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Have patience, Silent Partner investors!

by Jo Luijten - December 18, 2017December 18, 2017 0

Good news for worried Silent Partner investors. The product is still under development. The inventors of QuietLife Technologies didn't make the deadline, but the reason for the delay is a good one: perfectionism. In 2015 the Israelian company QuietLife Technologies presented a very interesting invention: a snoring sound cancelling device called

Ticket to Mars, anyone?

by Jo Luijten - June 16, 2017June 16, 2017 0

For years the Californian company SpaceX has a fascinating colony plan. Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of the company presented last year a plan to build a million-person city on the neighbor planet Mars. The reusable ITS spaceship is still under development, but when it's finished it could carry

Google’s new finger control technology. “SOLI” ;)-

by Sam Cain - May 20, 2017May 21, 2017 0

The brilliance and creative depth of computer programming engineers has become unfathomable. I have many questions in regards to the thought process of these amazing individuals that are creating this advanced technology. How does one learn programming and computer technology? Where do they get their ideas? How does it come

Jobs we’ll lose to machines and the ones we won’t. Anthony Goldbloom

by Sam Cain - May 14, 2017June 18, 2017 0

Technology and the future of technology can be a very scary thought if you begin to peel away the layers and have a clear understanding of whats at risk. In the wake of new advances in algorithms and coding, soon computers will be able to detect diseases and handle mass

This pen allows you to write or draw in any color

by Jo Luijten - May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 0

The Cronzy is a pen that allows you to write or draw in any color you like. It also has a color detector. When you hold the pen in front of an orange, your pen will write or draw in the exact same color.

The future in 1979

by Jo Luijten - May 3, 2017May 3, 2017 0

Kenneth Gatland and David Jefferis, the writers of the Usborne Book of the Future (first published in 1979) were right about a lot of future predictions, like the phone watch, flat screens, solar energy, the Hubble space telescope and the International Space Station. They were wrong about intelligent robots, although Siri

Your baby is a computer programmer!

by Jo Luijten - April 22, 2017May 1, 2017 0

The Japanese project KUMIITA is a fun, language-less educational robot that teaches 0-3 year olds the concepts of programming. The robot comes with command cards that your baby can arrange into a working computer program. The robot will walk on the path of cards, read them, and follow every card's

Woohoo, the flying car is here!

by Jo Luijten - April 22, 2017April 22, 2017 0

The futurists of The Verge made an awesome video about a working battery operated George Jetson car. [Picture credit]