Browsing Tag Tech
Futurecasting | Science Fiction
Science fiction is full of warnings and we should be careful to take heed.
Autonomous Vehicles | Futurecasting
What does a future full of autonomous vehicles mean for all the spaces reserved for downtown parking?
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
If it were possible to download the neural networks of a human brain, could we preserve a computer simulation of that person?
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
Genetic modification, space stations, wind power, artificial wombs, video phones, wireless internet, and cyborgs were all foreseen by “futurologists” from the 1920s and 1930s.
Why we should worry about the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces.
While prosthetics and implants for medical purposes have been around for years, a whole new range of elective body augmentations are becoming possible.
Robots | Artificial Intelligence
We need robotics to improve our ability to monitor and maintain energy infrastructure assets which in the future will be achieved through persistent autonomy.
Robots | Artificial Intelligence
And this is just version one. Imagine when they give the robot artificial fur.
Transportation | Futurecasting
Aviation emissions have risen by 70% since 2005 and as demand increases in rich and poorer countries, they’re forecast to increase by between 300% and 700% by 2050.
Science Fiction | Futurecasting
We can hope that none of these visions come true, but in the meantime, let’s bask in the glory of Mike Winkelmann’s imagination.
EU project creates robotic hands that can sense and fix damage without human intervention.
Bill Hader’s masterful impressions meet deep fake tech.
Witness the beginning of the end of Hollywood as you’ve known it.
The high-altitude balloons promise a cheap monitoring platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods.
Study funded by Facebook aims to improve communication with paralyzed patients.
Wall Street Journal | Deep Fake
Startups and government agencies are researching ways to combat doctored images ahead of the 2020 election.
Artificial Intelligence | Futurecasting
The hysteria around AI comes from the likes of billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, but the reality of AI is currently very different.
No John Wick needed, Keanu Reeves comes to the rescue in this deep fake short.
More than a decade since blockchain technology emerged, we’re still only beginning to scratch the surface of its potential.
Ultra-realistic manipulation of digital imagery could open up new horizons for filmmaking, but lawmakers are only beginning to grapple with the issues and unanswered questions it poses.
In film and video games, we’ve already seen what’s possible with ‘digital humans’. Are we on the brink of the world’s first totally virtual acting star?
“If we are living in a simulation, then the cosmos that we are observing is just a tiny piece of the totality of physical existence.”
In the near future, we’ll be using machines to read research papers and make connections humans have not yet made.
VR | Psychology
Studies have shown that experiencing new perspectives in the virtual world can alter your behaviour in real life.
A deep fake-powered alternate take on Full Metal Jacket if it were directed by Wes Anderson.
Researchers have ideas how to probe consciousness.
New text effective today adds “falsely created images” to state law.
The goal is to develop scalable quantum repeaters for long-haul quantum communications and distributed quantum computers for large-scale quantum computation.
In two recent research papers, we described ways to detect deep fakes with flaws that can’t be fixed easily by the fakers.
Furhat Robotics and psychologist Robert Johansson have partnered to create a robot which simulates a depressed patient.
