7 new tech breakthroughs you need to see!
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7 N E W T E CH B RE AKT H R O U G H S YO U N E E D T O S E E !
The first self-driving bus hit the roads in
China. The bus prototype,
developed by Yutong, went on a 20 mile ride on an intercity road in Zhengzhou. The
self-driving bus is equipped with two cameras, four laser radars, one set of millimeter wave
radar and an integrated
navigation system.
Skype is releasing their real-time
translation feature that will allow you to hold a conversation
in any of the following languages
without actually needing to know a
word: English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin and Spanish. The application will
support another 50 languages through
normal chat.
Researchers at the University of Washington,
experimenting with brain-to-brain
connection, have found a way to transmit brain
signals from one person to another.
Via brian waves and the internet,
participants were able to guess the
correct answers to a given set of
questions with impressive accuracy.
An Italian engineering group has built a 12-meter tall 3D printer that can print houses cheaply
using additive techniques. Automating building houses using
this type of process could dramatically affect the way we
provide shelter to those all around the world.
MIT researchers have developed a robotic hand that
is capable of picking up an egg without breaking it. The robot uses soft 3D-printed fingers that are
skilled at picking up even the most difficult objects, such as a coin or
fragile egg.
The Japanese company, Hitachi, has begun testing a crime prediction
algorithm to attempt to identify potential threats or crimes before they occur. The system gathers
data from media, such as weather reports or social media, to find patterns using
machine learning.
A technology capable of
harvesting energy gathering ambient
radio frequency waves and
converting them into electricity to
charge a low power device has recently been revealed. At the Presentation,
Signals from mobile phones were
converted to power a loudspeaker.