It’s become apparent that the mobile device in your pocket is X* times more powerful than all the computers used to get Apollo 11 to the moon and back. It’s certainly true that the average iPhone is, by certain measures, 100,000 times more powerful than all the computers NASA used in 1969. Although there are […]
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As computing technology became part of our lives, the mainframe computer was created. This held all the processing power and all the data, and users accessed it through a “dumb” terminal. Next came the PC, the complete opposite. All processing power and data storage took place within the box on your desk or, later, the […]
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It’s something that was the dream of science fiction writers even before the dawn of computing, the concept that human beings could invent machines that would mimic or even surpass our intelligence and become part of our daily lives, the quotidian. To many, this still seems a far-fetched notion, but look around: artificial intelligence is […]
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As the old saying goes, a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on. Of course, that saying was coined in a less enlightened age; with the advent of the Internet and superfast mobile communications, a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has even […]
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Exercise in lockdown has become one of the major talking points of the whole pandemic: what’s allowed, how long, how far, with whom… there has been much uncertainty, but the one certainty is that without some form of exercise many of us are going to have trouble squeezing back out of the door when life […]
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From the earliest days of computing, it has been both a dream and a science-fiction nightmare to create computers that are capable of thinking like human beings. Generally, people would put such possibilities – now fast becoming realities – into the category of Artificial Intelligence, but in fact there is a new kid on the […]
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If Freddy Mercury were writing that song today, he might have to revise his lyrics, as the ingenuity of new technology has created alternative versions of reality in which we can immerse ourselves. Anyone who has grown up in the digital age will be familiar with the long-held fantasy that we will simply be able […]
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You will doubtless have heard of the Blockchain, one of the hottest new developments in computing, and the technology behind the extraordinary success of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc. You may not, however, have a clear idea of how it works as it appears to comprise a bafflingly complex collection of technologies, algorithms, etc. […]
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The Covid-19 global pandemic has shattered many certainties, routines and institutions, and it remains to be seen how they will be rebuilt, if and when we return to some form of normality (if “normality” will have any meaning in the post-pandemic world). One thing that has been drastically affected is the world of work, and […]
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Outside of the home, perhaps the greatest sign of innovation is the firm commitment by the government to move towards electric cars. Year on year, sales of electric cars tripled in January 2020 to more than 4,000 units, and this trend is consistent with other markets across the world. However, although sales are rising, it […]
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