What is the fate of the driverless car?
By Lauren Ensor The only thing clear is that as technology accelerates, the lack of guidelines and clear accountability may chill autonomous driving commercialisation. “Hands down the best car I have ever owned and used to its full extent,” Joshua Brown of...
Does AI represent the end of work as we know it?
By Gilbert Wong A general purpose AI is inevitable and New Zealand could lead the way as the nature of work is transformed. When is too much knowledge a bad thing? According to the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers there are...
Can you trust a robot?
By Gilbert Wong Robot caregivers can help maintain independence as we age, but the trick is getting humans to trust them. It will not surprise those with a pessimistic view of humanity to know that even robots suffer racial prejudice. In a study by German researchers...
How did the Hubble Space Telescope open our eyes to the first galaxies of the universe?
By Rodger I. Thompson The famous telescope is celebrating thirty years of operation. The Hubble Space Telescope launched on the 24th of April, 30 years ago. It’s an impressive milestone especially as its expected lifespan was just 10 years. One of the primary reasons...
The future of work in Aotearoa New Zealand: What future for the young? ▶
As new technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence continue to grow in influence the very nature of what work means and how it is organised in the future will be radically reconfigured. Not only are new technologies reshaping the types of jobs available...
What is the future of work in a techno-human world? ▶
In a lecture given at the University of Auckland, Professor Judith Bessant (RMIT University) speaks about her work looking at techno-human futures and how this could affect work cultures moving forward. Judith Bessant is a Professor in the School of Global, Urban and...
Why are we sending worms into space?
By Christopher Gaffney & Bethan Phillips We are sending worms into space. But why? Space launches are some of the most spectacular and nerve wracking events you can witness. And when you are actually involved in one, you realise just how much can go wrong. We are...
Why aren’t there electric airplanes yet?
By Venkat Viswanathan, Shanshank Sripad & William Leif Fredericks As electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies? As electric cars and trucks appear...
Is our obsession with electric mobility driving an increase in lead poisoning?
By Ashley Bartlett The popularity of electric vehicles in New Zealand is increasing every year, but is our obsession with electric mobility driving an increase in lead poisoning? According to New Zealand Transport Agency data, the popularity of electric vehicles in...Subscribe by Email
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