Tech guru predicts humans will learn new languages by swallowing a pill within 30 YEARS

Pills will replace eyes in the future as the main provider of new information to our brains, it has been predicted. Famed futurist Nicholas Negroponte says ingesting pills into the bloodstream will be the best way of learning in the future. And it could happen within the next 30 years, says the founder of MIT Media Lab.

"You’re going to swallow a pill and know English. You’re going to swallow a pill and know Shakespeare," he told the audience. "And the way to do it is through the bloodstream. So once it’s in your bloodstream, it basically goes through and gets into the brain…and the different pieces get deposited in the right places."

Mr Negroponte has been providing useful insights into the future for the last 30 years, predicting everything from changes in video and television to the development of wireless and digital technology. His latest talk celebrated many of his previous predictions, which seemed ridiculous at the time but were spot on.

source: www.mirror.co.uk

to replace – helyettesíteni, leváltani
information provider – információt biztosító
to predict – megjósolni
futurist – jövőkutató
to ingest – lenyelni
bloodstream – véráram
to swallow – lenyelni
to deposit – letenni, elraktározni
insight into – betekintés valamibe
wireless technology – vezeték nélküli technológia
ridiculous – nevetséges
at the time – akkoriban
to be spot on – teljesen igaza van

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2. Your blood will carry the information to your brain.

3. Nicholas Negroponte made this prediction a long time ago.

4. Negroponte’s predictions that first seemed strange have come true.

5. He was right about the creation of wireless technology.

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Janjaap Ruijssenaars, 39, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, wants to print a building resembling a giant mobius strip – a continuous loop with one side – with around 1,100 square metres of floor space using the massive D-Shape printer. The printer, designed by Italian Enrico Dini, can print up to almost a six-metre-by-six-metre square using a computer to add layers 5-10 mm thick. Mr Ruijssenaars says the building could serve as a home or a museum and would have parts usually made from a concrete-like material printed using broken up rocks and an emulsion binding, while steel and glass would provide the facade. "It’s our ambition to have the first printed house, this printer has made art or objects for sea defences, but this is the first time to build something that can be lived in," he told AFP. Mr Ruijssenaars said the plan was not initially to print the building but the hi-tech medium turned out to be the most appropriate.

"With a 3D printer, even a small model, we could make the whole structure from bottom to top without anyone seeing where it is begins or ends," he said. Working with Dutch mathematician and artist Rinus Roelofs and Dini in Italy, "we put the whole thing in the computer," the architect said. A Brazilian national park has expressed interest in the building, which would cost around four million euros ($5.3 million) to construct, the architect said, or it could be built as a private home in the United States. The project would take around 18 months to build and the printer "might be active for half a year," Mr Ruijssenaars said. "The challenge is demonstrating that it’s possible to print real buildings in 3D and affirm that there is a new way to manufacture buildings," Mr Dini, 50, said by telephone from Italy. Mr Dini, who gave up his well-paid job in robotics designing prototypes for the footwear industry to build his monster printer, said that 3D printing of buildings remains a hybrid process with other building techniques for reinforcement. "And it’s about being competitive with other construction techniques," he said. One advantage of using printing is that you can easily build-in empty spaces for plumbing and electrics – and that you can use rocks found in situ at the construction site, which could be almost anywhere. "The great thing about the printer is that you can take it somewhere and then print with the ground you find on location," Mr Ruijssenaars said.

"So you could take the printer to the moon, assemble it there and print with moon material."

source: dailytelegraph.com.au

to print – nyomtatni
to resemble – hasonlítani
mobius strip – Möbius-szalag
continuous loop – folyamatos/végtelen hurok
floor space – alapterület
to add – hozzáadni
layer – réteg
to serve as – szolgálni valamiként
concrete-like – beton-szerű
broken up – szétzúzott/darabokra tört
emulsion binding – emulziós kötés
steel – acél
to provide – nyújtani/biztosítani
facade – homlokzat
sea defence – tengeri védelem
initially – eleinte/kezdetben
medium – közeg
appropriate – megfelelő
architect – építész(mérnök)
to express interest – érdeklődni
to cost – kerülni (pénzbe)
to construct – építeni
to take (time) – igénybe venni (valamennyi időt)/tartani valameddig
challenge – kihívás
to affirm – megerősíteni/állítani
well-paid – jól fizetett
footwear industry – lábbeli-készítő ipar
to remain – maradni
process – folyamat
reinforcement – megerősítés
competitive – versenyképes
advantage – előny
to build-in – beépíteni
plumbing – vízvezetékrendszer
electrics – elektromos hálózat
in situ – helyben/eredeti helyzetben
construction site – építkezési terület
ground – talaj/terep/föld
on location – helyszínen
to assemble – összeszerelni/összerakni

… és egy rövid videó arról, hogyan is működik a 3D printer technika! 

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