technology

I seem to remember this being discussed in another hread but it probably deserves one of its own anyway. It looks as if the reality of planes powered by electric motors (and thus mostly batteries) is getting closer. Here is one example of such progress: Future of Aviation? NASA and U.S. Air...

With the (mostly) undisputed threat of Global Warming causing temperatures to rise by at least 2° and the unwillingness of countries to make strong decisions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ... ... would you support technological methods to reduce Global Warming without solving the CO2...

The world economic forum have said that we are at the beginning of a 4th Industrial revolution predominantly created by big data, IoT, 3D printing, AI, machine learning and robotics and increase in service based intangible products. It suggests that 7.1 million jobs will have disappeared by 2020...

Could it be that software programmers have become ... less concerned with proper coding, because if the computer has enough resources it can run badly written programs without being spectacularly slow? I just noticed that Skype uses 200MB of RAM just by being there, in the background. Sure I...

What are the ethical implications of future technology? We already have some of these "future" technologies, but they are still in their infancy. I'm talking about 3 areas in particular, nanotechnology, biotechnology and quantum computing and the various ways these can be used together in the...

Due to recent events and me wanting to eventually touch base w/individuals on the subjects of our new technologies; I finally decided to start my nano technology thread. Nanotechnology covers pretty much every thing you can think of from new raw materials from old raw materials, new computer...

This is a thought I came up with, but I'd be surprised if no one else has come up with it in the past. So I apologize if I'm passing off something old as something new. Premises: -Humans can be thought of as carbon based machines (in that with adequate resources and knowledge a human could be...

Back in the early 70's Quadraphonic sound was introduced and the system that sold the most records was the CBS SQ system. It was a phase-matrix where the rear channels were encoded via broadband 90 degree phase shifts. The performance was poor until Martin Willcocks invented the Directional...

Looking through some numbers, I noticed that cars have not gone down in value relative to consumers income, rather, cars today cost more as a percentage of total household income than they did in 1968. Why are cars more expensive today when trade agreements, labor costs, technology, etc.. would...

what would the IT buffs here say about computers and what they would look like in 2020?

what do you think about where technology has taken us?

Why did the government confiscate Tesla's work after his death, and have they declassified it all yet? If not, why not? Thanks.

Okay, Most of you clicking this aren't going to get any religious crud. Sorry, no troll here. With that said... I've been thinking a lot lately. Science has been a wonderful thing at explaining and discovering things. And since its so good at doing what it does best, why haven't people looked...

OK, I admit up front to some poetic license with the thread title, so I hope folks don't get too focused on that, but here's the thing.... Consider some of the great issues of our time: Climate change Energy Environmental degradation Nuclear power and weapons The global economy Stem cell...

So, I finally got around to reading I Am Legend, this weekend, and it got me thinking about Apocalypses and modern technology. If a larger percentage of the population (>99%) were to disappear/die/become mindless zombies, how quickly would the effects be felt? Is there sufficient automation in...

Today it was slammed home to me that my speech has gotten to the point where people who don't know me very well (and even some who do) are having trouble understanding me over the phone. At this, point, there are two solutions. 1) I use a text-to-speech machine, type what I want, and have the...

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9932054-7.html?tag=nefd.top "HP makes memory from a once-theoretical circuit" I thought it was interesting enough to share since I hadn't noticed it on the forums yet.

Back in the 80’s when I was a Senior Laboratory Technician in an engineering lab, I use to get a lot of scientific and technical periodicals for free. Most of the technical periodicals wre just advertising vehicles but sometimes had decent articles. One of my (none advertisement) favorites was...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/12/11/honda.robot.ap/index.html I though this could be put either in the philosophy or business section. If the mods wish to move it then so be it. So currently the technology exists where robots are able to clean pools, vacuume houses, serve drinks, and...

As I understand it, intelligent design proponents often draw an analogy between human engineering and intelligent design. Just as human engineers tinker with their designs of technologies making changes that have a specific, predicted results, so too does God the Divine Engineer tinker with its...

http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/LOCOLOCO/locoloco.htm Worth the time to look at!

This is just totally and utterly great. His website's pretty cool too... All I can say is that no human could be this cool... the ONLY explanation is that this "retired carpenter" is actually Aldebranese on his father's side.

Time has always been the grounds for strong relationships, from love to marraige. The magnificent duo of past and future too often overshadow the magnificent trio of past, future and present. Is it cutting hairs to say present is so slight it does not exist or could present be so inclusive that...

Old news, but still newsworthy . . . Next they'll be telling us that Steve Jobs is the Anti-Christ (personally, I think it's Bill Gates), and that computers open the doorway to Hell.

Can this lense described in the link below be used to buuild a new type of hubble telescope? http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/9/4/12

We all replace technology at a fast rate today. I came across an old walkman in a closet and then looked for any old electronic tech from the past. (since I have moved often, I tend to throw stuff out) I found my old transistor AM radio...from the 60s. It still works. So, what old tech do you...

My belief? Computing power. If computing power is doubled multiple times, then researchers in practically every field of science, medicine and technology can use massive simulations instead of real-time research. Will a particular medicine have negative effects on people? Take the...

For once, a non-9/11 related conspiracy site here. The gist is that to preserve profits in the aerospace industry, blended wing body designs, namely the obscure and flawed Burnelli designs have been suppressed despite supposed advantages, especially to passenger safety. The author falls into...

I want to start keeping up to date with recent scientific discoveries and technology and was wondering if any of you could steer me toward the most credible magazines out there. I see alot of mags but I assume there's probably alot of crap... Thanks!!

A prudent society would put technology on hold The aims of technology are achieved and our chances for survival are fatally diminished. The fault is not in our technology but in us. The fault lies within human society. McLuhan made us aware of the fact that technology is an extension of our...