Communication has always played an integral role in history: 600 years ago our ancestors kickstarted globalization by way of sea and recent innovators built networking platforms to influence... Read more
“While drones still have a ‘human in the loop’ who takes the decision to use lethal force, LARs have on-board computers that decide who should be targeted” The United Nations Special Rapport... Read more
Huge herds of roaming jellyfish are becoming a huge problem in our ocean, causing millions of dollars in damage and injury and death. The JEROS Robot will hunt them down and kill them. Kille... Read more
Today, the best shelter we can usually offer the world’s tens of millions of refugees is a tent. So the folks who make your bookcase (and bed, and table) have designed a cheap, solar-powered... Read more
Researchers illustrate how changes to farming could dramatically increase future costs of conservation In the face of unprecedented deforestation and biodiversity loss, policy makers are inc... Read more
The Department of Energy and Materials Technology at Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, has made a breakthrough in the development of a new production technology. Arcada’s trac... Read more
And, the scientists say, they are already seeing the harmful effects in some regions. Climate change will pose sharp risks to the world’s food supply in coming decades, potentially undermini... Read more
Turning air into liquid may offer a solution to one of the great challenges in engineering – how to store energy. The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says liquid air can com... Read more
It was 15 years ago that Ted Turner needed something interesting to say in a speech — and decided, in a rush, to give away $1 billion. “I was on my way to New York to make the speech,... Read more
The subject: Control of the Internet, politically and commercially. A commercial and ideological clash is set for next week, when representatives of more than 190 governments, along with tel... Read more
Politicians and companies — including telcos, tech companies, service providers and more — are all quite worried We’ve been covering how the UN’s International Teleco... Read more
Volatile food prices and a growing population mean we have to rethink what we eat, say food futurologists. So what might we be serving up in 20 years’ time? It’s not immediately... Read more
The idea of planet-wide environmental boundaries, beyond which humanity would go at its peril, is gaining ground PULL a spring, let it go, and it will snap back into shape. Pull it further a... Read more