I did once try out a new telepresence technology, which involved going to an office that had been specially tricked-out with an enormous, nearly wall-size video screen.
The last test of that technology, which involved landing the craft on a floating barge in the ocean, failed spectacularly when it tipped over and exploded But within two to three years, Musk told Colbert, it'll be ready for human passengers.
Similar technology, which involves small sensors placed on sites like utility poles and buildings, is becoming increasingly popular in municipalities with high-crime areas.
Mr. Provini acknowledges that further refinements are needed to the technology, which involves replacing a costly furnace in the manufacture of solar panels with a room-temperature process.
The British firm is developing a promising technology which involves passing genetic material through a tiny hole in a specially selected protein.
The company has been struggling to adopt lower-cost centrifuge technology, which involves spinning uranium isotopes to separate them by weight — an approach already used by European rivals moving to open factories in the United States.
And it is becoming more difficult as chips get larger and more complex.Tick, tockThat is why Sun is aggressively exploring "asynchronous" technology, which involves getting rid of the clock entirely.
The "Motoring of the Future" report, which will be published by the Transport Select Committee on Friday, is expected to call for greater use of telematic technology, which involves data from car performance such as fuel economy, speed and movement information being transmitted digitally to manufacturers and insurers.
Lord Smith's qualified endorsement of fracking will further encourage the Government to permit widespread use of the technology, which involves pumping a mixture of water, sand and chemicals under very high pressure into underground shale rock deposits, to blow them apart and release the natural gas they contain.
And he stressed that the company was still tweaking the technology, which involves autonomous drones that navigate to addresses that have been sent to them via computer.The news that Amazon is experimenting with drones will no doubt encourage other retailers to do so too.
In a report issued Thursday, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues said that at present the technology — which involves creating novel organisms through the synthesis and manipulation of DNA — poses few risks because it is still in its infancy.
