4 apps for refugee crises
One of the big things to come out of the refugee crisis in Europe two years ago was the way in which refugees were using smartphones. Off the back of that there are now a range of apps available to...
View ArticleWho’s selling private data about us? More importantly, who’s buying it?
The main fears behind our private data being passed around is that few know what data is being sold, to whom it is being sold, and how it’s being gathered. In a recent fiasco caused by a Reuters...
View ArticleThe History of The Smartphone: Are We Paying for New Technology or Just...
The latest and greatest from big brands like Apple and Samsung are more often than not first to consider when investing in a new smartphone, but are these flagship models still worth their pricetag?...
View ArticleVisionHack – First international hackathon on computer vision for unmanned...
Recently, the words “Russia” and “Hack” have been paired together in the news with some pretty negative stigma, however VisionHack presents a different narrative regarding hacking in the Russian...
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Startups are getting creative with blockchain applications
Information storage in the past few years has made the shift from physical mediums, like hard drives, to increasingly cloud-based solutions. The next logical step in this technological evolution was...
View ArticleIndiana is trying to turn to tech
Indiana was one of the Midwest rustbelt states which Trump managed to flip in his favour during last year’s election, largely on the promise of finding jobs for the declining manufacturing industry....
View ArticleThe future of sustainable food: from vegetarianism to victim-less ‘meat’...
Vegans and vegetarians can sometimes have it tough. Not only are their choices more limited when eating out, but they can also receive a lot of grief from meat eaters who don’t understand how anyone...
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What smart cities look like outside the US
Silicon Valley is home of the largest tech corporations and often is seen as the world’s flagship smart city, but Juniper Research says this conception is outdated. What is a ‘smart city’? According to...
View ArticleFrom dating to sexting: the stats behind technology’s effect on love life
The love life of humans is a topic often grappled with by psychologists, its secretive nature complicating data collection. We know apps like Tinder are very popular, and we know why and how people say...
View ArticleTech teams-up with Nobel laureate to measure potential flooding, issue warnings
Coastal Risk Consulting in Florida is bringing together technology with Nobel-winning thinking to warn homeowners about their level of risk to flooding. The geospatial data and analytics firm, which...
View ArticleWill you dare to leave Plato’s cave? Leading minds weigh-in on simulation...
Augmented reality and virtual reality are bound to change what we know to be true (if they haven’t already). In Book VII of The Republic, Plato poses an allegory which describes prisoners who, from...
View ArticleBlockchain still going strong as Delaware Medical Society announces its use...
A medical society as old as the US itself has announced it’s going to start using blockchain to start storing patient data. The Delaware Medical Society has said its focus is on pre-authorisation and...
View ArticleAda Lovelace: more than the world’s first computer programmer
Though articles like those in The Guardian like to remind us all that women originally coded because it was considered a menial task, there are examples of exceptional advances by women in computer...
View ArticleAre smartphones the future of medicine?
In the future, feeling sick might not necessarily include a medical appointment thanks to the increasing versatility and power of mobile devices. The current neurosis inducing practice of...
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Social bots and fake news: A reminder to protect your online brand
Social bots – one of the main “social media villains” – have recently been discovered to “play a key role in the spread of fake news.” According to the study by researchers at Indiana University,...
View ArticleBitcoin value based mostly on belief, trust in people behind cryptocurrency...
What’s staggering about the recent surge in Bitcoin value, along with Coinbase becoming the first cryptocurrency unicorn, is that the value is mostly based on belief and trust in the startups operating...
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Scientists help AI dream new worlds, like taking a picture of a subconscious...
Chances are your last dream was set in a vaguely familiar place, one you would be unable to locate in real life. A place that existed only inside your mind, created by your subconscious by drawing from...
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Babylon.js: the engine powering Nat Geo’s VR Genius experiment that puts you...
3D game engine library Babylon.js continues to attract big names in gaming and edtech, this time powering National Geographic’s Genius Thought Experiment VR experience. In addition to National...
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What we can expect from virtual reality gaming
If tech celebrities’ reactions to virtual reality (VR) are any indicator of how big this technology will be, then we are in for a treat. Nearly all the big names are talking about adapting the...
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The problems of using diagnostic AI in medicine and healthcare
The medical profession has been working very closely with machines for some time now, so what can previous introductions of machines to this unique industry tell us about how the introduction of AI...
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