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.
With a 20-qubit processor, Google is on track for a quantum computer breakthrough by end of 2017:
Image: Julian Kelly/Google
One-size-fits-all exoskeletons don’t work: we need exosuit tailoring:
Image: Steve Collins
A good roundup of the applications for which quantum computers will be incredibly useful:
Image: iStock
Apple’s iOS 11 ARKit augmented reality platform is closer to reality than Google’s Tango mobile AR:
Image: The Verge
A firsthand account of the app “Be My Eyes” and the technology revolution that’s happening for the blind:
Image: Be My Eyes
Startup Synchron is developing a #BrainComputerInterface using “stentrodes”:
Image: University of Melbourne
Amazon filed a patent for huge, city-center #DeliveryDrone towers:
Image: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
NASA and Stanford have developed a gecko-inspired robot to clean up space junk:
Image: Jiang et al., Sci. Robot. 2, eaan4545 (2017)
A new virtual reality & augmented reality lab will open in the Brooklyn Navy Yard in late 2017:
Image: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER
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