Humanity has started off the new millennium with some astounding accomplishments.
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The 20 biggest tech advances of the past 20 years.
By Alexander C. R. Hammond
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Category: futurism
The coronavirus pandemic has forced economists, financiers, executives, and policymakers to jettison or dramatically revise their forecasts for 2020. But what will the future look like on the other side of the crisis? We asked a variety of leaders from around the world for their best guess on how our lives will be fundamentally changed.
Economists, investors, and CEOs on how the coronavirus has forever changed the world.
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Perspecta has secured a four-year, $29.9M contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to research hardware components.
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It seems many people are breathing some relief, and Iâm not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope can also be predicted. We have robust data from the outbreaks in China and Italy, that shows the backside of the mortality curve declines slowly, with deaths persisting for months. Assuming we have just crested in deaths at 70k, it is possible that we lose another 70,000 people over the next 6 weeks as we come off that peak. Thatâs whatâs going to happen with a lockdown.
Next-generation VTOL concepts are rising to meet the future needs of a modern-day battlefield.
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) concepts for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) certainly arenât new. Their reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering roles date back to the 1950s, and thereâs been a gradual path toward technological advancements in the decades since.
Within the last few years, some funeral directors have invested in more eco-friendly alternatives to traditional burials and flame cremations. One of these methods is a process known as Alkaline Hydrolysis, or water cremation.
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AccuWeather forecasters are tracking an emerging weather system that could result in multiple outcomes â one of which could be an early-season tropical storm.
Circa 2015 what about a supercavatating supercarrier :3.
A boat is copying the tech behind a super-fast Russian torpedo by riding a foam tunnel through the water.