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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Often old technology with a modern twist can revolutionise an entire industry – whether it’s windmills into wind turbines, or sail boats crafted into water…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Some see the day when these humanoid robots take over from human workers, and they probably will, at which point the workers might maintain them…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today it’s a cap, tomorrow it could be a ring or a necklace. As sensors get more sensitive our health could start getting better –…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As a society we love hype, buy into the hype, then forget to ask: What happens when that hype vanishes? Love the Exponential Future?…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF At first the genetically engineered chickens were resistant to bird flu, but then the researchers found that the virus mutated faster to avoid the genetic…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF In the next 20 years airline passenger numbers are expected to double, and security is a chokepoint at every airport. Love the Exponential Future?…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Noone likes brain surgery but to kill and extract tumors and cure other neurological disorders surgeons have to go through the skull. But soon maybe…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As EEG devices get smaller suddenly you’ll see more devices emerging that can read your brainwaves and then analyse them to read everything from your…
Formal education is critical for generational mobility, allowing young people to transcend engrained perceptions to not just learn, but demonstrate their capabilities by recognised paths. Jose Luis Alvarado, dean of…
Ages ago I wrote a blog about using microphones of some sort distributed all along the length of a guitar string (or indeed any other string instrument). Now that we…