I wanted to remind readers that the Future Tech column has been put on hold indefinitely. I have set up a new feed which you can subscribe to. It will notify you every time I bookmark an interesting links about future technology.
I refer you to last week’s post for more details:
After some thought, I’ve decided [...]
First, there was the excitement of the space age, with our initial space explorations, culminating with our most visible achievement so far: sending a man to the moon. The next couple decades saw a decreasing public interest in space exploration. However, the last few years have brought renewed hope for a second coming of the [...]
We all know that energy use is a major concern for humanity going forward. Thanks to skyrocketing prices, dwindling supplies and environmental concerns, everyone is focused on the challenges of reducing our energy consumption, increasing efficiency, etc. On a wider level, our energy needs are only going to increase as our societies advance, as our [...]
Continuing our discussion on repairing the human body, we turn our attention to the subjects of nerve regeneration and nerve remapping. A key component of recovering from dramatic injuries (and as we’ll see later, expanding human capabilities) is finding a way to reestablish the connection between the brain and the severed nerves of injured areas.
Reversing [...]
Last time, I explored the promising new frontier of repairing the human body and regrowth of human body parts. Today we will explore the natural counterpart of repairing the human body: cybernetic augmentations and bionic implants. Or in other words, the improvement of our bodies through artificial means.
The biggest uses of cybernetics so far has [...]
The idea of my body becoming old and slowly breaking down is disturbing and highly irritating. I won’t lie; I’d like to live for a very long time. A couple hundred years, at least.
In my vision of the future, we will develop technology to be able to almost always fully repair the human body, as [...]
Let’s talk a little bit about Artificial Intelligence today. My take on it is that, given continued technological improvements and research, one day we will engineer an artificial intelligence more “intelligent” than humans. I don’t know when this will happen, or what form such an intelligence would take, but it is inevitable. This moment is [...]
Continue reading about Artificial Intelligence: Turing Test and Robocars
Some of the feedback I received about last week’s post on Brain Interfaces was worried queries about what lies ahead. The possibility for anyone with the right tools being able to see exactly what you’re thinking, or extract your memories of events is frightening. Well, I do believe that one day such technology could exist, [...]
One technology I simply cannot wait for is brain interfaces, ie, the ability for our brains to directly control external devices the way we can do now with our muscles. In fact, it irritates me that I have to physically type this blog post instead of just thinking it. Honestly, what a waste of time. [...]
Ever since I got the idea for this regular column a year ago, I’ve been collecting links of cool new technologies or interesting advances in various fields. After having recently sorted through the list, I found that the largest category of links so far is in the field of medical advances. I don’t know if [...]
