Science news articles about 'futuristic technology'

  • Modern military contractors vs. 'Iron Man'

    ... comic book character's suit embodies a futuristic technology that may enhance human capabilities in war, but the current battlefield belongs to a growing swarm of unmanned ...
  • The brightest, sharpest, fastest X-ray holograms yet

    ... known since ancient times, has inspired a futuristic technology for lensless, three-dimensional imaging ... for micron-sized objects. With already established technologies, resolutions obtained by these methods could be pushed to only a few ...
  • Zooming way in, technique offers close-ups of electrons, nuclei

    ... from Harvard, the Smithsonian Institution, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pittsburgh. The work builds on a Science ... nucleus." The 2007 work effectively brought the futuristic technology of quantum information systems into the realm ...
  • New generation of orthopedic, dental and cardiovascular prostheses

    ... in French. Montreal, January 27, 2008 – The futuristic technology of the Six Million Dollar Man –specifically a part metal and part flesh human ...
  • The State of the Art of Nuclear Fusion: It's Not Easy

    ... futuristic technologies scientists have sworn would change our lives forever, none is more promising, and more elusive, than fusion ...
  • NYPD looking at futuristic weapons technology

    ... York Police Department is looking into adapting futuristic technology that would allow officers' guns to recognize one another in an effort to avoid the type of friendly ...
  • The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

    ... week after week on Star Trek, they used a host of futuristic technologies — including tricorders, holodecks, teleportation ... on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Among the technologies discussed on the program is the visor that Geordi (who, in the show ...
  • The 'sci' behind the 'fi'

    ... week after week on Star Trek, they used a host of futuristic technologies — including tricorders, holodecks, teleportation ... on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Among the technologies discussed on the program is the visor that Geordi (who, in the show ...
  • Analyzing food and beverages with magnetic levitation

    ... development of a new use for magnetic levitation, or "maglev," the futuristic technology best known for enabling high ... exists for simpler, less expensive, easy-to-use technology. The scientists describe development of a special sensor ...
  • Speedy Train Technology Finds New Food Safety Niche

    Magnetic levitation technology is the darling of mass transit: High-speed trains floating above ... , researchers have discovered an entirely new application for the futuristic technology: food quality control and safety ...
  • Physicists break color barrier for sending, receiving photons

    ... , is directly applicable to future Internet communications technology, said Raymer, the UO's Knight Professor of Liberal ... light containing many photons. In quantum computing -- a futuristic technology -- data might be stored in individual ...
  • A tracking device that fits on the head of a pin

    ... for use in smartphones, medical equipment and more futuristic technologies. Working in collaboration with Israel's Department of Defense, Prof ... to fit a gyroscope onto a smaller piece of technology, such as a cellphone, the accuracy will be severely limited." With laser ...
  • Scientists seek 3D video future

    Three-dimensional holographic video could be in your living room within a decade, according to ta eam of American scientists who say they've taken the futuristic technology a big step further.
  • Get ready for CSI: Soil

    ... -attractive cast, fast-paced storylines and futuristic technologies, people are hooked. Now it might be time to add a new series to the franchise, CSI ...
  • Students will use futuristic technology to dive into the past

    A new partnership between the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) and the Watermen's Museum in historic Yorktown Virginia will give local students a unique opportunity to dive into Colonial ...

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