Another slice of science fiction became a reality at the end of last year when the US launched the United States Space Force and while the Team America : World-Police and Star Trek logo jokes are levelled at the newly minted department, the need for a space force continues to grow.
As America moves towards another controversial election and everyone seems poised to oppose any result and point to "fake news" and "Russian accounts" that are convincing people to side one way or the other there remain a whole host of other services that are at risk of being overloaded, mislead or compromised all by using basic devices and very little technical knowledge.
We should all be taking personal responsibility for verifying the accuracy and validity of our information sources, especially now information is bleeding through from unconventional channels. There is a lot of content out there and not all of it is legitimate.
With the recent study on human evolution identifying major evolutionary changes in humans over the past couple of centuries, analysing the steps that brought them about may provide clues for what may be next.
With so many being forced to go out of their way and spend more time on the road in their cars, it seems lunacy for this scheme to remain in the long-term. There are plenty ways of introducing measures to reduce pollution and encourage communities to use more human-powered or public transport, this is not it.
As Bill Gates' plan for filling the atmosphere with dust particles to in order to combat climate change moves another step closer to reality, it continues to draw attention [and some alarm] from the scientific community. Now, more of the world's top tech moguls are generating their own noise for the latest in geo-engineering, with a project set to reduce the acidity of the world's oceans.
There are many emerging technologies out in the world with boundless potential for both good and bad. It is vital that our nations and governments learn from previous failings to understand technology, resulting in embarrassing courtroom scenes and redundant legislation.
Initially touted as a potential miracle-cure for any number of diseases, there is still no evidence of any long-term affects that gene editing may have on an individual during a lifetime, and that's before looking at the bigger question of "should we" be making these changes at all.
As some of the major sporting leagues across the globe prepare to return this weekend, what are some of the top tech changes that were implemented for the covid-19 lockdown conditions and will they remain once spectators are allowed back into stadiums and into seats?
Art is not predictable, it is not something that can be automated and while it can be re-created by machines, these pieces lack the intangible element that defines art. Art requires humans and humans require art.
With IoT and 5G converging to enable devices from your kitchen fridge to alarm clock and even teddy bears to be "online" there is - or should be - a real concern over security of communications between these systems.
AR can teach you the steps for a symphony but if we live exclusively using these tools how will we cope when the off switch is flipped?
This lawsuit, if successful could herald a new age of accountability, sending a shockwave throughout every aspect of sport, with companies having to consider the use of all data pertaining to the stars on show.
With greener everything being championed it's time to consider exactly what our own impact on the digital world is. Data isn't free and we're all responsible for keeping it lean.
With screens left blank until the system's programmed analytics pick up an anomaly, what potential answers to mysteries are lurking on this dark-data that never sees the light of day?
Every year we are offered a slew of new “tech” and “trends” set to “revolutionize” the security industry.
But I’ve found the security industry to be incredibly slow to adopt and take advantage of new technologies, many never making it past a “cool idea”, a proof of concept or simply words and articles filling column inches to make a point that the industry has its finger on the pulse, but why is this?
Doesn't sound much like the introduction to The Terminator, The Matrix or any other sci-fi dystopia, but listen to Elon Musk or the late Stephen Hawking discuss "the singularity" and it seems like these low-level activities would be a precursor to more dangerous and broader leaps that will eventually lead to technological servitude.
Is it so much to as for a science show to stick to science? Or if it *must* bring politics into the discussion to have equal representation or at least a modicum of accountability for the poorly thought through comments that seem to litter their broadcasts?
It seems unlikely that the level of data being freely handed over without a choice to opt-out in Hangzhou would be tolerated in many Western communities, but could we be halfway down the road towards this future already?
Satellite imagery could be put to use, to model the trends year-on-year of the vegetation, temperatures, rainfall and even factors like urbanisation all in order to provide informed trajectories for the next "Sussex-Sparkling"
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