Second only to the holodeck, the replicator is the piece of Star Trek technology I’ve always wanted the most. Sure, transporters and warp drives are damn useful for conquering space-time, but for meeting material needs, the replicator wins. Luckily, a replicator also seems to be a lot closer to actually happening than the former two. […]
SXSW Interactive is almost upon us and if you’re planning to wade your way through this massive event full of digital wonders, Techcitement wants to be there to hold your virtual hand. In the spirit of the week and a half long festival (including Interactive, Film, and Music) of emerging properties and trending topics is […]
A little under a year ago, Techcitement published a list of murderous robots, partially because the Powers That Be here wanted to protect the future of humanity from the mechanical hordes. People mostly laughed at the aforementioned list. Robotic research think tank Boston Dynamics, who we previously described as a “nightmare factory”, have upgraded its […]
Every day, it seems like we’re flinging ourselves faster into a future world previously inhabited by science fiction dreams. Now comes along the MYO by Thalmic Labs, which allows you to have unprecedented gesture control over everything from media applications to remote-controlled vehicles. This device won’t quite let you stand next to the technologically-advanced Captain […]
HAPIfork by HAPILABS is evidence that the human population is determined to create utter ridiculousness that exists simply to fill up the drawers in our house and add to our landfills. When I read about this product, all I could think about was how someone spent thousands of dollars from personal savings to develop it […]
February 22, 2013 UPDATE: Oceana has published a report about national seafood fraud. Two years of DNA testing found that a full third of seafood was mislabeled; snapper and tuna had the highest rates of fraud. Oceana has even created a handy map for a depressing look at your odds of purchasing mislabeled fish. You heard it […]
In an increasingly digital world, vestiges of the romantic past grow increasingly remote and rare. Old-fashioned dating has been supplanted largely by online dating communities such as eHarmony, OKCupid, and Match.com. Beyond these more mainstream (and somewhat accepted) love-finding services, there exists a more secretive, more sex-focused, and location-oriented arena of lustful personal interactions. Nowhere […]
Two researchers at Indiana University, Kris Hauser and Casey Bennett, have developed a predictive system for determining how to treat patients that adapts to new health information over time, and it could reduce costs by up to 50 percent while similarly improving patient outcomes. The system, published in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine journal in January (PDF), […]
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon is creating a new medal to recognize an extraordinary achievement of servicemen outside of the combat zone via Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) or cyber warfare. The Distinguished Warfare Medal doesn’t require the recipient to have risked his or her life, setting it apart from all […]
It took 20 years and $200 million in funding, but the FDA finally approved Swiss company Second Sight’s Argus II retinal prosthesis last week after the Opthalmic Device Panel unanimously voted in favor of approval last September. The system restores partial vision to sufferers of retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disorder that progressively destroys the light-sensitive […]
