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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DNA computers will be the next, next computing revolution after Quantum computers, and their power could be truly staggering. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People often think of robots as static things, with fixed forms that don’t evolve, but scientists are creating robots that…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF When satellites and rockets burn all their fuel they inevitably fall back to Earth and crash, but what if they…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Regulating AI, which is often seen as a black box is at best incredibly difficult and at worst impossible especially…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Machines are increasingly becoming autonomous and intelligent and it’s one of the greatest dangers humanity has ever faced, later this…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Holograms are a science fiction staple, and using a trick of the light, Euclideon and their new holographic table have…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF This new machine turns the Moon into the equivalent of a motorway service station by helping astronauts create rocket fuel…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Everything changes, whether we call it disruption or something else, but as the world becomes increasingly distributed, as the plumbing…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As extreme weather events, flooding, sea level rise, and climate change intensify our world’s infrastructure is going to get increasingly…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Encryption is the primary tool that organisations and governments use to keep data safe and secure, when Quantum computers become…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Elon Musk wants humans to be able to cognitively merge with AI, but in the meantime this is neural chip…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As Musk looks to colonise Mars it’s going to need its own communications and satellite networks. Love the Exponential…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today this tech is aimed at helping people with neurological conditions get their lives back, tomorrow it could help humans…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF What if you could change your genes with your smart watch? Or just using electricity change your eye colour? That’s…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The ocean contains a huge amount of heat energy, but so far tapping into it hasn’t been easy. But that…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Grid scale storage to balance the energy demands of grids requires massive investment, but what if consumers shouldered almost all…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF A new type of ultra thin biological battery could replace batteries in pace makers, and power smart contact lenses, but…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most online educational courses are text and graphics based, but now Udacity is using deepfake tech to automatically generate educational…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Drones are seen by many military and terrorist organisations around the world as the new weapons platform of choice and…
With new technologies come new risks but the rate at which they’re being developed and deployed leaves culture and training struggling to keep up The first reported death involving…
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