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NASA successfully sequences DNA in space, ushering in better healthcare for astranauts and a new era in space biology For the first time ever, DNA was…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Rose’s Law for Quantum Computing highlights the new platforms sheer power to solve humanity’s and society’s most complex problems on, and…
Irrespective of the maturity of any technology it only goes public when the regulators green light it, now Michigan look set to green light self-driving…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing could give infertile couples new hope Northwestern University scientists have created a prosthetic ovary using a 3D…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Many crimes go unresolved because there are no witnesses but now a new technique can create photofits from fragments of DNA….
IBM’s TrueNorth, a cognitive “neuromorphic” computing chip whose architecture resembles that of the human brain – although it switches neurons for transistors, is being trialled by Samsung…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF DARPA’S Cyber Grand Challenge is over but the winner is still no match for humans. The Heartbleed security bug…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Imagine a new form of communication, one that transcends phones and virtual reality. Imagine telepathy. I know what you’re…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Pokémon Go changed our children’s lives – okay, we’ll admit it – all of our lives. Now it’s hard to…
Last month, an unknown attacker drained tens of millions of dollars worth of the digital currency Ether from The DAO, an Ethereum based smart contract…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Security forces are about to get a new tool in the fight against terror Scientists at a US university…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Let us salute the end of criminal line ups and berate the loss of our future privacy. If you…
A new form of AI demonstrates that humans will be no match for intelligent weapons Retired United States Air Force Colonel Gene Lee recently went up…
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…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Moore’s Law redefines itself for the next decade of computing. Early in 2016 the worldwide semiconductor industry acknowledged what…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Bots are disrupting businesses and industries by changing the way consumers buy products and services. Take a good look…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Scientists have discovered the Genesis Engine, a technology that gives them the keys to the Code of Life. Spiny…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Google wants to update the storage industry. Organisations that operate hyperscale cloud data centers, such as Alibaba, AWS, Google, Facebook,…
The world we live in is changing at a dizzying rate and sectors including the energy, technology, entertainment, communications, finance, sports, manufacturing and engineering sectors…
Alphabets new structure is a response to Googles falling ad revenues and increased competitive pressure An Exercise Thank you for reading my article but…
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