2016 October

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF New transistor design scavenges energy and paves the way for ultra low power electronics.   Transistors…

Australia trials search and rescue drones to help protect people – and sharks Although the chance of dying from a…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The US Navy launches drone swarms to give its adversaries a new headache to deal…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Virtual reality holidays come to the high street.   Virtual reality content is being trialled…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Artificial intelligence can do great good, or great evil.   Speaking at the launch of…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF The Human Cell Atlas will exponentially accelerate our understanding of disease and “the Human Condition.”  …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Google takes tracking and identifying individuals to a whole new level.   Whether it is online,…

In Pittsburg even the traffic lights are intelligent Idling in rushhour traffic can be mind-numbing. It also carries other costs….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Synthetic biology opens the door for custom designed humans whose only parents are a computer….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF After almost forty years of research speech recognition systems are now as good as humans….

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF It’s arrived.   Elon Musk and Tesla have been dropping hints about their fully autonomous…