On Fridays I post here my favorite stories about emerging technologies, experiential activations, interactive art, advances in scientific research, and other things I find inspirational.
The Moby Store by Wheelys is a “Store Of The Future” testing now in China that’s run entirely by tech:
Image: Wheelys
Berkeley’s DexNet 2.0 is great at picking things up, usually a difficult task for robots:
Image: Quartz
A nice roundup of recent advances in soft robots:
Image: REUTERS/Edgar Su
NASA’s new 3D-printed chainmail fabric can protect as well as reflect and absorb heat:
Image: NASA/JPL-CALTECH
A new design methodology could create bespoke low-power processors that only do what’s needed:
Image: Harland Quarrington/MOD, OGL
AirQuadOne is a flying car concept from UK-based consortium Neva Aerospace:
Image: NEVA AEROSPACE
CERN is using AI to help protect the Large Hardron Collider’s massive worldwide computing grid:
Image: Schutz assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0
Finnish startup Varjo is using a foveated-rendering-like technique to make sharper looking VR & AR:
Image: Varjo
Accenture and Microsoft are teaming up to develop a digital ID network based on blockchain:
Image: Accenture Plc/Handout via REUTERS
Imperfect crystals may be perfect storage method for quantum computers:
Image: Doc. RNDr. Josef Reischig, CSc.
Russian hackers have been using Ukraine as a testbed for sabotaging infrastructure – are we next?
Image: CURT MERLO
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