Life in Lockdown – Day 1
Life in Lockdown – Day 1 Many have been expecting it since the calendar turned to the big 2-0…0-0. Now, twenty years in, and the enemy is finally at the door in a way we weren’t prepared for and the UK, like most modern countries, takes the only option left after decades of failing to ...
How I’m Restoring My Love Affair with Star Wars After the Sequels
How I’m Restoring My Love Affair with Star Wars After the Sequels When Disney announced the new Star Wars trilogy, I was thrilled. They’d done such a great job with the Marvel Cinematic Universe that I was certain they would do a great job with the new Star Wars. A few short years later and ...
Life in Lockdown – Day 2
Life in Lockdown – Day 2 It’s a new century and a new millenium that has presented humanity with unprecedented growth and opportunity. In the midst of this wonder, we seem to have forgotten that with growth comes greater threats. Now, twenty years in to the new millenium, and there’s an enemy that we weren’t ...
Life in Lockdown – Day 3
Life in Lockdown – Day 3 In the UK, on the evening of Monday, March 23, 2020, a full country quarantine, with home lockdown, was announced by prime minister Borris Johnson of the United Kingdom in an attempt to ‘flatten the curve’ and slow the rate of spread of CoViD-19. Now it’s up to us ...
Life in Lockdown – Day 4
Life in Lockdown – Day 4 On the evening of Monday, March 23, 2020, a full country quarrantine, with home lockdown, was announced by prime minister Borris Johnson of the United Kingdom in an attempt to ‘flatten the curve’ and slow the rate of spread of CoViD-19. Now it’s up to us to do our ...
A Road to Artificial General Intelligence
A Road to Artifical General Intelligence Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). It’s the stuff of far future science fiction or modern nightmares. Or far future science fiction nightmares. There are a great many people who tell us it can’t be done. At least not with the technology we currently have. And many suggest there is no ...
10 Things that are Rare Now but will be Common by 2030
10 Things that are Rare Now but will be Common by 2030 Technological change is happening faster and faster as an increasing number of countries and companies work to build the next cool ‘must-have’. Yet only a small number of advances actually stay the course to become common in our lives. Here are my top ...
Space Race 2020s: The Old, The New, and The Wildcard
Space Race 2020s: The Old, The New, and The Wildcards The cold war space race of the 1960s inspired America as few things before, or since, have. People around the world were glued to their televisions as Neil Armstrong touched down on the moon’s surface and became the first human to stand on a celestial ...
Important Question #54: What are the Best Crew Compositions for Early Trips to Mars?
Important Question #54: What are the Best Crew Compositions for Early Trips to Mars? As humanity moves forth in both time and space, there are many very important questions that we will need to answer. The answers to many of these questions almost feel as if they’re being taken for granted in the present, but ...
