Future
How Augmented Reality (AR) is changing our world.
Although AR has been around for some time, new developments and applications of the technology keeps pushing the boundaries of merging the physical real-world environment with virtual computer generated imagery. Many of us have heard about AR but are still somewhat uncertain as to what it exactly entails and what it actually does.
I found an [...]
Sunlight to Petrol
As the quest for finding alternative sources of energy and ways to combat global warming mounts, a research team from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico is building a prototype device intended to chemically “reenergise” carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide using concentrated solar energy to reverse combustion.
The carbon monoxide could then be used to [...]
Future View: The Age of Distraction
Michael Bugeja, director of the Greenlee School of Journalism at Iowa State University argues that academia is failing to inform future generations about social problems that require critical thinking and interpersonal intelligence because of its reliance on technology and the media’s overemphasis on trivia.
In his article “The Age of Distraction: The Professor or the Processor,” [...]
