Category: Technology

Jurassic Park is arguably the ultimate Hollywood blockbuster. Aside from the appeal of human-chomping dinosaurs, tense action sequences and ground-breaking cinematography, its release in 1993 was a movies-meet-science milestone. As global audiences were soaking up the gory action, the premise of the movie – extracting DNA from fossil insects preserved in amber to resurrect dinosaurs […]

There are signs of AI everywhere, it’s behind everything from customer service chatbots to the personalised ads we receive when browsing online. However, we remain largely unaware of the hidden algorithms doing the heavy legwork behind the scenes. We are currently working on a research project focusing on conversations with specialists within the field of […]

Robot Dog that can Chat Robot dog that can chat and sounds like a human, using AI (artificial intelligence) models. Boston Dynamics created a robot tour guide using Spot integrated with Chat GPT and other AI models as a proof of concept for the robotics applications of foundational models. “This expansion has been fueled in […]

Porsche Turbonite trim is an elegant metallic grey tone, specially created for the Turbo variants. To emphasize the unique standing of the Turbo models, Porsche is introducing distinct design elements to sharpen their look and distinguish them from other models in the range. The Turbo models are, for one, being given a particularly exclusive version […]

Can you think of a comedian, actor, poet or writer who suffered from mental illness? Maybe the actor Robin Williams or comedian Stephen Fry came to your mind. Perhaps it was the writer Virginia Woolf. All three have had well-documented struggles with bipolar disorder. Mental illnesses have been associated with creative thinking for a long […]

Interest in the incorporation of robots into security, policing and military operations has been steadily increasing over the last few years. It’s an avenue already being explored in both North America and Europe. Robot integration into these areas could be seen as analogous to the inclusion of dogs in policing and military roles in the […]

The Doomsday Clock, with its hands hovering close to midnight (“doomsday”), is a symbolic device that is designed to warn the world how close it is to catastrophe. Midnight is said to represent the point at which the Earth becomes uninhabitable by humanity. The clock dates back to the early days of the cold war. […]

BMW to bring automated driving to the UK in the new BMW 7 Series from next spring. BMW announced that the vehicle takes over the task of driving in full – including in the dark. The new hands-free function means drivers can switch to other in-vehicle activities while traveling at up to 60 km/h (37 […]