Future Technology Exposed

The year is 2010. We are IN the future. There are nothrough your web browser. QBs weigh 35 pounds and
flying cars or Jetsons-style rocket packs. Whatrun $15k currently. You can order them on Anybot's
developers in the tech industry are making includeswebsite.
technology that is more practical than fanciful. OurBattle.
nation has made the jump to Hi Def TV broadcasts.Robotics maker Robotex has a different kind of robot.
Home phones are now smartphones that goThis one doesn't do video conferencing and has no
wherever we do. Video game launches are just aboutplace on the jobsite. That is, unless your job site is a
as important as elections. However you look at it, wecombat zone like the Iraqi desert.
are more advanced than ever and still we cast ourAt first glance, these devices appear to be
eyes on new horizons.gun-mounted, remote controlled cars. And they are, but
Citizens of the future, while we aren't all vacationing onthey are more than that. Robotex teamed up with
the moon, many of the technological marvels we haveMilitary Police Systems founder Jerry Baber to create
seen created for the big screen are being developed,these war machines. They are designed to take
as you read this, in labs and factories all over thehumans out of combat situations in military conflicts.
world. Some of these come in revolutionary ways toBaber's AA-12 shotgun feels like a natural fit for these
entertain. Some will change business. Some aregun-wielding bots.
medical breakthroughs. Others will change the wayAside from having dual mounted AA-12's, amazing turn
wars are waged. Starting to sound more like theresponse, and jamming enemy cellphones and radio
future now? It should.signals as it moves in for the kill(s), Robotex's combat
Watch.robots cost only $30-50 thousand. That may seem like
Does it drive you crazy how in the movies theya lot, until you compare it to Foster-Miller's Talon, the
always have those clear monitors that display anext closest thing, at roughly six times the cost. To top
semi-transparent image across them, but we can't buyit all off, they received a nod from the world's most
them at our favorite electronics retailer yet? If it does,notorious contract killers, Blackwater, who will display
then this is for you.Robotex models on their showroom floor.
AMOLED. If you've never heard of it, it is technologyHeal.
behind Samsung's next big offering. AMOLED standsBeBionic is offering a better solution for hand
for Active-Matrix OLED. OLED is already used in thereplacement candidates. The BeBionic hand is
displays of many of the new smartphones. OLEDmyo-electric. This means that the hand is controlled by
display screens are thinner and require no backlight. Inmuscle movement in the user's arm. This will be the
an Active-Matrix LED, pixels are deposited on a thinfirst artificial hand to offer full rotation, as well as the
film transistor and react as electricity, guided by acapacity to flex or extend. BeBionic's hand also has
series of switches, reaches each pixel. Translation:the option for wireless control from a computer,
Ultra flat, low-energy TV screens that you can seeinstead of needing a USB cable to link to the computer.
through.This bionic hand will be made available on June 19th,
Work.complete lifelike "skin" in different skintones and all.
It's not something from the movie Wall-E. The QB is aYes, this is the future. Technology has taken us this far
telepresence robot, produced by Anybot, that can actalready, but it is constantly improving. So sit back, make
as a proxy for you if you can't make it to thatsure your safety-belt is fastened, and enjoy the ride.
important meeting. It has two cameras and threeWe hope you have enjoyed our future expose'.
microphones for video conferencing and is controlled