Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 1104
Apr 30, 2016
The leap second: Because our clocks are more accurate than the Earth
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Apr 30, 2016
The Futuristic Aircraft That May Replace the Black Hawk Will Fly Next Year
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: futurism, transportation
But don’t expect the V-280 or SB-1 to hit battlefields until after 2030 — unless their builders find other customers first.
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Scientists may soon be able to alter your skin and hair color.
Nice
Put yourself in the Pentagon – it’s “take a random civilian to work” day or something. You’re sitting with an Army general brooding over future land wars, as is their wont.
“Our combat vehicles need to be tougher to take the big hits from new weaponry!” he says.
Apr 30, 2016
These Japanese Researchers Are Making Holograms You Can Touch
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
“Imagine if you were in a zoo, and there was a lion on the other side of the glass that you could have the sensation of touching.”
Apr 29, 2016
Google Filed Patent For Injecting A Device Directly Into Your Eyeball To Improve Vision
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: futurism
Google has had a penchant for far out tech that never reaches the market. Here’s the latest.
Apr 28, 2016
Russian Soldier Strolls Through a Gauntlet of Explosions Like It’s Nothing
Posted by Karen Hurst in category: futurism
Hmmm; hope others are seeing this. Imagine a suit/ gear that makes soldiers unstoppable.
The demonstration is quite the spectacle, but maybe not as dangerous as it looks.
Apr 28, 2016
The vision for the future ground vehicle looks a lot like a dune buggy
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: futurism, military
Cool
The Army and Marine Corps’ next-generation ground combat vehicle could be designed to avoid threats rather than withstand them.
To that end, eight organizations received contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to join the Ground X-Vehicle Technology program, where DARPA intends to create a nimble, go-anywhere conveyance that will be hard for enemies to find or catch.
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Apr 28, 2016
Italianos criam telha que já vem com placas solares
Posted by Lily Graca in category: futurism
A invenção é uma alternativa aos painéis fotovoltaicos tradicionais, que são grandes e pesados.
As empresas italianas Area Industrie Ceramiche e REM desenvolveram a Tegola Solare, uma telha cer mica com células fotovoltaicas integradas. É uma alternativa sustentável que não atrapalha a estética original das telhas, como acontece muitas vezes com os painéis fotovoltaicos tradicionais, que são grandes e pesados.
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