There has been a lot of talk over the last few years about the impact that electric vehicles are going to have on our lives and how different the future is going to be, but we have yet to see any real and significant change.
That may well be about to change!
Racing Green Endurance is a team from London Imperial College who are about to break records that may give electric vehicles a well needed boot in the backside.
So you’ve heard of Artificial Intelligence right?
This couple of words have been bandied around for years now but what exactly is it all about?
Is it the humanoid robot whose sole purpose is to serve human kind?
Is it the humanoid robot whose sole purpose is to destroy human kind?
Or is it just a load of geeks sitting around a computer screen, getting all excited about 1’s and 0’s?
Well, I sometimes wander about this myself and have decided to find out if and how Artificial Intelligence has or will have a place in our lives.
As we get more and more accustomed to the growing numbers of databases and systems that hold information about us, information about our families, our jobs, our illnesses and our misdemeanour’s. As we input more and more of our personal data into business records, government databases and social networking sites, should we be asking the question of how this information can be used against us?
Not so long ago, in conversation, I said that I wouldn’t particularly want to work on space projects and my reasoning behind it was well founded.
“The reason” I said was “because I like to work on projects that I can see an end to. Projects that finish and are relevant to our lives now. Space is just too big!!”
But then we’re all allowed to change our minds aren’t we?? And I changed mine when I saw this amazing humanoid robot that NASA and GM are developing to send to the international space station.
Ok so this one is for you out there who don’t particularly care about having your own towel folding robot but would prefer something a little more……ummmm….fun?
As we slowly begin to accept the fact that robots are going to play a bigger part in our lives and will eventually be integrated into almost every aspect of our daily routines, we start to wonder about what we would like them to do for us.
As the world becomes increasingly worried about the state of pollution and the effects that it is having on our planet, you can not help but to become intrigued in how technological developments may influence the direction of things over the next few years.
It is no secret that flying in modern planes puts a significant burden on our increasingly fragile eco-system and attempts have been in place for a long time to find alternatives to the power hungry, carbon spewing monsters that dominate our skies. So it gave me a little smile when I saw this video of the Solar Impulse NB-SIA taking to the skies.
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