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Mar 13, 2017
Scientists Made the Perfect Underwater Glue
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in category: futurism
Even the strongest artificial glues are completely useless when you try to apply them underwater, but somehow shellfish are able to hold fast to rocks to deter predators from trying to carry them away. Clearly, nature has already figured out how to make glues that work underwater, and now researchers may have discovered the secret.
Mar 13, 2017
UPS Tests the Future: A Drone-Slinging Delivery Van
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: drones, futurism
Mar 13, 2017
These Silicon Valley investors set out to create the antithesis of ‘Shark Tank’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
“The Pitch,” a podcast which launched its second season in January, aims to deliver a more realistic version of “Shark Tank.”
Mar 13, 2017
World’s first rotating, shape-shifting tower planned for Dubai
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Fisher envisions an 80-story, 1,273-foot tower in Dubai with floors that can rotate 360 degrees in both directions. He said he got the idea for a rotating tower that continuously changes shape more than a decade ago while staring out of the Olympic Tower in New York.
“I noticed that from a certain spot you could see the East River and the Hudson River, both sides of Manhattan,” he said on Dynamic Architecture’s website. “That is when I thought to myself: ‘Why don’t we rotate the entire floor? That way, everybody can see both the East River and the Hudson River, as well as Saint Patrick’s Cathedral!’”
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Mar 13, 2017
These Gloves Let Long Distance Lovers Touch
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
This technology allows couples in long distance relationships to ‘touch’ each other from afar.
Mar 13, 2017
BMW and LEGO collaborated to create the concept hoverbike of our dreams
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: futurism, transportation
LEGO and BMW teamed up to create a model set for one of the automaker’s most popular motorcycles – BMW R 1200 GS Adventure.
Lego Technic engineers used the same 603 pieces from the model to construct a concept hoverbike. Then, their colleagues at BMW, impressed by the design, built a life-sized replica of the futuristic bike.