Future Tech

The release of the AI software ChatGPT has made many people nervous about the future of their jobs. Which areas of work seem most vulnerable to AI and which seem likely to be safe?

By Dave Roos

Considering 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of Back to the Future, people love to dissect what futuristic technology the movie got right and what has yet to come true. While we don’t ride on hoverboards or own self-tying sneakers, the franchise got a few things right, such as the growing use of holograms and wearable […] The post Times Science Fiction Movies Accurately Predicted Future Technology appeared first on Goliath.

By Jack Sackman

The quantum internet of the future would use the quirky behavior of tiny particles to transmit vast amounts of information and enable applications not possible with today's internet. Still with us? Here's how it works.

By Patrick J. Kiger

First published in 1950, the Turing Test was designed to determine whether a computer would ever be able to successfully imitate a human being. So what's the state of it now?

By Dave Roos

The super-intelligent South African isn't just one of the richest and most creative people on Earth, he's also a forward-thinking futurist with a penchant for controversy.

By Nathan Chandler

LiDAR scanning technology reveals huge Mayan civilization lost beneath the jungles of Guatemala.

By Patrick J. Kiger

Smartphones could become obsolete by 2020, replaced by a new generation of wearable communication devices that will change the way we interact with the world.

By Patrick J. Kiger

Kurzweil has a pretty good track record with predictions. What does he have slated for humanity besides the singularity and figuring out the entire human brain by 2099?

By Kate Kershner

Take a holiday trip to Uncanny Valley! A computer brain was trained to compose a carol inspired by a picture of a Christmas tree — with horrible results.

By Christopher Hassiotis

As cities develop, how can technology be used to accommodate growing populations?

What are modern cities doing to accommodate growing populations?

Do you fear death? Enough that you'd want to try to cheat death as a digital version of yourself? Scientists around the globe are working on it, and some think this idea will be reality in just a few decades.

By Maria Trimarchi

If you thought Google Glass and driverless cars were out there, then you ain't seen nothing yet. How about a throat tattoo microphone or a keyboard that projects on your hand? These are two other strange patents Google owns. What are some others?

By Patrick J. Kiger

Light speed is considered the universal speed limit of everything, but if you make a hard-and-fast rule, someone will try to disprove it, or at least find a loophole. Is information transfer capable of pulling into the passing lane?

By Bernadette Johnson

In the 1950s and '60s people used to talk about the home of the future, with automatic sliding panels and robot servants. It doesn't look like that yet, so what will the future really bring?

By Melanie Radzicki McManus

While high-tech classrooms aren't universal yet, technology is indisputably a part of modern education systems. We'll explore the trends for classroom technology in this article.

By Kate Kershner

In a sense, "Dr. Computer" is already here – surgical robots and Web searches for medical advice attest to that. But will computers one day make human doctors completely obsolete?

By Shanna Freeman

Whether people are posting for silly reasons or serious ones, there's no question that Twitter is a social media staple. But how did it get there? And has it really revolutionized the way we communicate online?

By Nathan Chandler

Making it around the world in 80 days really isn’t anything to brag about today: The ISS does it in less than 90 minutes. But for those of us who are a little closer to the ground, we’re always looking for ways to make travel faster -- and in some rare cases, into something completely new.

By Cherise Threewitt

If you're curious what the future holds, dig into the novels, articles and research done by these 10 amazing minds. You might be surprised what they predict.

By Patrick J. Kiger

Will we take an elevator to space? Will we live in floating cities? Will computers live inside our bodies? What does the future hold?

By Patrick J. Kiger

Health care trends often seem unpredictable -- unless you're a futurist, that is. While they're not fortune-tellers, these educated guessers have interesting ideas about what the future world of health could look like.

By Shanna Freeman

Futurists can dish out some exciting -- and downright scary -- visions for the future of machines and science. Here are 10 of them in the realm of technology.

By Terri Briseno

Today's computers would blow the minds of early computing pioneers, and the machines of tomorrow will do things we can't imagine today. As computing power climbs to ever-more-stellar heights, how will it affect our world and the way we live?

By Jacob Clifton

Could it make us immortal? Could we move objects with our own minds? You won't believe how this technology will alter our world.

By Patrick J. Kiger