LA will switch to battery power, in 2021
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF For the first time ever a city has selected to build an energy storage device over a conventional power station. By 2021, electricity use in the west Los Angeles area may be in for a climate change fighting evolution. For many years, the tradition...
DARPA pushes autonomous Mach 20 drone program underground
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The race for hypersonic speed has never been hotter. In August 2011 a superfast unmanned military drone, the Falcon HTV-2 (Force Application and Launch from the Continental US Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2) travelling at 20 times the speed of sound, or 13,000 miles per hour, managed to...
Eclipse, the world’s first AI produced short film hits the screens at Cannes
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The worlds first AI produced short film is a portent of things to come. Earlier this year I wrote a thought article showcasing how emerging technology will change how entertainment is produced, distributed and consumed and here I am, just months later, writing another...
