November 12, 2018
On June 30, 2004 a wider audience was introduced to a great super-villain: Dr. Octopus. A man with 4 extra robotic arms, bringing him to a total of 8 limbs. He can lift very heavy things, like building supplies. One 19-year-old millionaire named Erik Finman was a fan of all […]
November 4, 2018
From search engines, to online documents, to language translation, Google has been a leader in the technology industry for decades. Several years ago, Google started to dip it’s toes into Neural Machine Translating (NMT) — essentially teaching a machine a language similar to how the human brain learns languages. It […]
October 27, 2018
Our phones have some very sensitive data on them. They often have our credit card information, bank account information and personal communications. It is essential that this data stays protected with encrypted locks on the phone. Apple has committed to keeping iPhones encrypted so that no one would be able […]
October 18, 2018
Aging is a difficult thing. It wears on the body, and you aren’t able to do the things you loved when you were young and active. For millennia, people have searched for the fountain of youth. Today is no exception. In fact, by 2050, 25% of the earth’s population is […]
October 5, 2018
Over 63 million people travel by plane in the United States every day. Planes need to be well oiled and safe machines, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in charge of making sure that this happens. However, to properly inspect a plane can take several hours, which would significantly […]
September 28, 2018
The majority of the United States experiences stress over the future, money, work politics, and their safety. Stress affects your blood pressure, immune system, memory and metabolism. Prolonged exposure to stress can even lead to chronic diseases. Many people have become so acclimated to being under tremendous amounts of stress […]
September 21, 2018
The Hoover Dam is an engineering marvel that has been compared by many to the pyramids. This dam was built to provide irrigation and power. It is so efficient that it is able to hydroelectricly generate four billion kilowatt-hours a year, which is enough to serve 1.3 million people. There […]
September 14, 2018
Nuclear technology brought us some wonderful leaps in energy use, but that energy was first weaponized. The existence of these weapons lead to nations quickly building as many as they could to protect themselves, because other nations were doing the same thing. Everyone was sure that the other was going […]
September 7, 2018
Star Wars is the modern-day Odyssey. It has dazzled movie-goers since its initial release. The classic scene where Luke Skywalker loses his hand gave rise to the next scene, where Luke is given an artificial one. His high-tech prosthetic was nearly indiscernible from the real thing. While we don’t have […]
August 8, 2018
We live in the future! We have cars that drive themselves and need no interaction with humans to get them from point A to point B. These self-driving cars are going to revolutionize every industry on the planet when the market saturates with them. There is one major question that […]