Futurism – Lifeboat News: The Blog

Oct 7
2016

Bob the Hipster Knight

Amazing Stories has resumed publishing original science fiction, and they just happened to have led with a story of mine. Amazing Stories was the first SF magazine, dating to 1926, and was edited by Hugo Gernsback (as in “Hugo Awards”). My story contains speculation about human-AI interaction, and the future of user interfaces (disguised as comedy).

Posting this with Eric Klien’s permission, as it’s self-promotional.

Never trust an app in the form of a woman you don’t know, even if you are a hipster knight. A Gernsback Contest winning short story.

Oct 7
2016

The Robot That Cooks And Cleans For You

This robot can cook for you – and clean up afterwards.

Oct 5
2016

Shane Hinshaw — The future is here. Why not embrace it. Screw…

The future is here. Why not embrace it. Screw weed, crack or an others that may fry your neurons. Out think out preform others who rot thier brains. No offense to those who do those things.

Oct 5
2016

Russia develops incredible new ‘humanoid’ robot tank dubbed ‘The Specialist’ which can rescue injured soldiers from battlefield

The futuristic weapon could soon be unleashed on enemies of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Oct 5
2016

Nike’s self-lacing Mags are hot, won’t catch fire

When syfy becomes sicence FACT!

Take a closer look at the Nike Mag, aka ‘Back to the Future’ shoes.

Oct 5
2016

Food production in a world without meat — By Mbali Kgame | Design Indaba

“Meat production is detrimental to the environment and at the high rate at which it is consumed, it can also increase the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 per cent. This is according to a review of 800 studies conducted by the World Health Organisation (WHO).”

Oct 4
2016

Earth’s Untapped Resources

The Earth is rich and the untapped clean resources are abundant.

Oct 4
2016

Color copying pen

This pen copies the colors around you and lets you draw with them.

Oct 2
2016

Swiss manufacturer Küng brings the sauna tradition to the living room

A sauna in the living room; I want one.

London Design Festival 2016: Swiss company Küng has designed a series of saunas that can be installed in the living room to take advantage of limited living space.

Created as smaller versions of the company’s existing saunas, the collection features three different designs, each of which fit into two square metres of space.

They are designed to be inserted into living spaces or bedrooms, rather than hidden away in the basement, or relegated outside.

Oct 1
2016

Apple Opens $45 Million R&D Hub For Advanced Tech

I really wish them a lot of luck.

Apple opens a $45 million R&D hub in China to develop advanced software and hardware technology, as well as better audio and video equipment and communications.