ISSUE 98 / 2017
TECHNOLOGY
Wright Electric is developing new
technology that could have electric
planes up and running in the next ten
years!
The social network has assembled 60 people to work on technology that
will allow you to 'think' commands at your electronic devices.
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IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A
PLANE? NO! IT'S A
SUPER ELECTRIC PLANE
THAT SAVES THE
PLANET!
FACEBOOK WORKS ON MINDREADING TECHNOLOGY
Wright Electric is
developing new technology
that could have electric
planes up and running in the
next ten years!
This not only means
a better environmental
impact along with quieter
engines, but the price of
flights will drop as fuel for
jets will be in less demand.
Yet, this does come
with one major negative
downfall, some people are
saying that this dream may
never actually become a
reality, because there's
simply isn't technology
advanced enough to make
it happen anytime soon.
That said, there was once a
time when people said that
the Wright brothers would
never make a plane fly, so
who knows what the future
holds?
I for one really hope this is
technology that we will start
to see in the foreseeable
future, even if it is just for
the comedy value of seeing
staff staggering around the
airport with giant plugs, and
giant double AA batteries
to pop into the planes when
needed.
The secretive division is based
at Facebook's California
headquarters, where the team
has been "experimenting with
mindreading tech for months now."
The technology is meant to read
your brain waves so that you don't
even have to look down at your
phone to type a text, you can just
think it!
However, if you thought that
this sounds impossible, Regina
Dugan head of the company's
experimental division said that
Facebook is already "closer than
you think."
Mark Zuckerberg hopes to take
the project further by having
technology so advanced, people
can share their thoughts directly
without the barrier of language.