And so it begins… The largest, most powerful and wealthiest electronics manufacturer in the world, Foxconn of China, has fired the first serious volley in what many fear will become an ominous trend in the next few years. The company announced that it has fired 60,000 employees at one of its factories and have …
Technology, more and more, becomes such an ingrained part of our lives that most people rarely give it a second thought. Especially those who are under 50 years old. Technology, it seems is always there and always ready to talk and intrude. As homes become wired and, of course, the web, social media and cell …
The subject of the existence of parallel universes has caused great furor and discussion in many corners especially among the practitioners of science. Many in the world of science believe that such universes do exist but seem just out of our reach. Not everyone, of course, is enamored with science and not everyone takes their …
The United States military has been working on a secret project to develop drone warplanes with stealth capabilities. The drone fighter planes are being developed by The Pentagon to be extremely realistic and high tech practice planes that will be used in training next generation fighter pilots in the Air Force and the Navy. What …
As if Fitbit didn’t have enough public relations problems when along comes a recent study that claims its heart rate trackers are so inaccurate as to not even be trusted. So claims researchers at the California State Polytechnic University and their results just seem to provide more ammunition for the class action lawsuit that Fitbit …
On Monday, India launched its first unmanned space shuttle. It is a significant leap for the Indian space program as they launched what they are calling a space plane. It is known as the Reusable Launch Vehicle and it was launched from off the coast in the Bay of Bengal at the country’s Satish Dhawan …
It moves around slowly and cautiously. It tries to be inoffensive and stay out of people’s way but sometimes the new parking lot robot located in Palo Alto, California, at the Stanford shopping center, just wants to be part of the crowd. Sometimes the new security robot will try and maneuver past someone and it …
The IBM supercomputer, Watson, has recently been enlisted to help California battle its terrible drought conditions. The supercomputer crashed its way to fame and fortune by defeating the best human brains out there in such games as Go and television’s legendary Jeopardy show. Now, however, Watson turns its abilities to a more serious problem. A …
The recent discovery of evidence that giant tsunamis may have happened on Mars suggests that the planet once had an atmosphere and oceans. Many scientists and astronomers have long speculated that Mars contained great oceans but had no real actual proof until now. Most believe that a planet that contains water, especially oceans, would likely …
How close is the world to never being able to trust a video recording anymore? It may be closer than you think. The technology to alter the faces and the voices of anyone on a video is already here and anyone can do it by manipulating some software with a cheap webcam. The technology is …