Darrel Staat

Electric Cars Update Yes, electric cars are definitely coming soon. Most all car manufacturers are in the development stage at present; most have prototypes and some have models that will come on the market in 2024, 2025, 2026 and on to 2030. Buick is coming out with the Buick Wildcat EV (Electric Vehicle) in 2024.…

Trying to keep up with what is going in the nanotechnology world is a project onto itself. There is research and beginning development in a wide variety of fields, many of which only a well-educated scientist would understand. However, there are some directions that are being pursued in the nanotechnology world that may have significant…

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning While we go about our daily lives, Artificial Intelligence (AI), is developing at a rapid rate. Many businesses are using AI to increase production, sales, and analysis of the products in use by consumers. The Internet of Things, with RFID sensors placed into or on a wide variety of products…

Personal Robots In the growing field of Personal Robots, things are moving ahead rapidly. There are many developments as a considerable number of companies who are making investments in research and design of such robots. Some examples are: The VGo Telepresence Robot is basically a computer screen on wheels. It stands about five feet tall…

Autonomous Cars Automobile manufacturers around the world are working hard at developing operational autonomous cars. The self-driving automobile design and implementation are moving along at a rapid speed. Apple has designed an autonomous car but is unwilling to get into the car business directly. They are working with a number of automobile manufacturers who have…

3D Printing 3D Printing (3DP) or Additive Manufacturing (AM) are beginning to generate businesses in many diverse areas both in the U.S. and abroad. This can be observed on the internet where many businesses advertising their various products. Although the technology has not yet gone exponential, it is developing on a many fronts in a…

Medical             The development of medical uses of the human genome is moving ahead in a steady, deliberate manner. Research findings show that making appropriate changes in the DNA of the human genome is much more complex than originally thought. Scientists are finding that it is rare that a single genetic change will eradicate a…

Post #7                                                Nanotechnology So what is going on in terms of nanotechnology? A lot more that you might think. Most of it is still in the development stage, but in the next five to ten years, much of what is now in the lab will be on the market. Some examples include nanoparticles…

Personal Robots             Personal robots are moving the direction of becoming really personal. That is to say, useful in the home doing household chores or active as companion devices that give comfort or something close to a human relationship. The beginnings of what is to come is appearing on the scene.             A Chinese company,…

4-3-20 Autonomous Cars Almost all the major car manufacturing companies are working on the development of an autonomous car. There are definitions of the levels of autonomous cars created by the SAE. Level 0 – No Automation: The full-time performance by the human driver of all aspects of the dynamic driving task, even when enhanced…