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Remember the days when we did things by hand, or better still we did them ourselves? Way back in the dark ages before the world became automatic. They were the good old days, mowing and watering our lawns by hand. We washed the car in the driveway and even vacuumed our homes ourselves. This little bit of nostalgia got me thinking. How much have we automated out lives over the last twenty years?

One of my favourite devices from Science Fiction would have to be the “Force Field”. Be it the quaint let’s get it up in a hurry force field from the original Lost in Space TV series, or the nail biting “shields at 5% Captain” from the original Star Trek.

These fictional force fields protect us from a host of nasties ranging from a Klingon phaser blast to the unceasing onslaught of the Wraith in Stargate Atlantis. It’s all well and good for sci-fi but how close are we to developing a real world force field? A lot closer than you think! Welcome to “Cold Plasma”.

To be able to successfully teleport a human being the first thing we would have to do is scan each individual atom in the travellers body

 
Nikola Tesla, mad scientist or forgotten genius? Born in Croatia in the 1800’s to Serbian immigrant parents, Tesla has directly influenced our modern world in ways that affect our everyday lives. Able to speak 6 languages before he was 18 years old, Nikola Tesla has been touted as one of the greatest geniuses of the [...]

If God meant us to fly, he’d given us wings! Well, for Yves Rossy that’s exactly what he did. The 48 year old former fighter pilot has built himself a set of jet powered wings.
After jumping out of airplane at 7500 feet, he unfolds the 8 foot wings, ignites the jets and screamed off at [...]

Compressed air cars are powered, in short, by air. Air is compressed and then it is released which is the source of propulsion. These air cars have been in the developmental stages for many years and are very, very close to reaching wide commercial markets.
How do air cars work?

One definition of artificial intelligence is offered by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence — “the scientific understanding of the mechanisms underlying thought and intelligent behavior and their embodiment in machines”.
Another definition I found sums up artificial intelligence as: “intelligent behavior in machines”.
My own oversimplified version is “reasoning machines”.
If I understand ai correctly, [...]

Instead of following printed text instructions you can now use 3D-glasses to assemble the same tasks in a more effective and simple way. Using augmented reality, the mechanic receives additional three-dimensional information on the engine he is repairing, for example, to help him in diagnosing and solving the fault. Apart from the real environment, he [...]

The awesome Sarcos-Raytheon’s XOS Exoskeleton, the full-body motion-assisting suit for “super soldier.” For the time being it may look as fat and ugly as Iron Monger, but remember Iron Man’s clunky beginnings. This may get to the point of being like the hot rod red and gold armor in a few years.
Sure, it doesn’t have [...]

When humans set foot on the planet Mars, the world will be treated to a live telecast of stunning clarity and colour - a far cry from the blurry, grainy images of the first lunar landing four decades ago.
The television pictures will arrive courtesy of a technology called a ‘beamformer’, designed by CSIRO scientist Dr [...]