Innovation Factory
By Sérgio Figueiredo Jr | "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" (Alan Kay)
How To Make 500,000 Cars Without Humans
Elon Musk is obsessed with speed. From rockets to hyperloops to electric cars, fast is kind of his thing.<p>Now he wants to apply the same aesthetic to manufacturing.<p>Critics argue it’s another pipe dream, born out of necessity. <b>Tesla</b>, his controversial car business, is supposed to deliver 400,000 …
Robots5 Biotech Products U.S. Regulators Aren’t Ready For - MIT Technology Review
Lab-made meat. Hornless cattle. Designer bacteria. Dozens of futuristic-sounding products are being developed using new tools like CRISPR and …
GeneticsDeepMind's new algorithm adds 'memory' to AI
The AI system is able to learn to play one Atari game and then use its knowledge to learn another<p>When DeepMind burst into prominent view in 2014 it …
Artificial IntelligenceThe Surprising Way Selfies Are Driving Phone Design
It started with Apple’s Touch ID and Alibaba’s “selfie pay.” Now companies are building deep biological portraits to secure our phones.<p>When Apple …
Inside the Race To Build Next Generation Battery Technology
To solve truly big and complex problems, we need to build new platforms for collaboration.<p>The garage startup has become as much of an American icon in the twenty first century as the automobile and the drive-in were to earlier generations. The idea that anyone with an idea can change the world is …
Innovation7 amazing technologies we'll see by 2030
Hollywood's depictions of the future are usually pretty far-fetched — like the flying cars of "Blade Runner" and the hoverboards in "Back to the Future II." The World Economic forum surveyed over 800 experts and executives to find out what the future will actually look like. Here are 7 amazing …
AmazingIBM Watson's next target? Hunting down the hackers
AI is taking on the hackers. The sixth instalment in the Cognitive Insight series highlights how IBM Watson is being trained to tackle cybercrime<p>The …
CybersecurityGet Ready For Multisensory Virtual Reality That Goes Far Beyond Sight And Sound
In October, I had the opportunity to try out the Rez Synesthesia Suit: A Velcro-on body rig concept that uses countless pulsing motors to add the sense of touch to virtual reality experiences. The experience was rough, but somewhat amazing: As I waved my hand through HTC Vive-rendered bubbles, I …
Virtual RealityCould we soon 'upgrade' our bodies? Extreme bionics will create modular superhumans
MIT's Center for Extreme Bionics it trying to eliminate human disabilities and push us beyond the limits of our own bodies<p>From peg legs through hook …
BionicsAlphabet’s Google is searching for its next hit
“JUDGE a man by his questions, rather than his answers,” Voltaire advised. Google has become one of the most successful firms in history by heeding …
Faraday Future SUV smokes a Tesla Model X in intriguing drag race video
As a hyper-secretive electric car company with a flair for self-promotion and intriguing teaser videos, Faraday Future has been on our radar for …
Supersonic Travel Is Booming
Starting in the early 2020s, business-class travelers will get something more than mere celebrity-chef-curated menus and flat-reclining seats when …
Truckers think automation won’t take their jobs for 40 years. Silicon Valley strongly disagrees.
As far as most truckers can tell, the danger of losing their jobs to robots is still a long, long way off.<p>“I don’t have a single member who’s ready to buy a bunch of automated trucks even if they could,” says R. J. Cervantes, whose California Trucking Association represents fleet owners in the …
Silicon ValleyUX Trends 2017: Experts Bet On AI, Chatbots And VR
Founders, designers and executives bet on AI, chatbots and VR. Photo credit: Samuel Zeller/Unsplash.<p>Last year, I wrote about the top web design trends to watch in 2016. My predictions received a lot of attention and questions about what’s next not only in the web design but UX design world.<p>I …
UX DesignThis incredible gadget lets you draw physical 3D objects in mid-air
There’s a reason 3D printing is so popular these days: it’s awesome. Instead of having to spend thousands of dollars working with a prototyping …
Hyperloop One Has Huge Ambitions For New Sci-Fi Transport System
As if building a revolutionary transportation system using magnets and vacuum tubes was not insanely ambitious enough, Hyperloop One has now extended …
The Next Global Arms Race Aims to Perfect Artificial Intelligence
Echoing the 1960s space race, countries are using brains over brawn to flex their national strength. But the implications could be disastrous.<p>Subscribe<p>Let our news meet your inbox.<p>SIGN UP<p>A country’s dexterity with artificial intelligence technology might be the next strong source of national pride …
Artificial IntelligenceForget high streets, by 2030 everyone will be shopping in virtual reality
Future Visuals is creating VR experiences for John Lewis, Ferrari and McDonalds<p>Tim Flemming is creating virtual environments for everyone from …
Virtual RealityWhy chatbots are the last bridge to true AI
Humans have been storing, retrieving, manipulating, and communicating information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in 3000 BCE. Since then, we have continuously developed more and more sophisticated means to communicate and push information. Whether unconsciously or consciously, …
ChatbotsImproving Robot Response to Anticipate Human Actions
Researchers at Cornell University have created a machine-learning model for generating an appropriate robot response based on evaluating human …
Apps are dying. Long live the subservient bots ready to fulfil your every desire
Apps are about to be eclipsed by a new conversational interface: bots - and they know what you need and are ready to serve<p>Subscribe to WIRED<p><b>The app</b> …
ChatbotsThe road to tomorrow: streets need to be as smart as the cars driving on them
It’s not enough for future vehicles to be shared and self-driving – a smart upgrade of our cities and streets is also required<p>Subscribe to</b> …
CitiesWhy Google’s New Phone Will Soon Be Irrelevant
Entering the hardware business is nothing unusual for an Internet giant like Google. But in launching its Pixel phone last week, Google (goog) is …
How Economists View the Rise of Artificial Intelligence
To really understand the impact of artificial intelligence in the modern world, it’s best to think beyond the mega-research projects like those that …
Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017 - Smarter With Gartner
Today, a digital stethoscope has the ability to record and store heartbeat and respiratory sounds. Tomorrow, the stethoscope could function as an …
IntelligenceChatbots Will Be Your New Best Friend
Shutterstock<p>Chatbots came on the scene in 2011 as business intelligence, artificial intelligence and messaging platforms combined into new forms of responsive technology. New ways were needed to support companies interacting with buyers and provide customer support that aligned and could evolve …
ChatbotsThe Unbelievable Reality of the Impossible Hyperloop - MIT Technology Review
The tube is out back, 11 feet in diameter, 60 feet long, the unfinished end spiraling into wide ribbons of steel—like a gigantic Pillsbury dough …
Future Cities Could Run On Shared Fleets of Electric Self-Driving Cars
Over the coming decades, a dozen dense and developed cities may aggressively use shared fleets of electric and self-driving cars that could be …
Audi’s New Technology Is the Beginning of the End of Traffic Lights - MIT Technology Review
Audi has announced it is rolling out a feature in some of its new vehicles that allows them to communicate with traffic lights. It’s a neat trick …