Kevin Lepton

Future Robots to Be Smartphone Driven and Not in Russia

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May 152014
 

Future robots will not likely be like the lead in the “Terminator” movies. Many Internet of Everything robots already exist in some homes in the form of household appliances, thermostats and even automated vacuum cleaners.

According to the Moscow Times, Russia is behind the curve when it comes to developing future robots. And, when they are designing and building bots, a lot of the work is outsourced to other countries such as China.

Before Arnold Schwarzen-governor goes back to the future in search for John Connor, there will be many less sophisticated bots helping us with our daily lives.

The Moscow Times says, “While industrial and household, or service, robots are a fast-emerging new global market, Russia so far has acquired only a small portion of it. It buys robots each year by the hundreds, while according to the International Federation of Robotics, in 2012 about 3 million robots were sold worldwide for personal and domestic use and almost 160,000 for industrial application.”

It has now come to the point in our world’s development that the U. N. is considering banning killer robots. This includes fully autonomous killer land bots and well as drones.

I predict there will come a time when we’ll be able to put 100 robots in a room randomly typing at their keyboards an create the Great American novel.

 

References

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/the-robotized-future-will-look-like-transformers-but-will-not-be-made-in-russia/500220.html

http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/un-ban-killer-robots/

 

Wearable Technology Meets Future Travel

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Apr 222014
 

Well, it may read like science fiction, but the technologies I’m about to mention are either in use, in development or are being prototyped. Ten years from now, smart clothing, watches, glasses, contact lenses, helmets, hats, socks and shoes may all be connected with the Internet, use artificial intelligence and interact with us.

And, in fact, they will even monitor our vital signs and tell us when we are ready for a vacation. Then we will be presented with real life and virtual options for our vacations.

CNN states, “… by 2024 travel agents, tour guides and concierges could all be replaced by a virtual entity with a finely-tuned sense of your likes, which it will gather from your search history, online reviews, social media presence and various other digital interactions. This guide could live inside a piece of your clothing and come out as a hologram, and (perhaps mimicking your favorite actor) it will be able to have a conversation with you …

“…These digital travel buddies will not only be able to tailor suggestions to you personally, they’ll be able to monitor your expressions to see if you’re actually enjoying yourself and tweak their recommendations accordingly …”

If all of this sounds pretty creepy, it is, for now. It may take some time to get use to the invasion of privacy, but look at where we have come over the past 10 years with search engines and social media gathering our personal data and the fact that we have become increasing accepting of this if not fully onboard.

This high tech will bring us one step closer to being superheroes and that’s what we really want, right? That secret decoder ring I used to get in my cereal box will finally become reality with the next round of smart tech coming down the pike.

 

Will PC Spectacles Be Politically Correct?

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Mar 222014
 

Wearable computers are now starting to come into their own. Watches and glasses with embedded personal computers have been in the limelight and they have also raised concerns about public privacy.

For instance, can people wearing smart glasses in public video record everything they see and everyone they meet, all the time? What about public restroom and locker rooms where there is at least some expectation of privacy?

Well, Google has attempted to answer some of these concerns by publishing their “The Top 10 Google Glass Myths” so that people can decide for themselves whether to jump onboard or be in relation to those who are into the whole wearable computer movement.