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Many years ago when my boys were young teenagers we used to have to take them off every Saturday to play Warhammer, the strategy game you play in person with others with characters you bought and lovingly painted yourself. It became a big obsession with…

The outcome of the SEC investigation into Elon Musk's wayward tweet on taking Tesla private could turn out to be either very good, or very bad. The requirement by the SEC that Musk and Tesla each pay $20m in fines is trivial for both. The…

Sample 3D Modules Credit: Allegra Boverman The 3D solar towers being developed by MIT illustrate just how much further we have to go in stretching the still new technology of solar power. These experimental towers are up to 20 times as efficient as today's flat roof panels.

The question Alec Ross set out to answer at the RSA today was: "If the last 25 years shaped by Internet, what comes next?" His book The Industries of the Future addresses the question more fully, but for the audience today he focussed on two examples:…

The world is headed for a big transition, says David Orban, entrepreneur and Singularity University faculty member, speaking at a London Futurists lecture in London on February 6th. "Technology created humans," he says. "And we continue to use reason to advance technology for humanity's benefit." But the…