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Feb 16, 2017

Local Funeral Home Offers Drive-Thru Visitation For Families Of The Dearly Departed

Posted by in categories: augmented reality, business, transportation, virtual reality

My niece shared this with me; and the 1st thing of course that came to mind was VR/ AR funerals/ ceremonials as so many including myself cannot always be there doesn’t mean we could not engage/ participate in an event like a funneral or wedding. Maybe marriage via VR is a business just like a funeral via VR could be.


MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) — A funeral home off Lamar Avenue is offering a different service from its competitors. You can drive up, say your final goodbyes to your loved ones, and you don’t even have to get out the car.

Ryan Bernard, owner of R. Bernard funeral home, says he got the idea from a funeral home in California. His main goal is to make it more convenient for families who are already dealing with losing a loved one.

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Feb 15, 2017

Homemade Exoskeleton Gives Man Superhuman Strength

Posted by in categories: cyborgs, transportation

A backyard engineer built an exoskeleton that helps him lift a truck.

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Feb 15, 2017

Your car’s data may soon be more valuable than the car itself

Posted by in category: transportation

Vehicle data could be the beginning of a modern day gold rush.


There’s a gold rush on to turn car and truck data into trillions.

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Feb 15, 2017

#LiDARWearable

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation, wearables

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Feb 14, 2017

Will Future Planes Fly On Wings Of Plasma?

Posted by in categories: futurism, transportation

Fourth matter and the drag-cutting edge of aerodynamics.

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Feb 14, 2017

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop vision came to life… now what?

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, transportation

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Feb 14, 2017

You can now buy a car that flies through the air at 112 mph

Posted by in category: transportation

Meet the world’s first flying car.

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Feb 14, 2017

Ridership Economy: What Will *You* Be Doing In Your Self-Driving Car?

Posted by in categories: economics, robotics/AI, transportation

The driverless car is coming – but what will *you* being doing in your self-driving car? Robotic cars will give rise to a new ridership economy of on-the-go services and experiences.

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Feb 14, 2017

Could you fall in love with a robot?

Posted by in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI, sex, transportation

A story and a question for Valentines — could you fall in love with a robot? Me? the answer is no as I get bored easily and like imagnative conversations; I would get bored after a while of a robot.


Many of us say we have relationships with our dogs, and some—still—with our childhood teddy-bear. Some might claim to have a relationship with their car. And others, although they might not admit it publicly, feel they have some sort of relationship with their sex-doll.

Are all these people deluded? Can we really have relationships with non-human beings?

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Feb 14, 2017

Dubai aims to launch hover-taxi

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Dubai has tested a Chinese prototype of a self-driving hover-taxi, its transport authority said on Monday, with the aim of introducing the aerial vehicle in the emirate by July.

The test of the one-man electric vehicle comes as the city state in the United Arab Emirates seeks to ensure a quarter of its means of transport are self-driving by 2030.

The EHang 184 can travel on a programmed course at 100 kilometres an hour (60 mph) at an altitude of 300 metres (1,000 feet), the authority said in a statement.

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