What Google didn’t achieve with its “glasses,” the Chinese state will achieve – by putting the glasses on the American “giant.” Because being able to monitor each other so openly …
Practical spirit
While the American “pioneer” Musk symbolically launches his Tesla into the space junkyards, the Chinese manufacturers appear much more grounded: beyond electric/autonomous cars (for which the Chinese market is secured…), …
Citius, altius, fortius, digitalius
One of South Korea’s goals during the Winter Olympics (which began on 9 February, with the Paralympics ending in mid-March) is to showcase its robotics achievements before the eyes of …
Network neutrality
What is the internet (the well-known one)? A form of telecommunications? Or a service delivery method? The difference is not apparent at first glance, especially for someone who has not …
A red car with two rockets
Every season of capitalist transition, of model change, has its own corresponding opportunists. Musk is one of them. Under different conditions—say, twentieth-century capitalism—he would have ended up in jail or …
Smart machines, foolish users
A recent study revealed that the average smartphone user checks the device about 150 times a day. Over time, this translates into a waste of 7 years spent in front …
Catapults
The technology used at CERN, that of electromagnetic acceleration, is also being developed elsewhere — and not for subatomic particles, but for weapons. The latest phase of military research concerns …
Diagnosis of pocket
The passenger lost consciousness on the airplane during the flight. To his good fortune, his fellow traveler was Eric Topol. Topol is a cardiologist—but he didn’t perform chest compressions. He …
Νευρόσκονη
In early August last year, a team of researchers from the University of Berkeley, led by neuroscientist Jose Carmera and computer engineer Michel Maharbiz, published in the specialized journal Neyron …
The human monopoly on murder…
It would be comical if it weren’t ridiculous. In mid-August 116 “leading figures” of artificial intelligence, including the illustrious owner of Tesla, Elon Musk, sent an urgent and anguished letter …
The uncivilized
The artifact “Plimpton 322” (photograph), for 80 years in the collections of Columbia University, is at least 3,700 years old. It comes from Mesopotamia, from the territory of ancient (and …
Unchain my heart, baby let me go!
Pacemaker: a small medical device implanted under the skin (or, if it’s the latest model, inside the heart) in a cardiac patient, whose mission is to send rhythmic electrical signals …