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Google Creates Plague Prediction System [Pandemic]io9 - Nov 20, 2008 Google doesn't just help you find the nearest pizza place anymore - now it helps doctors find where flu epidemics are going to strike next. Working with a group of epidemiologists, the tech megacorp has revealed a new … Also tagged: technology, medicine, science, disease, pandemic, flu, influenza |
io9 - Sep 28, 2008
We've already shown you that San Francisco has been overrun by Imperial Forces, but Google's Street View has revealed the shocking truth that it's not the only Californian city ripe for conquest by the Emperor - as …
Also tagged: darth vader, poor los angeles, star wars on the streets
io9 - Sep 8, 2008
So Google has a satellite in orbit, and now it wants to take over the oceans too? The New York Times' Ashlee Vance just reported that Google has taken out a patent to create "water based datacenters," which are …
Also tagged: technology, futurism, googlepocalypse
io9 - Aug 27, 2008
You may notice a new feature called "Suggest" when you use Google this week — the search engine will now suggest possible searches you might want to do. So, for example, if you type something like "Invasion of . . . " …
Also tagged: technology, artificial intelligence, google suggest
io9 - Aug 1, 2008
Welcome back to MangoBot, a biweekly column about Asian futurism by TokyoMango blogger Lisa Katayama. Mac Funamizu is a tech geek, designer, and futurist who has created quite a lot of buzz among design circles for his …
Also tagged: design, apple, feature, top, starbucks, mac funamizu, mangobot
io9 - Jun 19, 2008
Google and the internet are changing the way our brains work, no doubt about it. With the internet at our fingertips, why bother to remember trivial facts when Wikipedia is just a click or two away? In the latest issue …
Also tagged: internet, artificial intelligence, brain, rant, ai, the atlantic, socrates, hal 9000
io9 - May 3, 2008
Gene-sequencing technology is taking off, but George Church at Harvard University is taking it to the next level: he wants to sequence the genomes of 100,000 people. Right now, about 12 human genomes have been …
io9 - Apr 2, 2008
If only today's announcement from Google and Virgin were true. Supposedly Google and Virgin Inc. are teaming up to create Virgle, a scheme to settle Mars by about 2015, possibly because Mars is the last place Google …
Also tagged: mars, colonization, virgin, exploration, terraforming, april fools jokes
io9 - Mar 21, 2008
MIT's teaming up with Google to design the first satellite that can really, truly search the sky for planets similar to Earth in size and terrain, taking us a giant step closer to making contact with extraterrestrials …
Also tagged: aliens, space, satellites, mit
io9 - Mar 14, 2008
Last night Google rolled out its latest mapping application, which allows you to browse the night sky and zoom in on nearby galaxies and stars. Called Google Sky, it's just about the most fun I've had with a mapping …
Also tagged: maps, astronomy, star, space porn