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A few years ago, my friend and I were brainstorming on some NextGen Technologies to look at for investment purposes. And, he suggested Polymer Coating. And, was he ever right. Google and others are using it for screen imaging on Lens, etc. Love this stuff.
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined advanced nanometer-scale gratings and a Space Age-era thin-film polymer, to invent a novel technology. This technology can be used to fabricate routers and switches for optical signals, energy-efficient full-color video displays, and smart windows and coatings.
Feb 4, 2016
How to efficiently convert carbon dioxide from air to methanol fuel
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: chemistry, energy
Convert carbon dioxide from air (at low temp) to methanol fuel — why not!
Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute have created fuel out of thin air — directly converting carbon dioxide from air into methanol at relatively low temperatures for the first time. While methanol can’t currently compete with oil, it will be there when we run out of oil, the researchers note.
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Feb 4, 2016
Contact lenses may soon become computer screens
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: computing
AR Contacts — Google and Huawei are both doing some really interesting things in this space; and I cannot wait until I get my hands on this technology.
Research looking into polymer technology points us in a direction several steps beyond the doomed Google Glass experiment | contact lens.
Feb 4, 2016
Graphene Brain Implants May Help Patients Regain Sensory Functions And Control Motor Disorders
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, computing, materials, neuroscience
Graphene; the material for brain chip implants; however, Q-Dots ferrofluid is where it will make us totally rethink brain implants in the future.
A new technology developed by researchers in Italy and the United Kingdom allows for the creation of graphene-based materials that can be interfaced with neurons without losing its electrical conductivity. This can lead to the creation of neural electrodes that are not only biocompatible, but stable within the body as well. (Photo : University of Cambridge)
Scientists from the United Kingdom and Italy have developed a new process in which a carbon form known as graphene is combined with neurons without sacrificing the integrity of these cells.
Feb 4, 2016
How do you think technology will change the school (and the education) of the future?
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: education, futurism
Feb 4, 2016
The Last Generation to Die — Trailer
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: computing, entertainment, quantum physics, robotics/AI
These types of movies always come out when society is about to make a huge change in it’s technology that will reshape everything. In the 1950’s we saw movies about alien invasions and run away computers. 60’s & 70’s it was the robots taking over or Dystopia such as West World, Omega Man, Clockwork Orange, then 80’s MadMax and so on. Here we are again with more end of human existance movies because of AI and Quantum. Here is the latest dystopian movie.
This is “The Last Generation to Die — Trailer” by timmaupin on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Feb 4, 2016
In a future brave new world will it be possible to live forever?
Posted by Lily Graca in categories: futurism, life extension
Feb 4, 2016
Swarm of aquatic robots learns to cooperate
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: robotics/AI
All the disparate elements that will likely be needed to create a true, strong AI are finally coming together now, double time!
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Feb 4, 2016
In the New Movie Creative Control, Virtual Reality Is Dangerously Irresistible
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: entertainment, sex, virtual reality
The widespread use of virtual reality is inevitable, and it’s getting closer and closer. A new movie called Creative Control now takes the tech to the next level, and the results aren’t good.
Written, directed by and starring Benjamin Dickinson, Creative Control premiered at South by Southwest 2015 to solid reviews and finally hits theaters March 11. It centers on an executive whose company has created the next level of virtual reality, in a form that not-so-subtly reminds us of Google Glass. But as things turn to sex—as they tend to do—the virtual takes precedence over the reality.
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