Jason Martell
I'm a researcher and lecturer.
Jason Martell is a leading researcher in ancient civilization technologies. He has penned numerous books, guested on popular television shows and radio networks, lectured around the world, and more.
PROJECTS
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How Fintech is Spurring Innovation in Financial Services
Since the inception of the US banking system, change in the financial services industry has been slow to come. But historic trends of sluggish progress in finance might soon be a fixture of the past, thanks to recent technological advances in systems for storing and exchanging money.
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How Gamers Can Avoid Getting Hacked
It’s unfortunate, but playing video games online involves taking a real-life risk. Credit cards and personal information associated with gamers’ (often multiple) accounts are prime targets for hacking.
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How Modern Emulation Tech is Reducing Lag in Classic Games
It doesn’t take much computing power to actually run classic games, but things get a bit more complex when it comes to preserving — and even improving on — the details that defined history’s greatest titles.
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Is Snapchat Launching a Gaming Platform?
As Instagram continues to absorb its user base, Snapchat may be testing its luck among a new market: game developers.
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How Fintech Companies Can Make the Most of Collaboration
For years, we’ve witnessed a wave of digital disruption crash over entire industries, sending traditional products and services tumbling into the undertow of obsolescence.
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Tech Trends (and Challenges) in Gaming
Longtime gamers may reminisce with fondness on the golden age of arcades and 8-bit graphics, but considering what has replaced them, no one can really complain.
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How to Use AI in Fintech and Improve Your Financial Services
The successful integration of AI tech into daily life has sped innovation leaps and bounds past the chess-dominating curiosity that was the state of AI only a short time ago.
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How Improbable Tech is Changing the Gaming Industry
Among a consumer landscape where opinions are exchanged nonstop, some manufacturers are experimenting with a more democratized development model: one in which products are purposely released incomplete and loosely designed.
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Digital Gaming in India is Now a Billion-Dollar Market
India’s digital gaming market is exploding like never before. Spurred by hefty investments from tech giants like Tencent, Youzou, Paytm and more, the country’s digital gaming industry is now worth $890 billion. Indian game development studios have multiplied in kind, growing in number from 25 in 2010 to nearly 250 today. The growth spurt shows no signs of slowing, as experts predict the value of India’s mobile gaming market will climb to $1.1 billion by 2020.
The widespread adoption of smartp...
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China’s AI Technology Integrates Online And Offline Games
Gaming and technology advancement has taken on a new look in China. Integrating both online and offline games, the aim is to transform how the “player” experiences the game. One company, in particular, is already making waves: Rokid Co Ltd. In fact, just one year ago, Rokid received a patent award in Silicon Valley for its new AI creation.
Rokid, a Hangzhou-based AI firm, produced an AI addition to the already popular and fun card game, Werewolf. In this game, players use simple reasoning alo...
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Top Five Trends in the FinTech Industry
The past few years have seen the financial industry drawn into the frenzy of digitization sweeping the marketplace at large. New technologies are emerging rapidly in response to a demand for convenience. Development–particularly in fintech (financial technology)–is progressing at such a speed that regulatory agencies have struggled to keep pace.
Recently, however, regulators’ conservative attitudes toward fintech have begun to thaw, due in large part to the technologies’ potential to spur inc...
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Jason Martell, Blast, on How Fair.game is Changing Digital Gaming
Certain online versions of Texas hold'em, slots and other games have earned a reputation for shady algorithms and "black box" practices that skew the odds against players. By incorporating blockchain technology into online gaming, Fair.game looks to level the playing field. Fair.game is a pioneer, the first of its kind: a fully transparent, blockchain-based gaming platform that lets players visualize--in real time--the odds of winning.
Fair.game lives up to its name by publicizing all core da...
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Breaking Down Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality
Digital technology has altered life in countless ways, but even the arrival of reality-bending hardware hasn’t changed our tendency to label and categorize. Sometimes, the differences between the lines we draw are minute, but nonetheless notable, as is the case for virtual, augmented and mixed reality. Since each of these terms define slight variations of the same subject–computer-generated sensory input–those unfamiliar with tech jargon might be confused as to what exactly sets them apart.
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The Nintendo Switch and its 3 Upcoming Guaranteed Wins
When Nintendo first announced the Switch in October of 2016, many weren’t sure what to expect. Details were sparse, and the flagging sales of their previous console–the arguably half-baked Wii U–left doubt hanging heavy in the minds of even the most diehard Nintendo fans. But when the Switch finally arrived, it brought in tow such masterpieces as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Super Mario Odyssey. Both games were heaped with flawless reviews, and in their wake, it was much less ...
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Blockchain Technology and Its Impact on CryptoCurrency
The meteoric growth of Bitcoin last year saw cryptocurrency break into the mainstream. Bitcoin’s value skyrocketed to $1,000 per coin in early January of 2017, and peaked at around $20,000 in mid-December. Those who bought into Bitcoin early were rewarded with dividends beyond the most optimistic stockbroker’s wildest fantasies. Mortgages were paid off, Bugattis were bought, and fortunes were made overnight, giving rise to the phenom of the “Bitcoin millionaire.”
In the aftermath of Bitcoin’s...