Five years is a long time: enough for the Sun to radiate the energy equivalent to all our reserves of oil, coal and natural gas and enough for the world to revolutionize energy in at least 5 ways. Here are 5 energy revolutions that we will see between now and 2024.
8 and a half billion euros, collaborations with the West and a detailed plan that has already begun and will be completed in record time: in Beijing they mean business.
Here are 5 predictions on small revolutions that with virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will add more worlds to what we live.
Researchers at the University of San Francisco have developed a neural interface that allows patients without the use of speech to “speak” through the device.
The preservation of information is increasingly crucial: this is why companies like Microsoft are studying the "hard disks" of the future. Among the most promising research is that which focuses on a truly exceptional "physical memory": DNA. Our DNA is a medium that stores data about us: on an IT level its "performance" is extraordinary. Like Hard Disk, DNA does not degrade over time. It is so versatile that it contains in just 4 grams all the information produced in an entire … Read more
Just thirty years ago the frontier was a school with a computer. Today, the frontier is having students with their own laptop. According to futurologist Thomas Frey, in the next 14 years the frontier will be to have students learning from robot teachers on the internet, and the company that will be able to provide this service will become one of the largest, richest and most important in the world. Frey's prediction is certainly made taking into account the latest macroscopic advances in artificial intelligence research. Robot teachers… Read more
After Amazon's attempts to deliver parcels via #drones, in France the #mail already arrives with this method comfortably at the recipient's home. By now the postal services of some countries have started to evaluate the possibility of using drones instead of classic postmen, especially to deliver mail in particularly difficult areas. There have already been examples in Switzerland and Australia. However, France today announces a truly regular delivery service via drones. The … Read more
#Amazon promised us, and here the first tests start in #Great Britain. It's only a matter of time before we say goodbye to our dear old delivery man, and welcome the new latest generation #drones, which deliver your purchase directly to your front door. In China JD has already officially launched the drone delivery service, and Amazon responds with the first tests in Great Britain on delivery drones. Drones, however, don't just steal jobs: ... Read more
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