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Larry Page dreams of flying cars

June 17 2016

Larry Page, co-founder of Google, is betting everything on flying cars. Page has in fact invested over 100 million dollars in Zee.Aero, a Californian startup that has designed a flying car. Page has been involved in the project since 2010, but the news only leaked today. The purpose is declared: to build flying cars for personal use. A flying car was already being designed almost 100 years ago, but, needless to say, these were failed attempts. Today, however, there are more suitable materials and more advanced technologies: for example, the use… Read more

Stephen Hawking to discover space

April 14 2016

Stephen Hawking doesn't stop, and joins investors and wealthy patrons to discover space. The aim is to find life forms, and to reach Alpha Centauri in a few years. Hawking joined the Russian billionaire and philanthropist Yuri Milner and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the venture: the three announced the launch of one of the most ambitious missions in space exploration, costing around 100 million dollars . The … Read more

A drone dance in the forest

October 15, 2015October 12, 2015

The "dance" of these drones in the woods is absolutely spectacular. They are practically indestructible thanks to the armor they contain: of course, the expense is not worth the effort: the Swiss company that manufactures them, dronelight.ch, wants €18.000 for an object like this, it doesn't seem exactly accessible to me. But how nice to see a couple of them flying! The video is without any special effects.

The hummingbird-spy of DARPA

November 14, 2013June 29 2013

At first glance (and perhaps not too closely) it might seem like a real hummingbird, but it is the new spybot created by DARPA: this flying robot is equipped with a video camera capable of transmitting images remotely. The dimensions are still excessive (but I am very demanding): 16 cm of wingspan and 19 grams of weight. Yes, it's not a Boeing, and No, that's not all. We'll see them fly, guys: and one fine day, we won't even see them... Read more

Flying salvation: a network of aerial drones for first aid

May 11, 2013October 31, 2012

The statistics released by the WHO tell us that of the millions of cases of fatal cardiac arrest occurring outside of hospital facilities, more than a third could be tackled: the timely arrival of an ambulance, the use of a defibrillator and lots and lots of speed (6 minutes is the window of time needed to save the patient). Many cities around the world do not have the capacity to act in time and lack the necessary organization. This translates into genocide: hundreds of thousands… Read more

The beauty of landing on a flying airport.

November 14, 2013May 5, 2012

Size matters, even when it comes to aircraft: the bulkier the aircraft, the better they fly, with more stability and efficiency (think of the recent, enormous Airbus A380). Nothing prevents us from imagining, therefore, a timeline in which we will aim to create increasingly larger aircraft, to the point of launching real flying airports, capable of hosting and landing other planes on top of them. This is the underlying reason for the 'Airborne Metro' concept: it is, in fact, ... Read more

Jobs of the near future: 26 jobs of tomorrow

November 5, 2022November 14, 2011

In the days that mark the fall of the Berlusconi government and the Italian economic crisis (remember? we predicted it on the old site) I am as disheartened as all of you. The moment is difficult: we can only get out of it if all levels of our country change by looking to the future more than to the past. Some jobs will still survive in the future, let's be clear: but there is a whole series of jobs that don't exist today and which could be useful in the near future. Let's go with common sense: 60%... Read more

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