Tagged: Emerging Tech

Satire, Subversion, and Sonic the Hedgehog

When Sonic the Hedgehog 2 sped into theaters in April, its $71 million box office debut meant that it broke the record for the best-ever opening weekend for a video game adaptation. If the average theater ticket is, as recent research suggests, $9.57, …

Dyson lifts lid on ‘top secret’ project

Dyson recently revealed a “top secret” project it’s been working on that involves robots for household chores.
While it already has some robotics experience thanks to its 360 Heurist robovac, the British company says it’s planning to deploy new enginee…

Pay with an implant: The future, or a cyberpunk pipe dream?

There are approximately 17 billion bank cards in current circulation, helping shuttle unthinkable quantities of capital around the world on a daily basis, with little more effort required from customers than a simple swipe or the tap of a payment termi…

Analog A.I.? It sounds crazy, but it might be the future

Forget digital. The future of A.I. is … analog? At least, that’s the assertion of Mythic, an A.I. chip company that’s, its own words, taking “a leap forward in performance in power” by going back in time. Sort of.

Before ENIAC, the world’s first room-…