For many years, scientists have looked at the field of quantum machinery as the next big wave in computing. Whereas conventional computing involves sending information via a series of particles (electrons), quantum computing relies on the process of beaming the states of these particles from one location to the next. This process, which occurs faster […]
Cyberwars: The Credit Card Info Stealing App
Want to steal someone’s credit card information? There’s an App for that! Yes, it seems that smartphones are the latest tool in the identity and info thief’s arsenal, just a few years after it was reported that laptops were being used for to read people’s passports. And the worst part of it is, it can […]
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Of Cybernetic Hate Crimes
Last week, a bar in Seattle banned the use of Google Glass. The pub declared on their Facebook page that if anyone wanted to order a pint, they had better remove their $1500 pair of augmented reality display glasses beforehand. Citing the glasses potential to film or take pictures and post them on the internet, […]
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Introducing Google Nose (April Fools!)
Google, makers of the fame internet search engine, investors in future tech, and pioneers in commercial space flight (and no stranger to practical jokes, fyi) has just released a video for a new system known as Google Nose Beta. For too long, the video claims, people have been restricted when searching the internet, relying on […]
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Asteriod Prospecting by 2015
Deep Space Industries, a private aerospace company, has been making a big splash in the news lately. Alongside SpaceX, they have been pioneering a new age in space exploration, where costs are reduced and private companies are picking up the slack. And in their latest bid to claim a share of space, the company announced […]
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The Future is Here: The Apple iWatch!
Leave it to Apple to once again define the curve of technological innovation. Known as the iWatch, this new design for a smartwatch is expected to make some serious waves and spawn all kinds of imitations. In addition to keeping time, it will boast a number of new and existing abilities that will essentially make […]
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New Video Shows Google Glasses in Action
In a recently released teaser video, designed to expand Google Glass’ potential consumer base from the tech-savvy to what it refers to as “bold, creative individuals”. While the first video of their futuristic AR specs followed a New Yorker as they conducted mundane tasks through the city, this new clip hosts a dizzying array of […]
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Kitteh
Reblogged from Nicola Higgins' Fiction: The nice people at Google have put together a “neural network” of computers which is capable of learning. In three days it learned to spot cats in pictures, even though it had never been told what one looked like. Ah, neural networks. Everyone’s favourite method of creating supercomputers and robots. […]
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The Future Is Here: Google Glasses!
It’s like something out of a cyberpunk wet dream. Long the subject of speculative science fiction, it seems that we now have a working prototype for a set of goggles that can handle our wireless and networking needs. Merging the concepts of Augmented Reality with a Head-Mounted Display (HMD), Google has created what are now […]
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