Driverless Cars

Fastcompany.com states:

           

            Driverless cars are inevitable. When we complete the transformation from human to machine driving depends on your willingness to relinquish control--and your definition of “autonomous.” If you’re looking for the fantasy--a Jetsons-like future where cars steer themselves while passengers sleep, watch movies on their tablets, or take care of business on the fly--then you’ll be waiting quite some time. But there is plenty happening in the autonomous space right now.

            Driverless technologies are showing up already.  Some cars can slide themselves into tight parking spots.  Also they can stay at a safe following distance and stay in a lane of traffic.  Some cars can stop when they sense a collision is going to happen.  It is easy to imagine, but it is not very easy to create. I do not think there will be driverless cars until a few years.  The cars use auto-pilot like a plane does.  They set a location and the car drives safely to the destination.  Experts think these cars will be on the road about 2016 – 2020.  That is a little while from now so it will give the engineers some time to create these cool cars.

            Google is creating a driverless car as well. They call it of course the Google.  Google is closer to creating a Driverless car than any other car engineering company in the world.

           

            Canada also has an AV.  They call it the QNX.  They are wanting to turn your car into your ultimate mobile device.  It has apps, infotainment, access to all your movies and music, and, of course, control of the car itself.

           

            Delphi is creating an auto vehicle.  It is one of the world’s largest parts suppliers.  It is a tier 1 car which means it is used to haul heavy stuff.

            From all of the cars I typed about I think AV are very, very interesting. I hope you had a great time reading it.

            Refrence:

http://www.fastcompany.com/3024362/innovation-agents/10-autonomous-driving-companies-to-watch

Upcoming in Medical Technology

            I have researched about upcoming medical technologies, and I want to share what I have researched with you. I think medical technology will advance in a huge way that the 20^th century’s doctors will have no clue how to use it. In our world today we have advanced so much through the years. The technology is better and of course the humans are learning more about the human body and how even the smallest organs in our body function and depend on other organs in our bodies so they can work properly.

            Here are 9 great examples of medical technologies on http://listverse.com that could shape the future:

1.         Anti-Bleeding Gel

2.         Magnetic Levitation

3.         Artificial Cell Mimicry

4.         Brain Cells From Urine

5.         Electric Underwear

6.         Pollen Vaccines

7.         Printed Bones

8.         Brain Damage Repair

9.         Human Powered Equipment

           

            Anti-Bleeding Gel caught my eye as I was reading about these technologies. The way the gel works is that when you have a wound and you apply the gel to the wound it immediately stops the bleeding and starts the clotting process. It creates a substance that is like a scab but it is not a scab. It creates it by the body reacting to some chemicals in the gel, which makes the skin around the wound create a covering for the wound.

            Another advancement that stood out was the Artificial Cell Mimicry. This is how it works.   It is a gel that copies the action of some cells. It is made in bunches that are 7.5 billionths of a meter wide. That size is about for times wider than a DNA double helix. Cells have skeletons of their own that are known as cytoskeletons. Cell’s skeletons are made of proteins from the body. The gel replaces the cytoskeleton in a cell. When it is applied to a wound it replaces cells that were damaged or lost. Fluids can still pass through the cell so the wound will heal, but the skeleton keeps bacteria from coming through with the fluid.

            Electric Underwear seemed a little weird to me, but as I read it made much more sense. When a patient is in a medical bed for a while, they can develop bedsores that are open wounds made by not having enough circulation, along with compressed skin. Bedsores can be deadly. Approximately 60,000 people die from bedsores every year. That means $12 billion dollars down the drain for the U.S. medical industry. Canadian researchers first made the electric underwear. They deliver a small electrical charge every ten minutes. It is the same as the patient moving on their own. It activates muscles and increases circulation in that area, and effectively eliminates bedsores. So that is a major plus because it saves a lot of lives.

            I do not know about you, but Pollen Vaccinations are also very interesting to me. I am sure you already know flower pollen is one of the most common allergens in the world. The outside of the pollen shell is tough enough to resist the disintegrating power of the human digestive system. Most of the vaccines are injected because they cannot withstand stomach acids when they are taken orally. They break down and all of the sudden become useless. But if you put both of them together, you have a strong medical vaccination. Researchers from Texas Tech University are looking for ways to use pollen to provide life saving vaccines.

            From the three examples I wrote about it seems like the future of medical technology will be pretty cool in a few years. I think this is a very interesting subject to read about. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!      

http://listverse.com/2013/03/22/10-medical-technologies-that-could-shape-the-future/

Upcoming in PC Gaming

           Ign.com says:

“It used to be people were asking, ‘Does PC gaming have a future?’ Now they are asking, ‘Is PC gaming the future?’ So says Todd Harris of Hi-Rez Studios, the company behind free-to-play shooter Tribes: Ascend.

        

         This year we have experienced the successful release of free online games like PlanetSide 2 and Tribes: Ascend, the arrival of killer MMO Guild Wars 2 and the announcement of The Elder Scrolls Online. There has been lots of cool PC indie games including Torchlight 2, Thirty Flights of Loving and Botanicula, as well as the flowering of innovation-enablers like Greenlight and Kickstarter. We have seen demos for multiple technologies like these credible virtual reality headset and talk of new hardware innovations from Valve that will look to bring PC gaming into the mainstream. We have enjoyed the hardcore games like Far Cry 3, Dishonored and Diablo III that showed the PC at its best.        

PC gaming’s future is a story of it’s past and its present. It is not one of revolution, but it continues to improve. Technological improvements is always a factor for PC gamers, but we are also seeing changes wrought by distribution infrastructure, UI improvements, demographics, economics and shifting consumer expectations. Goings-on in the console, social and mobile markets through PC gaming, often bring new converts.

What we see right now is that PC gaming has very little enjoyed so much optimism. From the days when it seemed to be perishing under the weight of dismal casual and mainstream games, and from the launch of touch-screen devices and competing with marketing from console-kings, the PC as a hardcore gaming device now looks strong as ever.

PC gaming is defined by change. How will things look in the next few years?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/12/13/the-future-of-pc-gaming