The robotic eye was created by scientists in Hong Kong and mimics the way the human eye sees the world. “The eye mimics the human iris and retina using a lens to focus light onto a dense arrays of light-sensitive nanowires. Information is then passed through the wires, which act like the brain’s visual cortex, to a […]
While this seems like something everyone might be used to after being quarantined for a large part of 2020, this isolated lockdown tests what life might be like on Mars, and during long space missions. And the isolation NASA is testing will last for eight months. This news got me thinking about a potential story. What if […]
This past week, Twitter announced it was giving employees the option to work from home for good if they so choose. It would be required upon hiring to declare whether the employee would work from home or ever come into the office. And if other large companies follow suit, what could happen? For this future, let’s assume […]
Carole Baskin, from Netflix’s “Tiger King,” has been reluctant to give interviews after the TV show has blown up. One youtube account tricked her into sitting down with “Jimmy Fallon” by promising they would only talk about her cats. With the increased popularity of remote calls, this got me thinking: what if there was a way to […]
Hafthor Bjornsson, better known as “The Mountain” from his time of “Game of Thrones,” recently set a world record. He lifted 501kg/1104lb off the floor, 1kg more than the previous record. At 6’9” tall and 425lbs, there’s no arguing he’s a massive human. But what if someone bigger and stronger came along? For starters, it will […]
There's a new text bomb, one that causes iPhones to lock up, and that requires the phone to reset. The text is a string of Sindhi characters. Even notifications with the characters are a problem, so you can't just ignore the message. What if this text was sent out to everyone who signed up to be a part […]
Reports are out that Apple is pushing back the mass production of the newest iteration of iPhones by about a month. Supply chains around the world are being disrupted by the pandemic, and big tech isn’t out of reach. This got me thinking: what if there was a freeze on all new introduction to tech? Of course, […]
With so many people stuck inside, video games are blowing up. Not just playing them either; watching people play them is growing more popular by the day. And Facebook wants in on the action. They join three other big players in the market for video game streaming: Amazon (Twitch), Microsoft (Mixer), and Google (Youtube). What happens if […]
A canoe displayed during the 2019 Nebraska State Fair wasn’t made; it was grown. Well, partially. An outer shell made of mycelium-which normally grows underground- was grown around a standard canoe skeleton and then dried. It’s both durable and waterproof and grows mushrooms after it gets wet. What if using mushrooms as a building material was a […]
Police in London have been dealing with an interesting problem while the country is in lockdown: how to keep people from leaving the city to go to their second homes. They have begun looking for luggage during traffic stops to catch people traveling while the stay at home order is in place. But people have caught on […]
