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Dec 11, 20226 min read
Was Edison Right All Along?
In the late 19th century, America was gripped by an engineering battle that would forever change the world. In the "war of the currents,"...
Dec 6, 20225 min read
Amazon: Always Day One
As company mantras go, Amazon’s "always day one" is a thinker. Does it infer progress is slow? That you’ll perpetually feel out of your...
Nov 1, 20225 min read
Learning from Steve Jobs
If you were listing the innovators who had the biggest influence on the world in the past 50 years, the name Steve Jobs would likely come...
Oct 30, 20226 min read
Nuclear Power and the Promise of Fusion
For many of us, the concept of nuclear power can sound a bit scary. We hear the word "nuclear" and images of mushroom clouds, Chernobyl...
May 16, 20225 min read
Innovations in Market Research
When you think of market research, you might picture wannabe-entrepreneurs from The Apprentice conducting their so-called “focus groups”;...
May 9, 20226 min read
Car-Charging Robots
In January 2021, Top Gear website introduced a “cute” mobile charging robot. I must admit the accompanying images leave me in two minds....
May 9, 20224 min read
VR in the Military
When you think of virtual reality combat simulations, I expect you’ll picture video games. A fully immersive version of Call of Duty ,...
Apr 4, 20225 min read
The Importance of Range
What do hedgehogs, foxes, birds and frogs have in common? Give up? Well, they’re all used to explain the importance of having range....
Nov 13, 20214 min read
What is Cloud Seeding?
With temperatures continuing to rise around the world, it’s clear we’ll need to rely on something other than rain dances to fend off...
Oct 29, 20214 min read
Futuristic Farming
When I think of farming, I picture tractors, wellington boots, hay bales and an awful lot of hard work. A farm would be one of the last...
Oct 22, 20215 min read
The End of Paperchase?
In January 2021, the BBC reported that stationery chain Paperchase was on the brink of administration. It was sad news for anyone with a...
Aug 3, 20215 min read
The Future of Beauty Tech
I’m no make-up aficionado. I can’t tell powder from primer. But I can appreciate the tech trends that are transforming the beauty...
Jul 30, 20217 min read
What We Can Learn from 'A Life on Our Planet'
You’ll often hear about “must-watch” television: the latest water-cooler thriller from HBO or the long-awaited finale of insert generic...
Jul 23, 20217 min read
Reducing Hospital Admissions with AI
Towards the end of October 2020, Forbes published an article detailing a trial in which an artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tool...
Jul 9, 20216 min read
How Embracing Digital Could Save Charities
The past 16 months or so have been unlike any other in my lifetime. At times, it’s been all too easy to focus on how the pandemic and...
Jun 11, 20215 min read
Tech You Wouldn't Expect
Innovation breeds innovation. There’s no two ways about it. When the first iPhone was announced, we were blown away by the existence of a...
Mar 13, 20215 min read
Home-a-Drone
I recently wrote a blog about the new technology of 2020, determining if the latest offerings to the gadgetry market were genuinely...
Mar 6, 20215 min read
The World's First AI Flavour
When we think about Artificial Intelligence and the opportunities it could unlock, we tend to picture things we can see, hear and touch....
Jan 24, 20215 min read
The End of Forecourt Sales?
“Do you know what I love most about buying a car? The sales process.” Said no one, ever. Car buying can be as frustrating as it is...
Jan 9, 20214 min read
Life-Saving Artificial Intelligence
When you hear the term “artificial intelligence”, what springs to mind first? For some, it will be the threat of a robot takeover, in...
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