‘Technology - Future Trends’ Archives
Artificial intelligence to transform web: Russian tycoon
AFP December 28, 2010 MOSCOW — The emergence of artificial intelligence is to transform the Internet industry and social networking over the next decade, Russia’s leading web tycoon said in an interview on Tuesday. The low-profile Yury Milner, chairman in the [Read More]
IBM Creates Cloud-Computing System for NATO Command
Bloomberg December 22, 2010 By Katie Hoffmann International Business Machines Corp., the world’s biggest computer-services provider, is building a cloud-computing system for NATO in the first such deal for the international military alliance. The software and hardware [Read More]
Enhanced brain-machine interface taps into additional senses
eurekalert December 14, 2010 Monkeys moved thought-controlled computer cursors more quickly and accurately when provided with additional sensory feedback, according to a new study in the Dec. 15 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. While most brain-machine technologies [Read More]
Silicon Valley billionaire backs futuristic philanthropy
Mercury News By Brandon Bailey December 6, 2010 Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel worries that people aren’t thinking big enough about the future. So he’s convening an unusual philanthropic summit tonight at which he will introduce other wealthy tech [Read More]
70 Jobs for 2030
World Future Society • Bio-botic Physicians and Bio-botist Assistants. These individuals would look at the integration between biological functionalities and implanted enhanced life extensions (nano-robotics). People in this field would repair internal chips, resolving [Read More]
Science of man-made life can proceed: White House
AFP By Kerry Sheridan December 16, 2010 The White House on Thursday said the controversial field of synthetic biology, or manipulating the DNA of organisms to forge new life forms, poses limited risks and should be allowed to proceed. Critics said the discovery was [Read More]
First Fully Bioprinted Blood Vessels
Business Wire December 8, 2010 Organovo, Inc., a regenerative medicine company focused on bioprinting technology, today announced the release of data on the first fully bioprinted blood vessels. Data was presented at the Tissue Engineering and The blood vessels are printed [Read More]
IBM pitches ‘smart’ cities as planet savers
By Agence France-Presse Raw Story December 13, 2010 IBM is helping cities worldwide get “smarter” about using resources in ways that are good for the Earth as well as local budgets. IBM announced that the coastal Texas town of Corpus Christi has joined cities [Read More]
Nanotech firm takes out licence to print semiconductors
Lucy Sherrif ZDNet December 13, 2010 California-based firm Shrink Nanotechnologies has signed a multi-year license for the University of Chicago’s so-called electronic glue. The deal covers all but thermo-electric applications of the glue, which has the potential to bring [Read More]
German company’s retinal implant can restore vision
Med City News December 12, 2010 Restoring vision to the blind is the sort of feat reserved for ancient religious texts and modern science fiction novels. But a company in Germany did just that with an eye implant. Retina Implant AG is in the process of developing a [Read More]