11 bold forecasts for the near future technological decade
The last 10 years have seen half of the forecasts come true: this is what has happened, and here are those for the near future.
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Church is certain: within 20 years we will have the reversal of aging.
The first experiments, confirmed on mice. Now the ones about dogs: George Church is proceeding quickly, and now it's certain: the reversal of aging within 20 years
In Alibaba's hotel of the future, robots do everything
Earlier this year the Chinese e-commerce giant opened its Flyzoo hotel, described as an “ultra-modern boutique with 290 rooms that combine hospitality and technology”. The hotel of the future is the first in the world to bypass the entire check-in and key and room assignment process, leaving all management to the users themselves. Reservations and payments are made with an app, reception is entrusted to an interactive kiosk and entry into the rooms takes place with facial recognition. Automatic hotel If… Read more
I will tell you about the new sexual revolution
Technology, culture, life expectancy are preparing epochal changes: the sexual revolution is returning, and this time it will change our body and mind.
A couple draws the yurt of the future
Designed to obtain effectiveness from the round design, the interior of the yurt houses in over 200 square meters everything needed for a small palace.
5 gifts to the future from Blaise Pascal
In just 39 years of life and in full 1600, Blaise Pascal laid the foundations for the XNUMXth century. Virtually the Mozart of technology.
What happened to the Amazon rainforest?
Here are 8 reasons why we must keep writing, talking, shouting to the world that the future depends on the Amazon Rainforest.
Here's who's behind the suspension of the UK parliament and why.
Dominic Cummings, mind of the Brexit campaign, is Boris Johnson's special adviser. Here's how (and why) the suspension of the UK parliament was born.
Japanese Buddhist temple relies on bonzo robot
“This bonze robot will never die, it will continue to update itself and evolve indefinitely, helping people to reflect” declares the bonze Tensho Goto.
Startup in Mexico purifies the air with artificial trees
BioUrban 2.0 artificial trees can make a difference in areas traveled by pedestrians, cyclists or the elderly, where planting trees is not possible.
How long can humanity survive?
What are the long-term predictions for humanity, whether it will survive (a very) long time? 6 problems to face in the very, very distant future.
Long live Apollo! 10 technologies of today born from the mission to the Moon
For those who still wonder what served to go to the Moon, here are 10 pieces of modern technology born directly from the Apollo mission.
ECMO medicine, the miracle machine: death goes on standby
ECMO is a machine capable of saving or making people who are already dead survive even for months. A miracle that however raises enormous ethical doubts
The connection is increasingly mobile
The long-awaited overtaking has now occurred: smartphones and mobile devices have surpassed desktop and laptop #PCs in the number of connections to the network. Sooner or later it had to happen, and it happened. Even if in Italy we are still behind. For the first time, in October 2016 to be precise, there were more accesses to web pages from mobile devices than from desktops and laptops. Smartphones and tablets (51.26% of accesses) were connected more than… Read more
Goodbye to air conditioners: 3D bricks that cool the air are arriving
Modern science is increasingly concerned with finding solutions for domestic well-being. During the summer seasons the heat can be unbearable, especially in the hottest locations and in the central hours of the day. Many people are therefore led to purchase an air conditioner, i.e. a device that conveys hot air and cools it by reintroducing it into the cold environment and therefore lowering the overall temperature of the environment. From today these systems could be replaced by a very special invention, namely climate bricks made of ... Read more
Climate project: Carrefour awards 7 companies
Carrefour has started to look around among its suppliers (651) to identify the "greenest" companies that are ahead in adopting environmental sustainability policies. The company asked participants to present their projects, then evaluating them with the consultancy of Fedabo, a leading company in the sector, evaluating their innovative scope and producing a ranking: 7 virtuous companies, each for a reason. For Carrefour's sales and marketing director, Grégoire Kaufman, the process was natural: since 2011… Read more
i30: small flashes of the future.
Calling it a 'restyling' is humiliating: after extensive renovation work above and under the bonnet, the Hyundai i30 presents itself with a decidedly 'European' and decisive appeal, and gives the readers of Futuroprossimo (and those who write to you first of all) a lot of insights into the innovations that are now part of modern automotive culture. From the multipurpose solutions to the greater possibility of 'customising' the purchase, from the ever greater guaranteed (and perceived) safety to the stylistic innovations, this car convinces from the first glance. Just for … Read more
Preserving the brain to live again in digital form: plastination.
Death is the end of everything. Our brain, which has functioned well for many decades, at the moment of our departure from the world, in the space of just twenty minutes undergoes anoxia and neurons and synapses fall apart. No machine, after such damage, will be able to revive us; it will be able to reactivate cardiac functions and circulation but our brain will be gone forever. And to say that the brain has "gone" for philosophy... Read more
