1,514 posts tagged future technology
SubscribeGates looks to the future with top CEOs, unveils 'Touch Wall'
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Future Medical Devices
http://chiefprognosticator.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ future-medical-devices.htmlWill we ever see a Tri-Corder like device to instantly scan and recognize medical conditions or illnesses in patients? Of course -- the only question is when (not if). I think it is still 30 or 40 years away to have a hand held medical device to accurately analyze and diagnose most diseases but we are on our way.
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BABIES TO BE MONITORED FROM BIRTH
http://www.themidnightsun.org/ ?p=2466BABIES TO BE MONITORED FROM BIRTH May 14th, 2008 by Aurora “Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.” (Nadia Boulanger) Babies may soon be entered on a DNA database if one man has his way.
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BMW Unveils Efficiency Innovations
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ bmw-unveils-efficiency-innovations/You know BMW is serious about improving efficiency when you hear they're equipping the M5 with a stop-start system. But what else have the bayerische wissenschaftlers been cooking up to improve efficiency?
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Cyborg Me
http://balsamea.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ cyborg-me/I finally broke down and bought a cell phone. Just got my first Unicel bill. Immediately called them and dropped the crazy handset insurance (which I declined when I ordered the service but I guess they know better than me what insurance I need) … $4/month insurance premium for a $20 phone!
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Smaller isn’t unsafe-er
http://arapacis.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ smaller-isnt-unsafe-er/You hear it all the time: “I drive a big SUV because it’s safer.” Wrong. Smaller does not mean unsafe-er. The 9-foot long Smart scored the highest marks in front and side impact tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. I went over to their website to see how big 19-foot utes fared; and it appears as if they haven’t been tested.
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Toys of the Trade
http://futurismic.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ toys-of-the-trade/Sven Johnson returns to Futurismic for another instalment of Future Imperfect. Cyberpunk literature mirrored its era by speaking of the the fetishism of hardware; Sven takes a look at the state of play today, where what were once tools are now toys, and where complex design modeling software is available at the click of a mouse to anyone who wants it … as part of a video game.
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The Wishful Arsenal: US Defense Spending
http://vimdy.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ the-wishful-arsenal-us-defense-spendin…Defense Secretary Gates made comments at a speech in Colorado Springs yesterday that caught the attention of the media and likely raised the hackles of many in the defense industry. The Secretary coined the phrase “Next-War-itis” to describe an ailment afflicting some in the defense establishment that
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Future of Mobile Search for Diet
http://petitinvention.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ future-of-mobile-search-for-d…Mainly because I don’t usually care about nutrition when I eat, this kind of function would be helpful for people like me. This is the fourth post of this gadget. See also part 1 part 2 part 3. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
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Hardware Trauma Plagues Robot Soldiers in Iraq
http://futureupdate.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ hardware-trauma-plagues-robot-s…Hardware Trauma Plagues Robot Soldiers in Iraq Posted by Scott S in News, Science, politics, technology. Tags: combat, damage, Department of Defense, future, Halliburton, hard drive, hardware, humor, injuries, Iraq, microprocessors, military, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, redeployments,
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The Future of Video Games
http://computergames.laptop-computer-repair.com/ 2008/ 05/ 14/ the-future-of-vid…The Future of Video Games May 14th, 2008 I’ve recently been thinking about where video games could be going in the future. I’m hoping to work in the game industry one day after I’ve finished university study and I’ve been wondering about it a lot.