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Quantum Computer Kicks PC Arse In First Ever Head-To-Head Test

Scientists often claim that quantum computers will blow the competition away in the coming years. Now, the world’s first head-to-head test has shown they leave regular PCs reeling in their wake.


Wood, Salt And Wonder: The Renewable Future Of 3D Printing

Weapons. Toys. Entire skulls. There’s no limit to the objects we can 3D print these days, but the materials themselves haven’t evolved as quickly — we’re still stuck in a world of plastic, steel and ceramic. That’s all about to change, thanks to the work of a small Oakland fabrication studio called Emerging Objects.


What The Future Of Wearable Technology Will Look Like

It’s going to look silly! More seriously, it seems like we’re all going to have to accept that wearing technology is going to be the real future and not just the imagined future of science fiction movies.


10 Terrible Tech Frustrations My Toddler Will Never Have

When I was growing up, my parents would tell me about all the ancient technologies they had to use in their youth. Whether it was a car with a manual choke, a phone that required you to ask an operator to connect you, or a record player with a hand crank, mum and dad experienced a lot of tech frustrations I would never know.


The Massive Digital Library Of The Future Just Opened Its ‘Doors’

After two and a half years of development, the Digital Public Library of America finally flipped the switch on and opened its website. Collecting items from institutions cross the country, there already more than two million items in its searchable database. And that’s just the beginning.


The Future Of Rechargeable Batteries Could Smell Like Rotten Eggs

Every 72 litres of petroleum we refine leaves behind 230g of sulphur byproduct — far more than we can even pretend to have use for. Luckily, some ingenious researchers at the University of Arizona may have devised a solution that transforms the rancid yellow element into a new breed of battery.


What People In 1836 Thought The Moon Was Like

I wish I could live during a time when we believed creatures and aliens and things lived on the Moon. My imagination would have had so much fun! But alas, real life is too boring for that kind of fun. Still, in 1836, people believed that astronomers had found life on the moon. They imagined a world of hairy men with wings, unicorns and naked insect ladies.


An Iranian Scientist Has Invented A Time Machine (So He Says)

Ali Razeghi, an Iranian scientist who is the managing director of Iran’s Centre for Strategic Inventions, has done something only the great Doc Brown has done: he’s created a time machine. But unlike Doc’s DeLorean, Razeghi’s “The Aryayek Time travelling Machine” can only take you to the future. What are we waiting for? Let’s go!


Future Spy Planes Could Get A Lift From Ionic Thrusters

While hybrid planes like the the 787 Dreamliner and SUGAR concept are far more fuel efficient than conventional airliners, they do still rely on a non-renewable and increasingly limited supply of jet fuel. However, recent tests conducted at MIT suggest that tomorrow’s planes could take flight on the wings of an ionic breeze.


What 1988 Los Angeles Thought It’d Look Like In 2013

Everybody always imagines the future looking way cooler than it actually does. The Los Angeles Times just re-proved the point by republishing a 1988 issue in which it made a slew of guesses about 2013. Some of them were right, but unfortunately cars still don’t look that cool.


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