Talking of technologies that may emerge in forty or fifty years is one thing, but we musn’t forget that there are some very big medical advances just around the corner. The latest biosensor chips that can detect certain forms of cancer are ones of these life-changing advances that will literally save hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of lives.
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Only 5% say they will pay for online news
Since the advent of wide-spread broadband access, newspaper profits have been plummeting at unprecedented rates. What we are beginning to see now is that the online business models of many of these large media organisations are also unsustainable – forcing many of them to think of ways to further monetise their businesses.
London Digital Week: Three days left!
The first ever London Digital Week has hit the halfway point, and there are some interesting looking things going on over the weekend. Hopefully we’ll be able to get along to one or two of them.
Down at the pub with Kim Stanley Robinson, Geoff Ryman and Paul McAuley
In conjunction with New Scientist’s recent special on science fiction, they held a meetup in a pub with some of the greatest sci-fi writers of the current era. This intimate and relaxed setting was an experiment for New Scientist, we were told, and developed out of a somewhat failed attempt at a much larger event.
District 9: Future ethics through alien eyes
Science fiction has always been a bastion for social commentary, and the latest cinematographic effort in the form of District 9 is no different. By planting the action in an accurate real-world setting, with believable motivations and agendas from all parties involved, the mirror is once more held up to our social conscience – and the result is anything but flattering.
Future of Journalism Conference begins today at Cardiff University
Today was the first day of the Future of Journalism conference, hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University.