Tag: technology
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Fate, Intelligence, Bombs.
On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare. Initially, pilots aboard the plane directed the missile, but halfway to its destination, it severed communication with its operators. Alone, without human oversight, the missile decided…
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Satellites, photos, Earth, humans.
The WorldView-3 satellite, which launched on August 13, has sent back its first images. The new satellite can see to a resolution of 31 centimeters. That means each pixel of the camera captures one square foot of land, which is sharp enough to see home plate at Yankee Stadium, to map crops by pattern and…
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Read books. Drop iPhones…
Book. One of the most advanced inventions known to man. It bends and yet it returns to it’s original form. It can be used without battery! It can be processed and store information directly into the mind! It can be used with no hands! One can take notes on passages he finds interesting! (with another…
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Morality, ethics, Apple Store…
FACING a moral quandary and want to do the right thing? Well, there’s now an app for that. Ethical Decision Making, as the iPhone app is helpfully named, doesn’t need the details of your problem or the options you’re considering. It simply asks you to consider each solution and rate it from five standpoints: utility,…
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GPS, position, footsteps…
Quantum positioning system will soon step in when GPS fails. IN 2016 a British submarine will slip its moorings and set sail under the guidance of the quantum world. The navigation system it will be testing should record the vessel’s position with 1000 times more accuracy than anything before. (1) Try to trace your…
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