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A New Boeing Patent Describes Levitating 3D Printing

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in 3D printing, futurism

Feb 26
2016

The future of floating additive manufacturing.

We’ve seen the light! Li-Fi is the future of wireless connectivity

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in futurism, internet

Feb 26
2016

The promise of faster and more stable Internet access through our lights is really exciting. We got a demo of PureLiFi in action at MWC 2016 and talked with the COO about the future of this technology.

Rogue Terminator robots to become reality in just a few years… will hunt down and exterminate humans to reduce world population

Posted by Karen Hurst in futurism, robotics/AI

Feb 25
2016

There is only 2 avenues that “terminator robots” will exist: 1) criminals and terrorists have their followers/ pay some engineers to reprogram the robots and equip them to kill or explode themselves 2) a rogue nation like N. Korea decides to acquire (if not build) and regineer them to kill and deploys them on their neighbors, etc. The reality is robotics and humanoid robotics is even more complex; chances of this happening may be at a 20 to 30% range (if I was to take a guess).

So often Hollywood serves as a sort of idea test-bed for futuristic scientific concepts that often have a habit of becoming reality, but back in 1984 when The Terminator was released, hardly anyone believed that “killer robots” would someday become a reality.

But today, as robotics becomes a much more mature scientific field of study, the possibility that governments or private entities could “program” killer robots to take out certain targets or even entire populations is not so far-fetched anymore. In fact, it’s downright chilling.

Jim Rohn Photo

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism

Feb 22
2016

Official Facebook Fan Page of Jim Rohn, the Foremost Personal Achievement Philosopher who inspired millions with his insightful and positive messages…

Jim Rohn Home

Welcome to the age of user-generated virtual reality & 360 video

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in futurism, virtual reality

Feb 22
2016

Yesterday LG and Samsung, two of the world’s largest consumer technology companies, announced the release of consumer-priced 360 cameras that will make it possible for millions of people to create their own virtual reality & 360 videos. Ceci Mourkogiannis, a co-founder of Metta — the first video platform dedicated to user-generated 360 & VR content — looks back to a time just a few months ago when the options for creating 360 videos were limited, and ponders the future of user-generated 360 video in 2016.

Till the last screw: Robots clash in Moscow arena (VIDEO)

Posted by Dan Kummer in futurism, robotics/AI

Feb 22
2016

The clang of metal, breathtaking speed and tons of adrenaline! Watch a futuristic video of battle robots in ultimate fighting in Moscow. The iron warriors are clashing without mercy for the right to face foreign competitors.

The Russian capital is holding an international competition ‘Bronebot-2016’ for battle robots, February 21–23. “Attention! The show contains scenes of total robot carnage,” the banner reads.

Etch transfer into silicon of patterns with a half-pitch of under 20nm

Posted by Karen Hurst in futurism

Feb 22
2016

An etching process based on a three-layer stack achieves transfer into silicon of patterns with a depth of less than 5nm and a half-pitch of less than 20nm written by thermal scanning probe lithography.

Chicken Little, Cassandra, and the Real Wolf — By Donella H. Meadows | Whole Earth Catalog

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in futurismTagged Systems

Feb 22
2016

“There are real wolves out there. I happen to believe my computer model when it says that the End-Of-The-World-As-We-Know-It is not only a possibility, but a high probability. As the Chinese proverb says, “If you don’t change direction, you will end up where you are headed.” I think we are headed for disaster. But that thought does not thrill me. And it does not panic me into trying to fashion a world so controlled that it is actually predictable. Rather it energizes me to work toward a vision of a World-That-Works-For-Everyone, including all the nonhuman Everyones, a world in which eight billion people (or preferably fewer) maintain a European standard of living in a way that does not undermine the resource base, a world that evolves and learns and dances and operates from generosity and joy.”