A blind Australian is to have their vision restored with bionic eyes that send images straight into the brain using smart glasses and brain implants.
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B-roll: HoloLens (Channel 9)
Intended for broadcast journalists, this broadcast-quality footage highlights Microsoft HoloLens. Microsoft HoloLens is the world’s first fully untethered holographic computer, powered by Windows 10, enabling high-definition holograms to integrate with your world.
Ordering an Uber ride through Facebook Messenger feels like the future
It feels futuristic to have Uber built directly into an app like Facebook Messenger. Here’s how it works.
5 Steps Toward Gender Diversity Every Company Can Take Right Now — By Claudia Chan | Fast Company
“Plenty of forward-thinking companies have innovation divisions that try and predict the future, disrupt old models, and develop cutting-edge products. They don’t nest those divisions inside their human resources departments. So why shouldn’t gender diversity efforts be a part of corporate innovation?”
NASA’s Tech Was Repurposed in Some Strange Ways This Year
NASA has a long history of seeing its technology turned around after spaceflight for some more earthbound purposes. (Enjoy that scratch-resistant coating on your glasses? Well, it began life as an ‘80s-era spacecraft water filtration system.) What some people miss is that it’s still happening today.
Every year, NASA puts out what it calls a “spinoff report.” No, this is not a list of ideas for a series of zany, roommate comedies set aboard the ISS. (Although this is an excellent idea. Call me, NASA TV!) The spinoff report is actually a list of all the ways NASA’s tech has been repurposed into new products, ranging from the inevitable to the surprising to the bizarre.
Here are a few of highlights from this year’s version:
Human Carrying Multicoptor
This battery electric multicopter is part spider and part futuristic flying machine.
Google ‘disappointed’
Google says it’s disappointed by draft rules that would ban driverless cars from traveling on public roads in California without a licensed human driver.
Carlota Perez: In the midst of ICT revolution: next revolution 30 years out | vimeo.com
Economist Carlota Perez talk about the future of ICT.