How drones can improve scientific research in the field
Apr 07, 2016 05:02 am UTC| Technology
Drones and promises about drones seem ubiquitous these days. And some of what we associate with drones comes with varying degrees of scariness. We think of automated planes shooting missiles, drones flying near...
Cyber justice: how technology is supporting victim-survivors of rape
Apr 07, 2016 04:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Technology
We tend to think of justice as meaning having ones day in court and that justice is done when the perpetrator is convicted and punished. But for many victim-survivors of sexual violence, that day may never come. While...
Virtual reality brings new dimension to conservation
Apr 07, 2016 00:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Virtual reality technology is introducing a new dimension to wildlife conservation by helping researchers anywhere in the world assess the conditions of distant species and environments as if they were on location. The...
Three Areas of FinTech Innovation For 2016
Apr 05, 2016 09:10 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency
Its been over 17 years since new financial technology completely changed the game. That being PayPal, an online payments system that helped the fledgling eCommerce concept become a hundred billion dollar industry in the US...
Imagine if Google or Facebook took a line on the EU referendum
Apr 05, 2016 04:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Imagine if on June 23 this year British citizens looking at google.co.uk found the words #VoteIn towards the bottom of the search page. Perhaps they would ignore it and go about their business, or perhaps it would remind...
What to do when machines take our jobs? Give everyone free money for doing nothing
Apr 05, 2016 00:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
It was Groucho Marx who said, While money cant buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery. Quite true, but what if theres no money coming in from work because your jobs been taken over by a...
Aging voting machines threaten election integrity
Apr 04, 2016 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
Imagine you went to your basement and dusted off the laptop or mobile phone that you used in 2002. What would happen if you tried to turn it on? We dont have to guess. Around the country this election year, people are...
Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible studies of human anatomy still don’t get the recognition they deserve
South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s