On July 31, 2018, NASA will launch it’s first ever probe to the sun. It’s something they’ve wanted to do for 60 years, but couldn’t until now when the technology to do so caught up. Nicola Fox, NASA Parker Solar Probe Project Scientist (left in the video interview) and Elizabeth Congdon, Parker Solar Probe […]
Nikos Acuña cannot wait for the future. A futurist, author, and recently named Chief Visionary of Sizmek, Acuña’s belief that artificial intelligence will guide us to the tomorrow of our dreams is both an optimistic and precisely-measured prediction. “We are the tool-forging species,” Acuña reminds us in one of his videos, explaining that AI is a technology we […]
In your own words, what will you be discussing at SXSW for the A Roboticist, Ethicist, & Novelist Walk Into a Bar panel? One of our points of discussion will be the contrast between the robots of science fiction and real-world robots. Sci-fi and popular press often make out robots and AI to be technology […]
There are very few people in the world who can claim to be the inventor of the internet, and Vint Cerf just happens to be one of those people. On March 12, he made his very first appearance at the SXSW conference with his panel, Vint Cerf: An Internet For And By The People. During his […]
Eric Horvitz is an absolute authority on technology. For the last 25 years, he’s worked at Microsoft. Now, he currently serves as the technical fellow and managing director of Microsoft Research. Horvitz said that artificial intelligence is at a tipping point, where it will begin to become a more common staple in our lives, as both computer […]
Who all had a very unorthodox summer spent chasing virtual monsters around town? If you are like me and did just that last summer or maybe longer, then you can blame John Hanke for that. Pokémon Go is the brainchild of Niantic Inc. This Augmented Reality and Urban Revitalization panel featured Mona Lalwani of Engadget, […]
Pokémon Go releases Generation II Pokémon The Pokémon Go team has announced a new generation for the first time since it’s initial launch in July 2016. Trainers, over 80 more Pokémon and new features are here! https://t.co/7hUwB1wVBAhttps://t.co/9gVfrwaemA — Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) February 16, 2017 Summary of what was announced: Additional Pokémon, New Evolutions, New Encounter Gameplay, New Berries, New Avatars […]