of adventure. But everything changed when I found out that this mind-blowing independent movie was entirely-made with a budget of $7,000.
Back in the days, robots were always present in futuristic movies or Sci-Fi literature. Now, we entered a new era of technology, where everything is possible. Yesterday’s stories are today’s daily facts. We are able to buy various configurations of home robots that will help around the house, solving domestic problems. We see robots in the army, in the industrial and medical field, even in cyberspace. The AI is evolving every year, and according to Ray Kurtzweil, an expert in Artificial Intelligence, it is very possible for Technological Singularity to be sparked in today’s top-notch computer systems.
When it comes to technology, people want everything and anything packed into their smartphone. Lately, a new trend is gaining some sort of momentum, and I still can’t decide what to think of it. I’m talking about the wireless charging function in mobile phones. In theory, it’s great that you can charge your phone without having to insert a single wire in it but, in practice, the technology is not yet there. Let’s see how it works and how real is it.
Robotic prostheses for human limbs have evolved a lot over the last 10 years, and their prices have been greatly reduced from tens of thousands of dollars to only 10,000 dollars for a “BeBionic 3″ bionic hand, created by BeBionic. Touch Bionics is another manufacturer in this niche, and they recently released a new and unique model of bionic prosthesis called i-limb ultra revolution robotic artificial hand that can be controlled with the help of an application installed on iPhone.
If you’re a fan of “Breaking Bad” TV show you know that chemistry is pretty awesome. What you might not know about chemistry is that it provides the foundation for most of the gadgets and tools we use in our daily life. More than this, chemistry is an important part of medicine, because most medicines that cure or will cure terrible diseases are discovered and assembled in chemical laboratories. Because this field of science is not often recognized at its true value, we decided to share some chemistry experiments that you will never forget.
Lockheed Martin is an American global company with interest in aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology fields. Recently, the US giant paid a lot of money to a Burnaby computer manufacturer company in order to get the fastest computer in the World: D-Wave One quantum computer. After two years and huge amounts of money spent on this project, Lockheed Martin is prepared to make a new acquisition. They bought an upgraded version of D-Wave One called D-Wave Two. What’s so special about it? Well, it’s 500,000 faster than its predecessor, which is faster then most supercomputers today.
A good marketing scheme has always been one of the main ingredients for a successful product and while most of the big tech producers have a standard marketing recipe there have been several “out of the box” campaigns with really interesting and cool ads. We have summed it up for you in this article where you can find the most innovative gadget ads and hopefully we’ll see some more of this in the near future.
According to Moore’s law, the power of computers doubles every two years. But when Moore created the law, back in 1965, he had no idea that the PC will be obsolete in 2014, and that a new market will rise on top of everything else: the smartphone market. Today, it seems almost impossible to keep up with technology, because there is a large variety of gadgets that get released every year. 2014 is all about mobility, functionality and design, because it is the year when gadgets will be worn as accessories. In terms of technology, 2014 could mark the beginning of new era of solar devices, since the technology required to capture solar power is getting more affordable.
Not more than two decades ago the tech developers had the innovative idea to combine a photo camera to a mobile phone under one device and not more than one decade ago the first mobile phones with integrated cameras were hitting the market shyly. The move proved to be a major success and shaped the future of mobile technology. Nowadays it’s mandatory that all our mobile devices have integrated cameras (one for the front of the device for videos and photos and one for the front of the device for video communications) and the technical specs have evolved so incredibly fast that now most of our smartphones and tablets can record HD videos and take stunning photos. As a natural consequence there have been released a bunch of special apps to aid the users in easily obtaining quality videos and photos. Here are the must have photo and video apps for iOS and Android:
