through 2020 we thought it was about time to make a video about the future until recently they used to make science fiction movies about the year we are in now with robots and flying cars okay
they didn't predict coronavirus but neither did any of us
anyway we figured you've had enough of
hearing about the coronavirus right now
so we thought we'd stick to the robots and flying cars
and other mind-blowing technologies that
are already changing the world
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first up number one artificial intelligence
yep we promised we'd give you robots and
we don't like to disappoint
the robots we're talking about don't
look like the ones from star wars
lots of them like alexa and siri you
can't even
see because they're a computer program
what makes them robots is the fact they
can take data
analyze it and learn from it and keep on
getting more intelligent
or the ones on Google and Facebook that
figure out what ads they should make pop
up on your screen
and for when you actually leave your
living room robots are already helping us
build stuff in factories analyze
financial reports
act as virtual nurses for patients in
the future we could be talking about
robots we have in our houses
that will be able to cook for us do all
kinds of boring jobs
and outside of our houses doing
dangerous ones like fighting fires or
picking up radioactive waste
and a whole load of other things we'll
get into later in the video
that's because ai is already combining
with pretty much
every recent technology and it's only
going to keep on doing that
number two brain computer interfaces
imagine being able to control a computer
mouse and a keyboard
or a drone with not a set of controls
but just by thinking about it
or hearing music not from speakers but
that's being streamed
straight into your brain maybe that
thought blows your mind or perhaps it
even creeps you out
either way it's already being developed
and it's coming soon
and leading the way is elon musk's
company neuralink
which is looking at ways to implant a
chip into your brain that will be able
to communicate with computers
and just in case you thought we made the
thing up about streaming music directly
to your brain
that actually came from a tweet on elon
musk's twitter feed
if the thought creeps you out a bit
you're not alone but the idea behind it
is to help humans compete with super
intelligent robots
and it also aims to cure disorders like
depression and addiction by rewiring
brain patterns
number three 3d printing but alux this is
old news well yes but it's about to go
to a whole new level
of course we're not just talking about
those craft videos that come up on your
facebook feed with decorations people
have made with 3d printing
3d printing fashion accessories even car
parts
is kind of old school now more cutting
edge are 3d printed organs that use
patient cells which will mean they don't
have to wait for an organ donor
in china they've 3d printed an entire
apartment block
and the future of 3d printed buildings
could bring down the price of housing
and solve the problem of homelessness
also 3d printed
rockets could be on the way too nasa's
already made a 3d printed rocket
injector
and the california-based company
relativity space aims to make the first
fully 3d printed space rockets for a
fraction of what they cost now
and by throwing a bit of ai into the mix
the technology will be able to detect
faults in the design and improve on them
but they're not there yet
first they need to figure out how to 3d
print something that's 100 feet tall
and out of a material that can withstand
the temperatures of takeoff
number four living robots next a
completely different kind of robot
no not one that's so cute it makes you
think it's alive
if you remember tamagotchis we're not
talking about those
these so-called living robots are made
of a real living tissue and could
revolutionize medicine
scientists have taken stem cells from
frogs and they've used computer programs
to assemble them into blobs
about a millimeter in diameter they're
not robots as we know them
and even though they come from living
tissue they're not classed as
animals either they're tiny programmable
organisms that can move independently
and can even work together as a team
they might even be able to self-heal
their wounds
remove plaque from human arteries or
take medicine into patients bodies
it's fascinating stuff number 5.
augmented reality if you've played
pokemon go you've already used ar
but chasing pokemon is just the tip of
the iceberg with this exciting
technology
and the boundaries are just going to
keep growing overlaying digital images
onto real life backgrounds
could have all kinds of applications in
the future like
ar manuals think of the last time you
had to fix a car engine but weren't sure
what you had to do
forget looking for a tutorial on youtube
soon enough you might be able to put on
a pair of ar glasses or contact lenses
and then look at the engine with the
help of a bit of ai
the software will analyze the problem
and then show you exactly what you have
to do
and then give you feedback on whether
you're doing it right
how about a city guide that doesn't just
show you the best restaurants and
nightlife on a map
but we'll point it out to you in real
time with menus and reviews appearing
next to them
and instead of seeing advertising
billboards in the city your ar glasses
will show you virtual adverts tailored
for you
which means it's got big potential for
advertising as well
or what about doing some online shopping
for clothes and
see yourself wearing them even though
you've never been anywhere near them
getting a preview of how furniture will
look in your room even though it's still
in the warehouse
or conference calling someone on the
other side of the world and having them
appear on your couch
and these are just a few things ar could
be bringing to us
soon number six tactile
virtual reality for any gamers out there
you'll know when you get hit in a game
and you feel a dull thud from your
control panel
that is this concept tactile or haptic
feedback
but it's about to be taken to a whole
new level imagine the same idea but in a
bodysuit with sense transmitters all
over it
it'll mean that your vr experience lets
you feel the experience
as well as see and hear it bodysuits
like these that let you feel as well as
see and hear virtual worlds are already
