History is littered with people who made bold predictions about the future that turned out to be spectacularly wrong. Why is imagining tomorrow so damned difficult? We all love astoundingly
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A biomedical valve made in Wollongong that opens and closes in response to the temperature of the liquid it is in holds great promise. A medical breakthrough in Australia might
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A new system developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) can repair bugs in software using smart processing that imports functionality from other programs, all without access
Whether it’s chess or designing a rocket, a lot of design is simply getting the numbers right, and that’s the kind of thing computers are good at. From stone flints
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Self-confessed former hippy freak thinks his ignorance of computers may have helped create symbol that doesn’t look like technology. It happens to all of us. The boss comes to us
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Urban planning is usually cut and dried when you know where people live, where they work and how they commute. But one area that brother-and-sister computer scientists Enrique and Vanessa
It may take more than a spoonful of sugar to make the public accept the idea of swallowing a tiny computer that reports on their health. Swallowing a miniature computer
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Mobile technology is often blamed for road accidents, but that’s just where many motorists are seeking solutions. When we talk about technology distracting us in cars, it tends to
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