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Surgery in times of climate threat: it's time for 'green' anesthesia
“I try to take precautions. I don't turn on too many lights, take shorter showers, or anything. I do what I can. But in my profession it is a very simple gesture that can have a gigantic impact."
New cultural models for the West: Toyotism
Have you ever wondered why the Japanese have managed to achieve similar results? Where does the industrial success of this island country poor in natural resources come from?
The US Air Force launches the SHIELD into reality, but that's not what you think
The US Air Force announces that it has successfully used laser weapons to shoot down missiles in flight. The system is designed to be mounted on aircraft and take on both a defensive and offensive attitude.
E-commerce also runs on smartphones
As of 31 December 2016, a total of 45,2 million mobile telephone devices were active in Italy, with old "mobile phones" numbering around 12 million, down by 6% per year. This means, therefore, that there are more than 33 million Italians who use smartphones, whose penetration rate rose to 73 percent of the population last year. Not just phone calls It seems obvious to write it, but today the smartphone is successful because it allows you to carry out ... Read more
Amazon Go opens: no speakers or queues
Some time ago, there was talk of possible bookshops or shops opened by Amazon, at least in America: today that dream has become reality. The first #Amazon Go opened in Seattle for an experiment, a #supermarket where you enter with your cell phone and leave without paying. Or rather, thanks to Amazon's sophisticated technology, everything we take and take away will then automatically be charged to our credit card. Without queuing, queuing or taking out a thousand coins. I… Read more
Amazon launches new shopping services
First, the good news: today only #Amazon is offering 10 euros discount to everyone (on a minimum #spend of 50 euros), to thank its customers for having been elected for the second consecutive year "Best in Italy - Champion in service". The e-commerce giant has achieved this important result and has decided to thank the users who decide to spend on Amazon every day. The discount will be valid by entering the discount code “GRAZIE1000″ at the time of purchase. At the same time, … Read more
The hi-tech suture will tell us how the wound is going
Technology is now advancing in every field, and especially in medicine it helps us to be increasingly efficient. This is the case of the intelligent #suture, created by researchers from MIT and Tufts University. This special type of suture keeps the #wound under control and signals any ongoing infections. The threads that are used - we read on Microsystems & Nanoengineering - are a mix of cotton and synthetic materials. These are able to absorb body fluids and… Read more
The first neural keyboard for Android is born: it's SwiftKey
The new keyboard, called SwiftKey Neural Alpha, is still under development. It will be available to some users to test it.
The graphene and gold patch for diabetics arrives
Technology for the medical field is increasingly cutting edge. And for chronic diseases such as diabetes, giant strides are being made: today we present this high-tech patch in graphene and gold, designed specifically for diabetics. As we know, diabetics must monitor their blood glucose levels daily and possibly inject a dose of insulin, and this is an operation that requires a lot of time, energy and money. A team of Korean and American researchers thought… Read more
EasyJet, the hydrogen hybrid plane arrives
Not just electric and hybrid cars: the airline sector also wants to renew itself, and EasyJet wants to lead the way with the project of a hydrogen hybrid plane. In fact, air pollution also comes from airplanes, and the EasyJet company has been trying for many years to reduce CO2 emissions and become more "green." The company recently presented the concept of an aircraft that uses fuel cells to power the engines during hovering. … Read more
Volvo and hololens transfigure the way of seeing the car
Do you remember the Microsoft Holodesk project and its developments? We talked about it in an article some time ago. The first practical applications of this holographic technology are arriving all over the world, and Volvo, the Swedish car manufacturer, did not wait long to embark on a path that will lead to holograms becoming an integral part of the process of choosing and purchasing a car. car. Let's just think for a moment about the immediate implications of Holodesk and its Hololens, the headset attached to it... Read more
The future world will have stateless nations
It is a truly complicated period on a geopolitical level: an epochal transition towards the future world that almost imposes the dynamics of social networks even on political entities. What is happening in Syria (and in other neighboring nations) has every appearance of being a transition from a world of "nation states" to a world of "stateless nations". It is not the only indication of a change: other unknown factors that determine citizenship or belonging to a territory are changing. … 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
Floatwing: the house independent of space and energy
What do you think of a modular houseboat that provides for its own energy needs? You don't have to go far with your imagination: his name is Floatwing. Designed by the Portuguese agency Friday, this house can generate all the energy it needs for a year in just 6 months. Equipped with a robust photovoltaic system, a wastewater treatment mechanism and other elements, Floatwing is a true concentration of technologies for … Read more
Exacto, DARPA successfully tests remote-controlled bullets
The US military is testing an 'intelligent' projectile (do you have doubts about previous definitions of intelligence in relation to weapons? Me too) within a research program called EXACTO (EXtreme Accuracy Tasked Ordinance): in these tests ( started in February 2015 and announced two weeks ago) all participants were able to hit a moving target with absolute precision. As? The projectile benefits from a real-time laser guidance system that follows the target and corrects… Read more
Here is the gun for the disabled and elderly
The “defensive” (I laugh) Palm .38 SPL pistol, designed specifically for people with reduced muscular capacity, osteoporosis or rheumatoid arthritis, as well as for those suffering from degenerative diseases, arrives on the American market. Disabled and elderly people will be able to kill someone just like everyone else: a great achievement of civilization, right? The project is a long-standing one: for years the company had been trying to patent this device: the delay in approval for sale would have been due (this is nice) to the attempt to have it registered as... Read more
North Dakota police will be able to arm their drones
In the American state, a law created to ensure that the police did not use weapons on drones has in fact led to a provision with the opposite effect: it will be possible to equip drones with Tasers, stun gas, pepper spray and all sorts of non-invasive weapons. lethal (if by “non-lethal” you mean something that killed 39 people last year). It is the first American state to legalize such a possibility, and not even doing it on purpose is there… Read more
6 bets for the future
The list of technologies under study is very long and is constantly updated: one of the latest lists of future developments that could change the world forever comes from the Institute of Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a research center founded in 2004 by a philosopher, Nick Bostrom, and a bioethicist, James Huges. The list, drawn up with the consultancy of futurologist Gray Scott, presents really interesting elements: here are the "magnificent" 6 technologies that could arrive in the near future. Age reversal… 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
V-Tex, here's the microwave fridge
Who hasn't come home at least once on a hot summer day and discovered that they had all their drinks OUT of the fridge? Forced to wait at least a quarter of an hour to be able to drink them cold, how many of you have asked yourself "why isn't there something like a microwave fridge that instantly cools food?". Very soon the question will be answered: V-Tex is a device being created by a consortium of companies... Read more