on the market
and they have uses in sports training
rehabilitation
and gaming too the technology is also
being tested for training surgeons
in simulation programs for practicing
complicated surgery
it helps to be able to feel resistance
of body tissues when they're being cut
into
or sewn programs that can do this make
the training more realistic and are
already in development
number seven self-driving vehicles
yes thanks to tesla self-driving
vehicles are already on the market
but what's being done so far is only the
tip of the iceberg
for tesla and other companies the goal
is level 5 automation
that means there's no steering wheel or
pedals the passenger just inputs where
they want to go
and the car does all the work that means
we could be looking at a future where
most people don't own a car
instead there are just fleets of
self-driving vehicles on the road
which you just jump into and enjoy the
ride not so great if you love being
behind the wheel yourself
but it promises to reduce congestion and
pollution and it could make parking lots
obsolete
and free up that space for other uses
and speaking of self-driving vehicles
why stop at cars in dubai the world's
first autonomous drone taxis are in
development
the company that's developing them
volcopter aims to launch them by 2023
and they estimate that by 2030 a quarter
of journeys in dubai will be done by
drone taxi
number eight hyperloop when it comes to
transport of the future if drone taxis
aren't exciting enough for you maybe
this will be
imagine doing long distance journeys at
a speed even faster than a jet plane but
without having to be airborne
and potentially with zero carbon impact
well that's something elon musk is
working on it's a joint project between
tesla and
spacex and it's called the hyperloop it
works by placing a pod inside a tunnel
with low air pressure and as the air
resistance and friction are low it can
travel at hypersonic speeds
in testing they've reached 460
kilometers per hour
they aim to get that up to 1200
kilometers per hour
that's faster than a commercial jet oh
and elon tells us it'll work even better
on mars where there'll be no need for a
tunnel because there's almost
no atmosphere there good to know
number nine hydrogen power the hunt is
on for alternatives to fossil fuels and
a carbon neutral feature
everybody with common sense knows it's
the way forward apart from people
working for oil companies or whose
election campaigns are funded by them
we've all heard about electric cars but
another option that doesn't pollute is
hydrogen power hydrogen fuel cells to
power engines have been around for a
while
in 2015 toyota produced a car that runs
on hydrogen
the mirai and by the end of 2019 they'd
only sold 10 000 of them
not a huge number that's because there
are still problems to deal with before
hydrogen really takes off
first even if hydrogen is the most
abundant element in the universe
it's still difficult to put it into pure
form that makes it expensive
by the mile it's about four times as
expensive as gasoline
second it's highly flammable which makes
it dangerous
yes gasoline is also flammable but not
as difficult or dangerous to store as
hydrogen
and this makes the technology more
expensiveand a hydrogen vehicle costs about twice
as much as a comparable vehicle that
runs on gas
but the search is on to make hydrogen
more available
safer and cheaper and if we can do all
that hydrogen could be the power of the
future
number 10 energy storing bricks
if you think you've got too many wires
in your house this one could be for you
because
soon enough instead of having your
electricity coming through wires
it could be stored in the bricks in your
walls combine that with a few
solar panels on your roof and we could
be looking at steps toward carbon
neutral living
and we're talking about regular building
bricks the world's most familiar
building material
just ones that have been modified by
scientists
the fact they contain iron oxide that's
also the chemical that makes them
red allows them to do this they're
rechargeable
and there's also talk about them being
able to directly turn the sun's heat
into energy
that would mean you wouldn't even need a
solar panel on your roof
the science on this is still in its
early stages
but a proof-of-concept brick has been
developed at the university of st
louis and washington what's more as well
as storing energy it can even
power small devices handy lexers that's
a wrap
for today which of these technologies do
you think is the most exciting
let us know in the comments and of
course for sticking with us until the
end
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course here it is
quantum computing there's more to the
future of computing than apple coming
out with macs that are thinner and
thinner and shinier and shinier
there's a completely different kind of
computer which is still in its very
early days
but it does promise to revolutionize
computers in a way that's
still hard to fathom we're talking about
quantum computers
basically they calculate stuff a lot
faster than normal computers
like 100 million times faster and they
do it by using quantum mechanics
that means instead of regular bits they
use quantum bits
also known as qubits these things behave
strangely and
unlike regular bits can represent a zero
at the same time confused well we are
two a little bit
and we'll be honest quantum mechanics
isn't really one of alux's areas of
expertise
but we will tell you what quantum
computers could mean
on a basic level super complicated
calculations will be done in a fraction
of a second
they'll be able to give us data
encryption with near perfect security
give accurate weather predictions help
scientists discover miracle materials
and miracle cures for diseases and even
revolutionize our understanding of many
branches of science
to say this one could be a game changer
is putting it lightly
remember though quantum computers are
still in their infancy
but there are signs of moving forward
google already has a quantum computer
and last year made a quantum leap
forward when it took just
200 seconds to solve a problem that was
considered virtually
impossible the world's most powerful
computers the ones that
aren't quantum would have taken 10 000
years to finish it
and that one did it in 200 seconds crazy
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