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Nov 12
2016

Harnessing the Power of the Hive Mind Has Allowed One Company to Predict the Future

In Brief:

Using swarm intelligence, UNU was able to pr
Swarm intelligence may be a safer way to develop AI since the intelligence gathering is human centered.

Nov 10
2016

The patented history and future of… the Apple Watch

Rarely a week goes by at Wareable where a patent from some big tech company doesn’t get us guessing about the future.

Like Hansel and Gretel with smartwatches, we follow the proverbial tech crumbs all the way to the end, but we’re quick to forget how many of the ideas actually make the cut — and which get lost along the way.

So we’re going to a mini-series we’re calling ‘The patented history and future of…’, looking at some of the big launches in wearable tech, starting with the Apple Watch. These are going to be miniature timelines, small trips down memory lane looking at the patents that led up to the announcement and those that have happened since, to see what came true, what didn’t, and what might still be to come.

Nov 10
2016

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Nov 9
2016

Bots give Microsoft Teams an edge on the competition–and on the future

Bots can be good.

Today’s mobile workforce is comfortable collaborating in a chat-based environment, so a smart company better have something to offer. Microsoft Teams is that something.

Nov 7
2016

Space race revealed: US and China test futuristic EmDrive on Tiangong-2 and mysterious X-37B plane

US and Chinese governments are already testing out their own EmDrive devices on spacecraft, sources say.

Nov 7
2016

How to read a book without opening it

New technique allows scientists to read the pages of an ancient text without opening the book.

Nov 7
2016

Ghost in the Shell Trailer Teaser

Paramount provided this tease to let me announce on November 13, I’ll be in Japan for an exclusive trailer launch party for GHOST IN THE SHELL with director Rupert Sanders and stars Scarlett Johansson and Takeshi Kitano.

Nov 6
2016

Russia plans to test elements of new nuclear engine on ISS

According to the tender documentation, Roscosmos is ready to allocate more than 264 million rubles (about $4 million) for this work.

The winner of the tender is expected to be announced on October 28.

As of now, only the Keldysh Research Center has submitted its bid for this work.

Nov 4
2016

SU Global Summit

Is the definitive gathering for those who understand the critical importance of exponential technologies, the impact they’ll have on the future of humanity, and the disruption these technologies will cause across all industries.

Nov 4
2016

New ‘Digital Life’ Initiative at UMass Amherst Aims to Create 3D Models of All Living Creatures

AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by biologist Duncan Irschick who created the Beastcam Array, a rapid-capture, field portable tabletop system for making high-resolution, full-color 3D models of living organisms, now plan to use it in an ambitious effort to create 3D models of all living organisms.

The Beastcam Array consists of 10 fixed arms, each of which can mount three G-16 Canon cameras for a 30-camera array. Small animals placed in the array’s center can be quickly and conveniently modeled in 3D by the cameras aided by software. Using this technology, Irschick and colleagues have created a new multimedia platform they call “Digital Life,” and have already created 3D models of sharks, scorpions, toads and lizards.

In coming months, they hope to use the BeastcamArray, funded in part by the National Science Foundation and developed at UMass Amherst’s Center for Evolutionary Materials, to create 3D models of two groups facing significant survival threats: frogs and sea turtles.