How blockchain could be used to make trusts more transparent
Apr 08, 2016 16:45 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Digital Currency Law
Amid the outcry over David Camerons tax affairs is the UK prime ministers intervention in 2013 to block EU transparency rules regarding offshore trusts. It was decided that trusts should not be held to the same standards...
Twisted light could dramatically boost internet speeds
Apr 08, 2016 16:41 pm UTC| Science Technology
Fibre optics allow for the communication of data at the speed of light. But the amount of data that can be sent along any optic fibre is limited by how much information you can encode into the light wave travelling...
Will the Tesla Model 3 recharge the U.S. electric vehicle market?
Apr 07, 2016 05:57 am UTC| Technology
Few product launches in recent memory have captured as much attention as last weeks unveiling of the Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle (EV), Teslas first vehicle pitched at the mass market. Orders were flooding in even...
New relaxed drone regulations will help the industry take off
Apr 07, 2016 05:31 am UTC| Technology Law
The Australian drone industry is set for a shake up following the announcement of a long-awaited relaxation of regulations on their operation. Australias Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says the amended...
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...