March, 2010
“THE FUTURIST magazine has recently featured potential “fixes” and uncommon solutions to various big problems facing the world. Patrick Tucker of THE FUTURIST highlights several of them [...]”
Source: Britannica.com
Technology Commercialized
July 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
July/August
“Quantum-Dot Lighting, First U.S. Plug-In Hybrid, Butane Charger, Power Booster,Cheap Chemical Sensor, Glaucoma Detector, Wireless Scale, City Sensing,Gesture-Recognition TV, Heart Watcher,Firefox for Mobiles. [...]”
Source/article: Technology Review
Special Reports 10 Emerging Technologies 2009
May 5, 2009 Leave a Comment
Technology Review presents its annual list of 10 technologies that can change the way we live:
- Intelligent Software Assistant
- $100 Genome
- Racetrack Memory (ultradense memorychip with the help of nanotech)
- Biological machines
- Paper Diagnostics (cheap diagnostic systems of paper)
- Liquid battery
- Travelling wave reactor (new nuclear reactor design)
- Nanopiezoelectronics
- Hash Cache (for cheaper internet)
- Software defined networking
Source/article: Technology Review
Sentience Driving Software Can Reduce Fuel Usage 5-24% Starting in 2012
April 8, 2009 Leave a Comment
07.04.2009
“Sentience driving software can control a car or trucks acceleration and braking and enable 5-24% fuel savings and could be installed in vehicles starting in 2012. It is also a transition path to completely robotic driving. For about $30 to install ion each car or truck the system would save an average of 14% of fuel usage.” [...]
Source/article: NextBigFuture
