World’s Biggest Solar Powered Boat

You think solar powered calculators are cool well then what do you call a solar powered boat … amazing. Well in this day and age we have the technology to pretty much do anything and now we can add solar powered boat to the list. Not just any boat but some of the world’s largest boats can now be solar powered. Solar powered boats would not only be useful for saving gas and emissions into the air but it would also is highly useful for sailing near and around the equator where sail boats only sail for a few hours. Although a model is not complexly done researchers plan to create this boat which can seat up to 50 passengers and travel approximately 15 mph, from non-polluting materials paired with solar power to create a boat that is environmentally friendly as well. This is the future of society and the researchers’ aim is to “show that we have the technology today, not tomorrow” for these types of endeavors. For more on this article, click HERE.

Flyfire - 3-D Display

Researchers at MIT are in the midst of changing what we view as 3-D forever or at least creating a new type of 3-D display for the future. How is this possible; one might ask, well it is simple for the researchers at MIT. They plan on using mechanical fireflies and micro-helicopters to act as smart pixels whose movement they would be able to control through the air. Since this project is not even close to being over, researchers are faced with many problems posing questions such as: being able to reliably control hundreds or even thousands of these mechanical fireflies and also figuring out how to make these fireflies hover in space. But if all continues to go well then “MIT researchers are betting that if each pixel can be made to hover in space and can be controlled reliably, they can create a giant 3-D display.” For more on the article click HERE!!!

For a better understanding of what I am talking about check out this video.

Robonaut2

I came across a very interesting article which I thought I would share as my first post on my TECH blog. Where is our future headed? Are flying cars the next thing or is our generation headed towards something better, something better such as robots. I think the next thing on the moon is not a human but something closely mimicking that called Robonaut2. Nasa and General Motors are collaborating to create the first humanoid robots designed to perform similar task to that of astronauts on the moon. Not only would we spare the risk of human life we also could explore space without the need for human shelter or equipment, allowing us to find out more about space while at the same time making more frequent visits. Although they are nowhere close to the final design which they have been working on since 2007, they do have a sample of the upper torso of the humanoid which has over 350 sensors working to simulate human movement and feeling . To find out more about Robonaut2 check out this article HERE!!