My French technologist friend (we worked on ProBlogs.org for all of a month…) put together a couple interesting overviews for the sci-fi nerd in all of us.
A Big Jump for Quantum Teleportation, he discusses a number of developments in transporting photons via teleportation, one of which is reminiscient to Star Trek, covering a distance of 600 meters over the Danube river.
Nanorobots Inside Our Bodies? - discusses the practical applications of nanobots and their role in medicine. Ten years from now you might swallow a red pill filled with tiny cleansing agents which fight cancerous cells or you might swallow a blue pill filled with yet another Listerine that snaps, crackles and pops in tandem to Tarzan Boy.
False comfort in latest Chinese figures?:
According to a report in the Austin American-Statesman the Chinese manufacturers are rushing to recruit engineers to design new handsets. The report points to one Chinese design house in particular - TechFaith Holding, which it says already has contracts to design 62 new handsets. The Chinese market thrives on new models - one reason why Siemens’ share of the Chinese market fell from third to sixth when it experienced a dearth of new Chinese models in early 2003.
The Chinese market also caters heavily to fashion-conscious young women with teardrop-shaped handsets, and phones encrusted with jewels and tiny mirrors. Plus mobile phones which can also double as makeup mirrors.
I’m waiting for the day when they build pregnancy detectors or thermometers into cell phones, I’d buy one a couple.
