Summary of interesting new technologies! 2015.09.13 edition

Recently, new technologies and discoveries are born and flow into the internet every day around the world. Just from that, we can see that current technology is evolving at an unbelievable speed. Thanks to that, I never run out of topics. lol

It's quite difficult just to keep up with information, but knowing new information also expands your imagination. I'd like to proactively check it out. So, I've compiled some news that I've personally been interested in recently, so please take a look.

Terminator?! NASA develops a self-healing material that repairs itself instantly upon destruction!

Article :http://jp.techcrunch.com/2015/09/11/20150910nasa-created-a-material-that-can-heal-itself-in-less-than-a-second-from-hurtling-space-debris/

I feel like I say this every time, but it's become an incredible world. For example, even if it's shot through with a bullet, this material can reportedly repair the hole in less than a second. I thought it would be used for military or space development, but apparently, it's also planned for general use. The recently popular robot technology might evolve in an amazing direction with this metal?

Pokémon to collect by walking in the real world!

Article :http://jp.automaton.am/articles/newsjp/new-pokemon-is-pokemon-go-for-smart-phone/

The latest installment of the globally popular Pokémon. Apparently, you can catch Pokémon everywhere by walking around in the real world. The hardware is a smartphone. I thought there was a game called 'Ingress' with a similar concept, but it turns out it was co-developed with Ingress. Games tend to keep you cooped up at home, so this might be good for your health. Maybe dads and moms will allow this?

Chess without turns! Real-time offense and defense. Plus, the board and pieces light up and look cool.

Article :http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2015/09/09/91010.html

It's good to see attempts to remake existing games into something new like this. However, abolishing turns in chess… What happens if target pieces are moved simultaneously? Personally, I still prefer turn-based chess. Nevertheless, the chess board and pieces are electronically made and look cool. I think just changing the way it's presented is enough to enjoy it thoroughly.

AI creates copywriting that is 95% more effective than humans!

Article :http://nge.jp/2015/05/11/post-104136

Surprising. Maybe the most surprising recently. I honestly thought that fields like copywriting and writing could only be done by humans. But apparently, that's not the case for copywriting. There were already services where AI creates copywriting. And to think that the effectiveness is overwhelmingly better than content created by humans… At this rate, the programs that used to create blog articles might also evolve and start writing human-like texts?

In 2030, the human brain will connect to the cloud and be expanded without limits.

Article :http://thecast.jp/archives/795

I don't know if it will be 2030, but this is it. What will happen when the human brain connects to the internet? I've been checking this field for a while, and I believe that along with cyborg-related research, it will bring about an incredibly huge transformation to the human body itself. Eventually. At that time, I think a virtual world originating from games and the real world will merge with considerable density. It sounds like a chuunibyou story when you hear it, but such sci-fi-like things are finally being talked about as reality. I'm looking forward to the future.

Lanes for EV cars that can charge while driving are planned to be born in the UK!

Article :http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/engadget-japan/uk-ev-lane_b_8006804.html?ncid=fcbklnkjphpmg00000001

Cars are evolving rapidly. After electric cars emerged and cars became something that charge and run, the next step is roads. If you can charge while driving, you can drive indefinitely without worrying about charging. Come to think of it, electric cars are better for the environment and seem to have no noise, so perhaps all cars will become electric in the future. If that happens, will gas stations disappear too?

Finally, cars are entering the era of autonomous driving. As expected from Tesla!!

Article :http://wired.jp/2015/08/05/tesla-self-driving-cars-update/

This has also arrived. It seems Tesla cars will finally be able to drive autonomously. It's said to be with the next firmware upgrade, but when will that be? For now, it seems limited to highways, but it's likely that autonomous driving will soon be possible off highways as well. However, as hackers pointed out the other day, as long as cars are computer-controlled and connected to the internet, there's a concern about hijacking through hacking. It would be scary if a car were hijacked while driving.

Summary

Even so, evolution is truly fast. At what speed is recent technology advancing? What we thought was a world in movies is increasingly becoming real technology, and dream-like events are now being researched in the real world. It advances at an unimaginable speed, giving us many experiences and surprises. If things continue like this, who knows what the future will be like in 10 or 20 years. It's completely unpredictable.

One thing I think is that no matter how absurd a technology or technique may seem, if you research it, it can be done. In the world, things like telepathy and connecting the brain to the internet, which would have been laughed at as magic if taken seriously a while ago, are now becoming a reality. Surprisingly, by taking inspiration from Doraemon's secret gadgets and researching them, revolutionary products might be born.