Jim Muttram

The real challenge for those developers currently making their Apple Watch apps is to focus on the only things that matter in the context of the Watch. This seems obvious, but it is much, much harder than it sounds. It will require a really deep…

Now here's an idea: make it compulsory for all new buildings to be built with enough rooftop solar capacity to make them electricity-neutral throughout the year. At a stroke this would double the rate of growth of rooftop solar. According to Government figures published in January 2014 there…

Blockchain, the technology which underpins Bitcoin has the potential to disrupt many large and powerful industries believes Niki Wiles. Speaking to London Futurists in a session in London today Wiles, Lead Data Scientist for the London-based digital media agency, 360i said Blockchain solved some of…

In short, we can make robots which display altruistic behaviour but they aren't moral agents because we create them, says Joanna Bryson from Bath University. And what's more we should not pretend that they are. Speaking at a London Futurists session today she said the…

There are a couple of things that have occurred to me about Apple's latest new product line. The first is that fashion and rapid technology upgrade cycles don't really mix. Thinking about the evolution of the iPhone (a product whose significance has been compared to…