Authors recommend dedicated attention to and investment in “potentially transformative” technologies to complement traditional approaches to prevention, preparedness, and response Strategic... Read more
NEW GAS and water technologies could add decades to the life span of oil reserves in the North Sea, according to researchers. A team at Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University say they have made... Read more
ETH researchers are able to make objects such as particles and liquid droplets fly in mid-air by letting them ride on acoustic waves. For the first time, they have been able to also control... Read more
Researchers at the University of Leeds are using the feet of tree frogs as a model for a tiny robot designed to crawl inside patients’ bodies during keyhole surgery. The tiny device is one o... Read more
The European Commission has announced two Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagships that could each receive funding of a staggering one billion euro (US$1.3 billion) over a period of... Read more
When will you get your robot butler? When will we first set foot on Mars? These and countless other questions about the future are answered in this amazing chart of where technology is heade... Read more
Can we devise strategies to maximize the upside of technology while minimizing the downside? We’re entering a new age in which countries, cities, corporations, and online communities all com... Read more
Science fiction becomes reality. Worlds collide. At the end of each year, IBM examines market and societal trends expected to transform our lives, as well as emerging technologies from IBM... Read more
To cost-effectively protect the climate, not only an emissions trading scheme but also financial support for new technologies is needed. Economising on targeted funding, for example for rene... Read more
A new kind of information processing technology inspired by chemical processes in living systems is being developed by researchers at the University of Southampton. Dr Maurits de Planque and... Read more
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