2016 September

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Where did that drone come from? Now we know.   Dunkin Donuts use drones to deliver – guess what!? Donuts….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Big brother biometric technologies that can ID individuals remotely arrives.   You are used to being tracked everywhere you go online…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are edging closer to living in the world of Minority Report, surrounded by technologies that authorise us, sense us…

With the number of cyber attacks against UK businesses and infrastructure increasing GCHQ lays down plans for a Great British Firewall Ambitious new plans are…

Proven in the labs Texas-PEG has already restored motor function in injured lab rats it isn’t the first time that we’re read about new breakthroughs…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The era of secure quantum communications just took a step closer to becoming reality but a long road remains  …

Tesla has now fixed the exploit but this isn’t the first time, or the last time that hackers will take control of individual cars, or…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF One of Blockchains key attributes is that it serves as an Immutable Record, now Accenture wants to change that.   Accenture…

The London borough of Enfield has enlisted artificial intelligence Amelia to take on customer service tasks for its residents starting late this year. Developed by…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are all aware that technology is capable of replacing particular categories of jobs, but often those jobs “belong to…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As CGI, and the tools used to create it, get better it will be harder to distinguish what is real,…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A quiet revolution is coming, one that will eventually turn every industry into a dumb pipe and flip the world of…