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April 09, 2021
Three new technology announcements of the last few days concerning brain-computer interfaces, thinking robots based on frog DNA, and quantum computers are so extraordinary that they can’t obviously come under the moniker Fourth Industrial Revolution....
April 07, 2021
The letter was sent in 1971 but is only just getting the whole fanfare of publicity. So, it's a new addition to the list, but an old example. And we can all look back with the smugness that hindsight gives us, yet we do it, over and over again....
April 02, 2021
New data reveals a surge in interest in Bitcoin on the futures market, but is Bitcoin really close to supplanting gold as the preferred store of value? It had never occurred to me before this point, but instead of buying my wife something made of gold, why not buy her something made of Bitcoin?...
March 31, 2021
Supporters of small modular and advanced nuclear reactors often hail the reactors as the panacea to fighting climate change, but small modular nuclear reactors are more expensive than renewable energies such as solar and have low learning rates....
March 31, 2021
Researchers applying cell-free molecular therapy say they have managed to stimulate teeth growth in mice, the allure of adult humans re-growing teeth beckons: one wonders what next....
March 26, 2021
The one thing you can say about Covid is that it has changed healthcare and, in particular, health tech. We have seen the rise of telemedicine, and we have witnessed vaccines developed in record time....