Read the latest articles from Futurism (Page 883)

According to a new report by Common Sense Media found that the average screen time for children in the U.S. is as high as its ever been.
Developments

Most American 11-Year-Olds Now Have Smartphones

Is this trend a bad sign for kids' health — or nothing to worry about?

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers are working on the next generation of bionic glasses that could give the blind back much more of their vision in the future.
Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Let Blind “See” With Next-Gen Bionic Glasses

A new device is giving patients the ability to recognize objects on a table and read letters on a screen.

By Victor Tangermann

The Keystone Pipeline just had a spill of over 380,000 gallons of crude oil into North Dakota wetlands, the latest in a line of catastrophic oil spills.
Energy

The US Said This Pipeline Would Have “No Impact.” Now It’s Leaking Crude Oil.

The extremely predictable thing happened.

By Dan Robitzski

The 1982 sci-fi film "Blade Runner" takes place in November 2019. Needless to say, our tech fell a teensy bit short of what the movie predicted.
Artificial Intelligence

“Blade Runner” Was Set This Month. Where Are Our Flying Cars?

Let's compare the real November 2019 to the one imagined in "Blade Runner."

By Dan Robitzski

Belgium-based machine learning researcher and educator Xander Steenbrugge has developed a neural network AI that can turn music into trippy animations.
Artificial Intelligence

Watch an AI Turn Music Into a Brain-Melting Visualization

"The AI does not fully create the work, and neither do I. It is very much a collaboration."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, a team of astronomers from Ohio State University claim to have discovered an entirely new and previously missing class of black holes.
Science & Energy

Scientists Discover New Class of Tiny Black Holes

This entirely new class of small black holes could open up "a new area of study."

By Victor Tangermann

Japan has unveiled a wooden car two years in the making, but while the vehicle looks cool, it seems far from road ready at this time.
Advanced Transport

Japan Just Unveiled a Supercar Made out of Wood

Would you drive a wooden car?

By Kristin Houser

A physicist created a calculator that uses mathematical models to determine the likelihood that humanity would survive a vampire attack.
Future Society

A Physicist Calculated Our Chances of Surviving a Vampire Attack

Bad news, fellow human — if vampires attack, science says we're probably not going to survive.

By Kristin Houser

Boeing admitted today that dozens of its third-generation 737 NG ("Next Generation") planes have been grounded by a number of airlines.
Advanced Transport

Dozens of Boeing 737 Jets Grounded Because of “Cracks”

Only yesterday, Boeing's CEO received a grilling in front of Congress over mistakes in relation to the 737 Max.

By Victor Tangermann

The latest from music coding group Dadabots is a neural net trained on Cannibal Corpse music and lyrics that writes endless metal about killing humans.
Artificial Intelligence

Researchers Trained a Neural Net Using a Cannibal Corpse Album

This AI generates endless death metal — complete with music and lyrics.

By Dan Robitzski

After denying reports of a system malware infection Tuesday, the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) admitted that its plants had been hacked.
Nuclear Fusion

Someone Hacked India’s Nuclear Power Plants

One analyst called it an act of war.

By Victor Tangermann

Astronauts on the International Space Station played a quick game of low-gravity baseball in orbit to promote the World Series.
International Space Station

Watch Astronauts Play Baseball on the International Space Station

Don't break a window!

By Dan Robitzski

MIT researchers have created a fleet of robot cubes that can move autonomously, climbing, spinning, and even jumping to form shapes.
Robotics

Watch MIT’s Robot Cubes Self-Assemble Into Structures

It's like Minecraft — in real life.

By Kristin Houser

In the video game "Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice," players see the world through the eyes of a young warrior suffering from severe mental health issues.
Health & Medicine

This Award-Winning Video Game Lets You Experience Psychosis

And the studio behind it just announced a new project.

By Kristin Houser

In a surprise announcement by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey today, the platform has decided to ban all political ads across the globe starting November 22nd.
Future Society

Breaking: Twitter CEO Announces Total Political Ads Ban

"We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought."

By Victor Tangermann

Last week, scientists achieved "first light" with the Mayall Telescope's Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument. It could teach us about dark energy.
Energy

Scientists Boot Up New Device to Map the Universe’s Dark Energy

The instrument has the potential to "spark a revolution in theoretical physics."

By Victor Tangermann

car insurance tesla tesla autopilot self-driving cars
Artificial Intelligence

This 26 Year Old Hacker Says He Made a Self-Driving Car in One Month

By Jappy Lim

A new lawsuit claims that JUUL shipped a million contaminated vape pods to customers and then fired an exec for voicing his concerns about it.
Chemistry

Former Juul Exec: Company Shipped a Million “Contaminated” Pods

When he questioned the decision, he was told to "remember his loyalty to JUUL."

By Kristin Houser

A new visualization shows just how vast space is by taking people from the size of an astronaut to that of the entire universe.
Science & Energy

This Amazing Visualization Shows You How Big Space Really Is

It spans from the size of an astronaut to the entire observable universe.

By Dan Robitzski

Doctors in Texas recorded a livestream of a brain surgery during which the person under the knife, Jenna Schardt, was awake and talking.
Neuroscience and Brain

Doctors Just Livestreamed a Brain Surgery on Facebook

They removed a mass of seizure-causing blood vessels from the patient's brain — while she was still awake.

By Kristin Houser