#Emerging technologies

The twentieth century was an unbelievable era for the progression of human beings, with a significant increase in lifespan, adult height, and physiological performance. As humans advance seventeen years into the 21st century, French researchers have now signaled a possible top in biological

After devising blockchain-based systems to help facilitate equity and bond trading (remember Goldman’s cryptocoin?) as well as derivatives clearing, some of the leading banks in the blockchain space are banding together to build a system that they hope will help banks streamline another essential

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Robots are only cost-effective in the narrow niches of commoditized tasks. In the view of Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocates, substituting robots for human labor will not only free virtually all humans from working, it will also generate

Via The Daily Bell Imagine having the power to declare something legitimate with the stroke of a pen, the press of a stamp, or the enter button on your keyboard. The government has that power. But it is part of the magical myth of government legitimacy. That is the main service government

Amazon has just been granted patent number 9,828,097 for drone technology that allows the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to self-destruct in a sequence in the event of a catastrophic failure. The abstract of the patent describes the process as “directed fragmentation of an unmanned aerial vehicle