Technology

I love the beautiful architecture of ancient churches and bridges. But I know nothing about how they were made. That’s why a gorgeous 3D animation created by Tomáš Musílek is so intriguing. It elegantly depicts the construction of Prague’s most famous bridge, the Charles Bridge, also known as Karlův Most in the Czech Republic. But...

Maybe you got a toy drone in a White Elephant exchange at work. Or a neighborhood kid crashed one in your backyard. Maybe you’ve used one yourself to take wedding or real estate photos. It feels like something out of Asimov or Jules Verne, but it’s 2021 and the hot topic in the military is...

It’s sort of crazy to think that people are still discovering new information about our “recent” (in historical terms) past. In January, two researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska did just that. They took their field by storm, when they announced that they could prove European traders had made their way to Alaska before Columbus ever set...

Everyone is worried about data encryption and cybersecurity these days. I’m certainly no stranger to the concept. I think my credit card has now been skimmed 3 times in 2 years, but 2020 was 5 years long, so I may have lost count. That’s where cybersecurity companies like San Francisco based Cloudflare come in, bringing...

Space exploration is something that gets many people excited, but one thing that always dampens the party is the fact that, if we want to keep going, to explore deeper, we’re going to have to come up with a bunch of new technology that helps us circumvent all of the issues with just how vast the...

You might have heard recently, during the apocalyptic ice and snow event that caused power outages all over Texas, that wind turbines being unable to operate in the extreme cold were at least partly to blame for the catastrophe that took several dozen lives. Since, however, wind turbines thrive in places with extreme weather, such...

Most of us enjoy social media, or at least aspects of it. We might not be on every platform, and we might not like them all equally, but in this day and age it’s a popular way to pass the time. Some folks, though, decided somewhere along the way that the benefits don’t outweigh the...

Humans creating a computer or some other type of artificial intelligence that eventually gets too smart and wily for us to control, thereby creating a war between humans and machines that all but destroys the earth, has been the plot of many a science fiction film. Is it likely, though? Would humans win? Are we...