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Displaying all articles tagged:
The Future Is Now
the future is now
Dec. 5, 2022
That AI Chatbot Wrote a Pretty Decent
New York
Article
Is this the end of journalism as we know it?
By
Intelligencer Staff
the future is now
Jan. 4, 2018
Dippin’ Dots Announces New Cryogenics Company
How long until we can freeze our dead bodies in ice cream?
By
Madeleine Aggeler
select all
Nov. 8, 2017
Uber and NASA Want to See You in a Flying Taxi by 2020
Uber is calling it “ride-sharing in the sky.”
By
Madison Malone Kircher
select all
Aug. 26, 2016
This Terrifying Robot-Snake Surgeon Could Save Your Life Some Day
Say
ah!
By
Madison Malone Kircher
July 5, 2016
Japan’s First VR Porn Festival Was So Popular It Had to Be Shut Down
Too many bodies.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
the future is now
June 30, 2016
These Apps Let You Get the Pill and Skip the Pelvic Exam
Uber for your uterus.
By
Annie Lowrey
genetics
Feb. 1, 2016
A British Scientist Just Got Approval to Begin Gene-Editing Embryos
The experiments are aimed at advancing infertility treatments.
By
Melissa Dahl
ayo technology
Oct. 14, 2015
Sex With Robots: Something New to Worry About
Embrace the future?
By
Allison P. Davis
the future is now
Aug. 13, 2015
Mr. Robot
and the Delicate Art of TV Twists
Not just a surprising development. A
twist
.
By
Margaret Lyons
the future is now
Apr. 17, 2015
Love in the Uncanny Valley: Men and Sex Dolls
“I really like women but I don’t like to be around
people
.”
By
Molly Oswaks
social psychology
Jan. 14, 2015
It’s Time to Get Acquainted With Your Future Self
We think of our future selves the same way we think of strangers, and it results in some bad long-term decision-making.
By
Melissa Dahl
the future is now
Dec. 18, 2014
Amazon Offers Manhattanites One-Hour Toilet-Paper Delivery
Among other “daily essentials.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
the future is now
Nov. 17, 2014
NYC Plans World’s Largest Free Public WiFi Setup
Now you’ll truly never have to look up from your phone in public again.
By
Jessica Roy
the future is now
Sept. 29, 2014
Julian Assange Appeared in Nantucket Via Hologram
He’s still stuck in the embassy.
By
Margaret Hartmann
the future is now
Sept. 25, 2014
Filmmakers Can Start Using Drones in the U.S.
The FAA is expected to approve their use on film sets.
By
Margaret Hartmann
alternative arrangements
Sept. 26, 2013
Don’t Worry About Buying Movie Tickets for
As I Lay Dying
James Franco is releasing it straight to VOD.
By
Delia Paunescu
the future is now
Aug. 12, 2013
London Orders Company to Stop Spying on People With Recycling Bins
Still spying on you: everything else in the world.
By
Dan Amira
life imitating minority report
Aug. 9, 2013
Things That Are Spying on You: Recycling Bins
A brand of recycling bins in London tracks what you’re doing, thanks to your phone.
By
Dan Amira
the future is now
Apr. 25, 2013
Manhattan Still Has All the Underground Cell Service
Now in 36 stations.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the future is now
June 30, 2012
American Women Love a Dark-Haired European Hero
According to E-reader data.
By
Andre Tartar
the future is now
June 25, 2012
NYC to Get Free Subway WiFi This Summer
In certain stations.
By
Noreen Malone
the future is now
Dec. 2, 2011
Facebook Engineers Are Coming to New York
Like, to stay.
By
Noreen Malone
the future is now
Oct. 16, 2010
Four Million People Around the World Are Now ‘Checking In’ on Foursquare
The very chic Wijono S. of Jakarta, Indonesia, marks the milestone.
By
Mike Vilensky
robot cars
Oct. 9, 2010
Google Creates Cars That Drive Without People in Them
Right.
By
Mike Vilensky