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Robot 3D prints right tool for the job using hot glue
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The era in which we all get to have our own remote-controlled giant robots just got a little closer thanks to a new development from a few clever engineers in Japan looking to bring anime fantasy into reality.
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Which of these 5 disruptive tech predictions will get real this decade?
Remember 1997? That's the year when the Star Wars special editions began our long national breakup with George Lucas; the world was first introduced to the musical stylings of Limp Bizkit; and AOL unleashed an unyielding torrent of CDs on the world, promising ever-increasing amounts of free hours on the "world wide web." Crazy times.
Now think back: what would 1997-You's reaction be if someone told them that in 10 years, they would be able to access a robust, video-laden internet via a buttonless, mouseless device the size of a calculator (oh, and it had a camera and you could make phone calls with it)? You would have thought this soothsayer got a little too much O2 at their neighborhood oxygen bar before watching an episode of seaQuest on VHS, amiright?
However, looking back, there were many surprisingly accurate predictions of today's sci-fitastic tech (along with some notable misfires). Here we collected forecasts from top tech thinkers about how our electronic lives will evolve over the decade to come. We're sure there will be a mix of bullseyes and bulls%!t, so be sure to check back in every few years to see how we're doing.
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Kevin Hall
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Raymond Wong, Reviews
Evan Dashevsky
Eileen Marable
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Megan Wollerton
Stewart Wolpin
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