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Heterogeneous Chiplets & Hybrid Bonding: The Modular Revolution Behind the Next Generation of Computing
Intro For decades, the entire semiconductor industry ran on a simple rule: shrink the transistor, shrink the chip, get more performance. Moore’s Law wasn’t just a prediction — it was a culture. Engineers believed that if you could just make everything smaller and put more on a single piece of silicon, the computer would keep getting better, faster, cheaper.
By Sebastian De Limaabout a month ago in Futurism
Germany Is Turning Living Cockroaches Into AI-Powered Cyborg Spies — Fitted With Tiny Surveillance Backpacks
In a world where surveillance technology evolves faster than global privacy laws, Germany has taken a step that sounds like the plot of a futuristic thriller. Scientists are now experimenting with living cockroaches fitted with AI-powered micro-backpacks, transforming them into small, stealthy, and shockingly effective cyborg spies.
By Mustafaabout a month ago in Futurism
Babies Born in 2026 Will Be Known as the Beta Generation — Here’s What That Means
Every new generation earns a label that reflects the world they are born into. Baby Boomers grew up in a post-war economic surge. Millennials experienced the rise of the internet. Generation Alpha, born from 2010 to 2025, became the first group to live entirely in a digital-first world. Now, as we approach 2026, a new chapter begins — the arrival of the Beta Generation.
By Mustafa2 months ago in Futurism
Stereo and Crimes of the Future
"Jomkin suggests that there must evolve a novel sexuality for a new species of man." — Crimes of the Future Before he became the cinematic master of body horror, David Cronenberg was an experimental student filmmaker who turned out works very much in line with the same sort of fixations explored almost exclusively by J.G. Ballard, whose Crash he later adapted into a film, in 1997. His early films, his first two, Stereo (1969) and Crimes of the Future (1970), explore film technique in documenting the huge, yawning architectural environment of an unspecified hospital or research facility, relegating the performers of the film to almost being secondary actors in a drama defined by geometrical shape—relegating them to the roles of insectile life, pursuing strange, even inscrutable actions, ostensibly being filmed by the watchful, clinical, and coldly detached robotic eye of the viewer, who becomes the de facto research assistant to the director, who seems to have made this film by asking his performers to improvise within the framework of derangement. What was he exploring? one wonders. The environment itself dwarfs the humanity of the filmic subjects, overpowering them in its specter of geometrical dominance and dimension.
By Tom Baker2 months ago in Futurism
The AI Gold Rush: Are You Selling Shovels or Digging for Real Gold?
Since the explosion of ChatGPT in 2023, the AI frenzy has become the dominant narrative in global technology. Capital is flooding in, tech giants are locked in a race for supremacy, and startups are emerging at a breathtaking pace.
By Cher Che2 months ago in Futurism
Understanding the Growing Role of Edge AI in Modern Technology
How Edge Computing Shapes Real‑World Innovation Edge computing has become an essential part of how data is processed today. Instead of relying solely on distant servers, devices can now analyze information closer to where it’s generated. This shift has opened the door to new possibilities, including the development of edge AI hardware, edge AI devices, and edge AI solutions. Companies working in this field, such as Geniatech, contribute to the broader movement toward distributed intelligence—though the focus of this article is on understanding the trend, not promoting any specific brand.
By charliesamuel2 months ago in Futurism
Robots That Can Smell: The New AI Technology Changing Security Forever
For decades, robots relied on sight, sound, and programmed instructions to navigate the world. They could see better than humans, hear more accurately, and process information at lightning speed. But one essential human sense always remained out of reach—the sense of smell. Today, that barrier is breaking. Scientists and AI engineers have created a new generation of robots equipped with artificial olfaction, the ability to detect, analyze, and interpret scents in real time. And this breakthrough is not just a scientific novelty—it is transforming global security in ways we couldn’t have imagined a decade ago.
By Mustafa2 months ago in Futurism
HONDA JAPAN'S FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY TO LAUNCH AND LAND A REUSABLE ROCKET
In June 2025, an announcement from Honda shook both the automotive and aerospace worlds: the Japanese engineering giant had successfully launched and landed a fully reusable test rocket, becoming the first private Japanese company to achieve this milestone. Although Honda is globally known for cars, motorcycles, and robotics, this achievement signals a bold expansion of its identity—one that could reshape the future of commercial spaceflight in Asia.
By Mustafa2 months ago in Futurism
World Without Jobs
For decades we have imagined a future where technology makes life easier, people work less, and machines do the boring tasks for us. But what if the future takes a darker turn? What if the machines we built to help us end up replacing us completely? Artificial Intelligence is no longer a distant idea from sci-fi movies. It is here, rapidly evolving, and silently eating the global job market. The world stands at the edge of the most dramatic economic transformation ever seen: a future without jobs.
By Keramatullah Wardak2 months ago in Futurism
AI Generative Technology
Over the past few years, we’ve heard constant buzzwords—AI, automation, machine learning. But there’s one branch of artificial intelligence that has quietly slipped into our daily lives without most people even noticing: AI generative technology. It’s the kind of technology that doesn’t just analyze data—it creates things. Images, music, videos, ideas, conversations, solutions—sometimes even entire stories.
By abualyaanart2 months ago in Futurism
Amid the AI Boom: Survival Strategies for Ordinary People Through Three Technological Revolutions
Recently, news of NVIDIA’s market cap surpassing $3 trillion sent shockwaves through the industry. This company, which three decades ago focused solely on gaming graphics cards, now holds a valuation exceeding the GDPs of Germany and Japan. Its growth trajectory is undeniably a case of explosive expansion by precisely catching the wave of the era.
By Cher Che2 months ago in Futurism
When I Stopped Fighting Time — and Let Automation Help Me Heal
The sun was setting, but my laptop was still glowing. Another day blurred into night — one more “quick fix” that turned into hours.
By Erick Galaviz2 months ago in Futurism