May 29, 2015

8 Pieces of Sci Fi Tech That Will Soon Be Real

Motorola Biostamp

Motorola Biostamp

American multinational telecommunications company Motorola is developing technology, which aims to remove the need to enter passwords and replace them with a phone being close to human body. The tattoos, called Biostamps, contain flexible electronic circuits. They were initially designed for medical purposes but could be used for consumer authentication purpose in near future, according to Motorola.

3D printing of cells

3D Printing of Cells

3D printing technology has been increasingly used in different industries, including cloth manufacturing, architecture and eyewear. Edinburgh scientists from Heriot Watt University use innovative printing technique to produce stem cells. It could speed up process of creating artificial organs but in near future this discovery will be used to generate biopsy-like tissue samples for drug testing.

Powered Exoskeleton

Powered Exoskeleton

External skeleton that supports and protects human body, or simply exoskeleton, is a relatively new innovative product that will help rehabilitate disabled people. A number of Japanese and American companies went further. They develop powered armor that will be used on future soldiers.

Bloodstream Nanorobots

Bloodstream Nanorobots

Modern medicine has yielded wonderful advances and saved many lives. Scientists at Nanophysics Research Laboratory at Australia’s Monash University have developed nanorobots capable of swimming in the human bloodstream. They can reach places that previous minimally invasive surgery could not, like the human brain.

Invisible bicycle helmet

Invisible Bicycle Helmet

New invisible bicycle helmet that uses technology similar to a vehicle airbag has been developed in Sweden. Two students of Industrial Design faculty at Lund University have created The Hovding device. Invisible helmet is designed to shoot a protective, inflatable nylon hood around the user's head within one tenth of a second of impact.

Self-Driving Cars

Self-Driving Car

Major car companies are already showing off some exciting car-tech prototypes. Google, which pioneered driverless car industry, set the tone for the development of this sci fi technology. Autonomous driving features are at least seven to 10 years away from becoming commercially available, according to analytics.

Immortality

Immortality

Russian entrepreneur Dmitry Itskov heads a hi-tech research project called Avatar. He is planning to transplant a human brain into a robot body within 10 years. United States Department of Defense DARPA launched a project with similar approach that would allow soldiers to remotely operate robots on the battlefield.

Facial Recognition

Facial Recognition

Popular expression ‘Big brother is watching you’ became a reality. Cameras at every street corner, massive databases of faces – American company FaceFirst has developed facial recognition technology which track each individual face and compare it against 4 million possible matches every second.

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