Wed Nov 9, 2011
I’ve been thinking about the future and what it might bring. In my last post I talked about a 1988 school project that accurately predicted the dawn of the tablet age. Well, here are three emerging technologies that are quite simply gob smacking. You have to see these videos to believe.
Quantum Levitation
You know that magnetic forces repel and attract, but did you know these laws can be bended so an object stays fixed in empty space? Check this out:
Holographic Interface:
You know the holodeck on Star Trek? Maybe it isn’t so far-fetched after all. Using the Microsoft Kinect, these guys have created a holographic interface where you can interact with holographic objects as if they were real:
Dream Recorder:
Researchers have used Youtube as a massive database to analyze imagery and hooked it up to a brain scanner to correlate brain patterns. This data was then used to literally display the thoughts of the subject as they dreamt. What the hell? Minority Report anyone?
