London and New York are replacing outdated phone booths with Wi-Fi kiosks that have embedded computing tablets, USB charging ports, keypads for making phone calls, and large screens that display relevant information to passersby. New York started installing its “LinkNYC” kiosks in 2016, currently has more than 900 activated across all five boroughs and plans …
2015 saw roughly 86,000 more deaths than 2014 in the USA Standard life expectancy at birth dropped to 78.8 years from 78.9 just a year earlier. Preliminary analysis suggests the increase in deaths may have been driven by drug overdoses and an unusually severe flu season in early 2015, which may have exacerbated potentially fatal …
Nearly a decade of research showing that Rapamycin makes mice live up to 60% longer, scientists are trying it out as an anti-aging drug in dogs and humans. Researchers at the University of Washington’s Dog Aging Project gave rapamycin to 16 dogs and imaged their hearts. “It started to function better. It started to look …
The Pentagon’s emerging “Arsenal Plane” or “flying bomb truck” is likely to be a modified, high-tech adaptation of the iconic B-52 bomber designed to fire air-to-air weapons, release swarms of mini-drones and provide additional fire-power to 5th generation stealth fighters such as the F-35 and F-22, Pentagon officials and analysts said. It is also possible …
Star Wars Rogue one trailer. This is Disney’s first attempt at creating a standalone movie that exists inside the Star Wars universe. Action looks good. Effects look good. It is set just before a Star Wars IV A New Hope. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 …