Category Archives: The Future

First cell-based shrimp dumplings launched

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first cell-based meat venture Shiok Meats lifted the lid on its lab-grown shrimp dumplings at the Disruption in Food and Sustainability Summit (DFSS) on Friday (Mar 29). There were just eight dumplings showcased at the summit, but the high-tech dim sum took months and S$5,000 to cook up. Read more at: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/siew-mai-goes-high-tech-singapore-s-first-cell-based-shrimp-11393320

Synthetic Speech Generated from Brain Recordings

“A state-of-the-art brain-machine interface created by UC San Francisco neuroscientists can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech by using brain activity to control a virtual vocal tract – an anatomically detailed computer simulation including the lips, jaw, tongue and larynx. The study was conducted in research participants with intact speech, but the technology could one day restore the […]

New Technology Uses Lasers to Transmit Audible Messages to Specific People

“Researchers have demonstrated that a laser can transmit an audible message to a person without any type of receiver equipment.” https://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2019/new_technology_uses_lasers_to_transmit_audible_mes/ https://phys.org/news/2019-01-technology-lasers-transmit-audible-messages.html https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19051435

Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”

Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations.     https://news.mit.edu/2018/computer-system-transcribes-words-users-speak-silently-0404

We love augmented reality, but let’s fix things that could become big problems | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/06/we-love-augmented-reality-but-lets-fix-things-that-could-become-big-problems/

Sony PlayStation VR $399 + Free Shipping

Sony PlayStation VR: This Virtual Reality Platform by Sony is on sale for $399 at Best Buy. Sony PlayStation VR:Immerse yourself in a vivid virtual world of gaming with this Sony headset for the PlayStation VR. Its 3D audio technology makes sounds sharper and clearer, while the advanced VR display creates an incredibly lifelike gaming […]

Hyper Reality

Here’s a video of our very augmented future: HYPER REALITY   “Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated in media. If you are interested in supporting the project, sponsoring the next work or would like to find out more, […]