Futurism – Lifeboat News: The Blog

Aug 28
2018

Japanese engineers say their flying cars will be in the air by the Tokyo Olympics

A team of young Japanese engineers is developing a flying car with the goal of launching it in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The futuristic vehicle – dubbed Skydrive – is fitted with three wheels, a motor and four rotors, enabling it to take off and land vertically from public roads without the need of a runway.

Measuring only 9.5 feet by 4.3 feet, Skydrive claims to be the world’s smallest flying car, with a target top flight speed of 62 mph, while travelling up to 32 feet above the ground.

Aug 27
2018

Here’s how to bend spaghetti to your will

Researchers have discovered how to snap spaghetti sticks without sending bits of pasta flying.

Aug 27
2018

Expert meet at new UN-hosted talks about ‘killer robots’

GENEVA (AP) — Experts from scores of countries are meeting to discuss ways to define and deal with “killer robots” — futuristic weapons systems that could conduct war without human intervention.

The weeklong gathering is the second this year at U.N. offices in Geneva to focus on such lethal autonomous weapons systems and explore ways of possibly regulating them, among other issues.

Some top advocacy groups say governments and militaries should be prevented from developing such systems, which have sparked fears and led some critics to envisage harrowing scenarios about their use.

Aug 27
2018

See the ‘periodic table’ of molecular knots

A new table of knots points the way to twisting molecules in increasingly complex pretzels.

Aug 27
2018

The 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle

I see a lot of future video ideas here (and some we’ve already covered)!

Aug 25
2018

Not just another day at the beach in Maryland: ‘Sea lice’ attack at Ocean City

Not true lice, the stinging organisms are thought to be jellyfish larvae, scientists say.

Aug 24
2018

The world in the 2030s, 2040s and 2050s

Do you agree?

Based on scheduled events and predictions by experts)

Aug 24
2018

Just something from Opus to make you smile

Aug 24
2018

Scientists Are Starting to Test Claims About “Microdosing”

Could psychedelics lead to improved antidepressant or anti-anxiety therapies?

By Sharon Begley, STAT on August 24, 2018

Aug 24
2018

Mount Etna volcano roars into action with ash and lava

ROME (AP) — Mount Etna in Sicily has roared back into spectacular volcanic action, sending up plumes of ash and spewing lava.

Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology (INGV) says that the volcano, which initially “re-awoke” in late July, sprang into fuller action Thursday evening by shooting up chunks of flaming lava as high as 150 meters (500 feet) almost constantly.

On Friday, INGV said the action was continuing, feeding ash plumes several hundred meters (yards) into the air above the crater.