Technology

In Star Trek, Bones has instruments that scan your body, detects disease and then repairs. Sci Fi may be closer to reality than we think. Cell Mapping is creating an Atlas of the body

Can AI write like Dylan? We asked AI to write Blowing in the Wind and this is what we got.

Ever since we started growing food instead of chasing down our dinner with sticks and spears, we have gone horizontal. It was the big leap forward in  civilisation that defined us as a species for thousands of years. But now we are taking another leap, not forward but up.

4DX technology is not new and it has been used by cinema chains since 2014, looking to introduce an experience that watching a streaming channel like Netflix on TV in the comfort of your home cannot provide. 4DX offers the smells,thrills and chills of  a Fairground Attraction, mixing  3-D and special effects that include vertical movement,  smells, wind, fog, snow, even something called a bottom ticker.

Imagine you walk into a courtroom, and you are greeted by your lawyer who extends a mechanical hydraulic hand encased  in resin composite to greet you. This is the age of bionic law. Your lawyer is a robot, programmed with billions of parameters with caselaw, federal and local law and statutes going back 100 of years.

After the world opened up post pandemic, a generation of global travellers took their work with them as they explored the word and became digital nomads

According to Hindu cosmology, the Kali Yuga began some thirty thousand years ago and is set to last three hundred and sixty thousand years. We are living in this age, one that is characterised by violence, suffering, discontent and generally messed up as a species.

Is Internet addiction actually dangerous in the long term with psychological effects lasting throughout life? And are parents harming their children by allowing excessive exposure to online experiences?

Elon Musk's Starlink system is made up of thousands of small satellites orbiting the Earth at an altitude of about 340 miles. Starlink is providing internet service to around 40 countries since coming online in 2021.