Tag: future

  • A nightmare but also a chance

    A nightmare but also a chance

    As the current corona pandemic continues to claim victims, the pressure is on governments to do everything they can to stop it. To help prevent the spread of the virus, governments employ technology. That in itself is a good thing but there are also privacy concerns in the battle against corona. Once we get the…

  • Life after people

    Life after people

    Not too long ago, I purchased a Sony PS4. It came packaged with the game Horizon Zero Dawn by Dutch game company Guerilla Games. I immediately fell in love with the game, as have many others. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans are no longer the dominant species on Earth. As you…

  • We Just Created an Artificial Synapse That Can Learn Autonomously

    We Just Created an Artificial Synapse That Can Learn Autonomously

    A team of researchers has developed artificial synapses that are capable of learning autonomously and can improve how fast artificial neural networks learn. Source: We Just Created an Artificial Synapse That Can Learn Autonomously What if an A.I. could learn as fast as we can, or even faster? Soon we may be able to answer…

  • How dangerous is the ITU?

    How dangerous is the ITU?

    The ITU, the International Telecommunications Union is the UN agency for Information and Communication Technologies. The ITU is “committed to connecting all the world’s people – wherever they live and whatever their means”. Sounds like a very noble commitment, doesn’t it? It’s odd then, that the potentially biggest threat to the free and open Internet…

  • Technologically enhanced humans

    Technologically enhanced humans

    Yesterday, The Register reported on a man who was physically assaulted at McDonalds in Paris for wearing computer assisted spectacles. He has a full account of the event, with photos taken by the computer assisted spectacles, on his own blog here. The exact reason for the attack on Dr. Steve Mann remains unclear but it…

  • Karel de Gucht: Vote of EU Parliament on ACTA doesn’t matter

    Karel de Gucht: Vote of EU Parliament on ACTA doesn’t matter

    I have written before on the shocking arrogance of the European Commission. However, it now appears that matters are even worse than previously thought. EU Commissioner Karel De Gucht held a speech the day before the INTA Committee voted on ACTA, announcing that the vote of the EU Parliament on ACTA doesn’t matter, ACTA will…