Scientists have developed a method to convert thoughts into written words using a helmet equipped with sensors and artificial intelligence. In a study, participants wore a cap that captured brain activity through electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings while reading...
The primary issue is the increasing unpredictability of weather patterns due to climate change. Rising temperatures, altered rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme weather events threaten traditional farming practices, potentially reducing crop yields and...
2023 has been dominated by ChatGPT and the acceleration in the use and widespread adoption of LLMs.This technology does seem to be set to disrupt all our lives. In The House Next Door series and in The Recoverist Quartet, and in my recent short story An Object...
In The Boy who Fell from the Sky, Mathew and his mother, Hoshi, have a general purpose domestic robot called Leibniz. This is quite likely to happen in 20-30 years time. As of now, the most common domestic robots are task-specific, like vacuum cleaners (Roomba) and...
What is Synthetic Biology? Synthetic biology, a revolutionary field at the intersection of biology and engineering, is reshaping our understanding of life and its potential applications. It involves redesigning organisms for specific purposes by engineering them to...
Medicine features in the House Next Door series, with Mathew’s mother, Hoshi, killed by hacked biobots, minature robots swimming in her blood – this technology and its abuse is definitely more than a possibility. However, so much good is happening in...