News tagged with futuristic vision

US university coding future of news

Personalized newscasts culled from the Web and presented by digital avatars. Baseball stories written by computers using raw data.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Libraries: sandbox space for new technology

Libraries could be a testing ground for new technology such as Google's augmented-reality glasses and advances enabled by the roll-out of the National Broadband Network, a QUT expert says.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google creates a spectacle with project

(AP) -- If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

Google boss lays out future vision at world's top tech fair

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt cast a science-fiction vision of the future as the world's top tech fair opened Monday, with the German IT sector predicting record sales in 2012.

Technology / Business

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

The future cometh: Science, technology and humanity at Singularity Summit 2011 (Part II)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In its essence, technology can be seen as our perpetually evolving attempt to extend our sensorimotor cortex into physical reality: From the earliest spears and boomerangs augmenting our arms, horses and ...

Technology / Other

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (23) | comments 42 | with audio podcast feature

The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted

(AP) -- In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker - eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It's as if he's on his first date with an entire generation ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Explorers scramble to build vessel that will reach Earth's deepest point

It's been more than 50 years since humanity ventured to the deepest place on Earth, but four crews now are racing to make a return trip.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Human terrarium, Biosphere 2, looking good at 20

(AP) -- Jane Poynter and seven compatriots agreed to spend two years sealed inside a 3-acre terrarium in the Sonoran Desert. Their mission back in the 1990s: To see whether humans might someday be able to create self-sustaining ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Bionic eye' implant offers hope to the blind

For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has enkindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 11

Oil-rich Abu Dhabi champions ecological cause

It floats on a sea of oil in a country that has the largest ecological footprint, yet Abu Dhabi aims to convince the world of its environmental credentials through its futuristic Masdar initiative.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boeing inks deal to put tourists in space by 2015

US aerospace giant Boeing has forged an alliance with marketing firm Space Adventure to put tourists into low-level orbit in a futuristic capsule by early 2015.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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