Tag : Technology
2007-12-16
Today's drivers incorrectly assume they don't need to alter their behavior in bad weather thinking their vehicle's will take care of traction.
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2021-11-05
Just when one begins to think the Army can't do it wrong again ... we do it wrong again.
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2014-05-07
As long as a special line is included in the code that always preserves MY life, I'm okay with whatever solution. Right?
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2011-04-15
A lot of pop-stars actually can't sing worth a shit - but technology makes them sound good enough.
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2008-03-05
All the requisite technologies for the robotic enslavement of humanity exist. It's just going to be that one asshole that puts them all together that ends us.
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2009-12-17
Genome mapping offers amazing future possibilities in medicine.
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2011-11-21
Are there really people that still believe US adversaries aren't taking advantage of the US?
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2006-10-20
Oh the mischief I could get into with a cloak of invisibility.
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2009-01-24
Yes - the telecommunications providers are completely ripping you off. Surprised?
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2012-08-09
Unlike Europe's "lawn dart Mars program", America can put spacecraft on target.
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2010-10-28
If government employees could wear wizard robes, it would be the DARPA dress code.
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2012-03-29
Only the super rich really get a chance to do this kind of stuff.
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2011-12-02
Sometimes migrating VMs between environments can have unintended side-effects that are difficult to "unconfigure".
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2011-06-11
In what first seems like a Wiley Coyote design turns out to be clever engineering resulting in a wind powered car that could outrun the wind.
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2012-07-31
Everyone knows a woman's armor class is inverse to the surface area of exposed skin.
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2005-11-21
This camera's ability to capture simultaneous depths of field is incredible.
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[3,880 page views]
2015-02-01
Do you want unhackable robot overlords? Because this is how you get unhackable robot overlords.
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2016-02-03
I hope there is some mad-scientist, maniacal laughter when they activate the device.
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2012-04-09
Orrrrr ... it's an excuse to play video games at work under the guise of "work."
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[1,845 page views]
2008-01-24
It's amazing how we can do a thing for hundreds of years, know that it works, but have no idea why.
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[2,935 page views]
2009-04-15
When the AI trains itself to use this feature for more power ... we're doomed.
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[3,670 page views]
2010-11-05
A milliamp of electricity across the parietal lobe can dramatically improve human mathematical abilities.
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[3,993 page views]
2013-08-16
Hyperloop sounds crazy ... maybe it is. Cool if it works though!
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2006-03-20
If you do insist on wasting your money on useless efficiency modifications, I will sell you a rock and some duct tape for $50 plus shipping and handling.
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2011-11-05
More than merely cut 'n paste, this tool ensures light direction, shadows, reflections, etc. are all accounted for.
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[3,993 page views]
2012-04-27
Why are manufacturers of "smart" home electronics making them openly visible on the Internet?
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[3,563 page views]
2011-05-12
Seriously, it's as if these engineers have never watched Terminator.
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[2,495 page views]
2011-10-06
Her: What're you thinking abo ... holy shit that's depraved.
Him: I was just sitting here!
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2006-03-24
There's always a fine line between whether a performance was the man or the machine.
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2012-09-18
"Reason" being melting Jupiter into raw energy for power and destroying everything in the vehicle's path as it warps space-time around itself.
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2005-12-23
A pinch of fairy farts, a dash of pixie poop ... *poof* ... humans!
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2007-10-01
Star Trek's bridge always referenced their impulse engines ... NASA made them a reality.
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2014-09-16
Scientists continue to advance the march towards real light sabers.
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[2,933 page views]
2006-05-30
Sometimes it takes video games and porn to push the technological envelope forward.
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2005-09-19
"Light" based processors are certainly a unique approach to speeding up CPUs.
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2010-08-07
Your data is never private ... when there's a dollar to be made, corporations will make that dollar.
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2007-11-07
Oh - the joy of levitation AND invisibility. I like these researchers.
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2011-05-20
The robot overlords are developing a way to talk without us knowing their plans.
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2008-04-07
As long as you have a molecular compressor handy in your garage, of course.
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2009-05-14
In 20 years, kids will be making fun of each other at school over who is synthetic and who is natural.
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2011-01-06
A lot of admins really baby their equipment ... I hold my gear a tougher standard and make it earn some downtime.
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2010-06-06
One hundred years ago, humans were on the cusp of commercial flight. Now, we stand on that same edge of commercial spaceflight.
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2010-12-10
SpaceX is really moving forward on the front of commercial space operations!
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2008-01-15
Hopefully we'll get a new water toy out of his continued innovation.
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2011-02-24
Interestingly, this was written over half a decade ago and now it's quite normal for people to speak to Siri, Cortana, and Alexa. How quickly social norms with technology change!
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2006-11-03
Taxing video game "gold farmers" could become a revenue stream for the IRS.
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2010-02-16
Widespread facial recognition is going to burn a lot of assets.
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2009-09-30
Somehow I'm not sure painting your house with Thermite is a good idea ... unless you needed to destroy evidence quickly.
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2008-01-18
Perhaps criminals have already given up their rights to privacy ... but this could just be a gateway to universal monitoring.
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2006-05-12
People's impressions of electric cars is they're heavy, ugly, and slow. Until the X1.
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