Automation: On the high-tech path to destruction
Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with devastating consequences for society and the environment. We desperately need a more humane and sustainable approach to automation.
Read MoreLiving robots and the meaning of life
The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be prepared but also raises profound questions about the future and what it means to be human.
Read MoreWhat happens when science fiction crosses into science fact?
Cloaking devices are the stuff of magic realms and deep-space exploration, not real life. Think again! Making photonic chips invisible to one another could pave the way to computing at the speed of light.
Read MoreSmashing different planets
The Scientists shouted they would get “smashed in a different world”. But do the words of this punk band reveal something profound about human nature?
Read MoreWomb service and labour saving devices
Could pregnancy outside the womb save women the pain of labour and herald in a new level of gender equality?
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