Friday, September 13, 2013

They've finally built a prototype transporter!!

Yes, like the one in Star Trek!

Yes, this was recorded live from a shopping mall! Not trick photography!

Click the image for the video. I’m not sure I like the part where they don’t quite know where you’ll be teleported, though.

Thursday, September 12, 2013

This is cute. They've now built robots who know how to ask for help...

Click the above image to see how robots can ask for help when they are not able to do their programmed tasks and need a human to help out.

Or in other words… we’ve now learned how to build LAZY robots!!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Apple announces the new iPhone 5s and 5c

Here is a video which covers what you may have missed in today’s announcements and identifies the target audience for the new products.

Click on the above image for the video.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Technology is very entertaining...

as well as amazing…

I’m sure all of you can remember Minority Report where Tom Cruise works on a computer just by using gestures with his hands. Future smuture. That’s old hat now. Both Xbox Kinect and the Leap controller can do that today.

I mentioned the Leap controller in this post and you can go to their website here to see how you can Minority Report like capabilities today.

I haven’t watched Iron Man yet. None of them. Not because I don’t want to, but I haven’t had time to watch movies. Work gets in the way. (I hate when that happens.)

Anyway, some of you who did see Iron Man, in particular these scenes apparently from Iron Man II where ‎Robert Downey Jr. does design work in 3D. You can see a videoclip from YouTube of this by clicking the image below. It’s a 6-minute video. You can watch just the first montage to get the idea.

Future smuture. That’s now old hat too. Elon Musk demonstrates his 3D design software. Click the below image to see a demo of his software.