Sep 05 2017
By Bob Larson Lots of new technology is invented by the National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) in developing efficient methods in resolving problems in space. For more than 50 years, the NASA Technology Transfer Program has connected the private industry with new commercial products. Many NASA spin-off products include memory foam, freeze dried food, …
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Aug 01 2017
Concrete has been used for several millennium since the Romans built the famous Coliseum. It’s considered the most popular building material in the world. However many of the world’s bridges and highways are literally falling apart. A typical bridge lasts 50 years. Today the average age of U.S. bridges is 42 years. One-quarter of all …
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Jul 03 2017
A recent scientific TV program showed how trees are disappearing across our planet and affecting our environment with increasing carbon rates, aka carbon footprint. Deforestation across the planet has reduced our trees to under three trillion trees worldwide. This is half of our tree population several thousand years ago. The other problem is our population …
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Jun 21 2017
The recent ransomware virus attack called WannaCry affected thousands of older Windows computer systems in over 150 countries. It targeted businesses on various networks and consumers using the older Vista and XP operating systems. It cost international businesses over $40,000 in three days to get their databases back as the hacking organization charged $300 to …
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May 01 2017
First, it was just a dream. Now self-driving cars are on the edge of transforming transportation where the winners will seize a worldwide market expected to reach $77 billion by 2035. A recent Navigant Research study ranked the top 18 contenders in the autonomous vehicle industry, giving automaker Ford the lead, followed by GM and the Renault-Nissan …
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Apr 03 2017
TV’s 60 Minutes program recently reported a new planet in our solar system. It hasn’t been seen yet, but several Caltech researchers in Pasadena, California have found evidence of a giant planet orbiting our solar system. The researchers have nicknamed it Planet Nine, which has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits …
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Mar 07 2017
Driverless taxis have been proposed in several countries including the U.S. by various vendors. Now a driverless air taxi service has been proposed in Dubai with service starting in July. Dubai’s ruler announced last year that 25 percent of all journeys in the city would be conducted by driverless vehicles by 2030. Autonomous flying …
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Feb 04 2017
Many Northern Coloradans have been frustrated about the traffic congestion along the I-25 corridor between Fort Collins to Denver. Colorado’s population is booming with 50% growth in the last 20 years and another 50 percent growth projected during the next 20 years. In 2015, 546 people died in Colorado traffic-related crashes, and more than 3,000 …
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Jan 03 2017
In 2015, a one year old English girl named Layla was treated with gene edited immune cells that eliminated all signs of an aggressive leukemia that was killing her. Layla’s treatment was a one time technique. Chemo and a bone marrow stem cell transplant hadn’t eliminated her aggressive cancer cells. Just before Layla’s first birthday, …
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Dec 31 2016
In 2007, the age of acceleration in technology happened practically overnight and changed the world forever. According to author Tom Friedman’s latest book “Thank You For Being Late,” three major acceleration forces included 1) market forces (globalization and price collapse of connectivity making the Internet and computers cheaper, 2) mother nature affecting our environment and …
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Nov 29 2016
by Bob Larson Seen recently on CBS TV’s 60 Minutes program, IBM has invested heavily in its Watson Artificial Intelligence (AI) business unit. It was created in 2014 with an estimated 10,000 workers. This started in 2011 when a team of IBM engineers and programmers created the Watson computer to challenge the smartest champions on …
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Oct 30 2016
by Bob Larson, We’ve known about the value of robots for over 30 years. The earliest fixed robots have been used in manufacturing products including vehicles at many modern worldwide plants. Medical robots are helping surgeons with non-evasive surgery and reducing hospital or surgery center costs across the world too. Mobile space robots have been …
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