Ultra Short Throw 4K Projector is the Future of the Television

The Ultra Short Throw 4K Projector was immediately one of the coolest things to come from CES at the beginning of this year. We still view projectors as clunky, old technology, but Sony is looking to change that with its newest possible addition to your living room. It’ll take an entire wall of your living room, but with its beautiful, unobtrusive design, it fits in with the modern home pretty well. Say hello to the future of living room screens.

HP Sprout Touch Mat Reinvents the Workstation

The real technological wonder of HP’s Spout Touch Mat isn’t in the development of brand new technologies, but instead in how the device uses pre-existing technologies together to do something entirely new. The idea behind Sprout is to reinvent the digital workspace, using a an overhead projection camera that can detect finger/hand gestures, track objects, and even interact with them in unique augmented reality use cases. Most importantly, it has an interesting take on how the world of touch screens and traditional desktop computers might interact and function in a universal, digital workstation.

Computer Chips are Becoming More like Human Brains

The idea behind the development of neuromorphic chips is to make them a bit more like us—and in turn, make computers better at navigating and modeling human behavior. These neuromorphic chips, being developed by companies such as Qualcomm, are designed to perceive beyond just their programming, such as being able to process sensory data and react accordingly. It’ll have a huge effect on robotics in the next few years and continue reshape the way we think of computers and our relationship with them.

Orion Test Flight Leads the Way for Human Mars Landing

The recent NASA Orion test flight has finally gotten Americans excited about the future of space travel. The test has set the groundwork for future Orion launches, which includes planned manned deep-space trips to an asteroid and Mars. Those might not happen right away, but now that the first test flight has happened we couldn’t be more excited about what it could mean for the future.