[dropcap size=big]I[/dropcap]diocy is much like a persistent cancer that raises its ugly head periodically when the right circumstances allow it to grow and flourish. Recently there has been a growth in the popular concept that “my ideas...

[dropcap size=big]V[/dropcap]irtually limitless energy and a world freed from scarcity has been the dream of human kind for millennia. In the mid 20th century this hallowed dream saw a potential reality emerge when the principle of fusio...

The cell number of the human body is approxamatley 10^12 per kilogram or about 80 trillion cells for an 80 kilo human, nearly all of which must cleave to very tight parameters for the body to function well. A fact best left unexamined if...

Organs to print. It reads and sounds utterly incongruous. Even suggesting it less than a decade ago would likely have resulted in a patronising chuckle and perhaps some humorous commentary about technophiles. Yet today that is precisely ...

This series will look at a recent technological development each week and examine how it is changing not only today but how it may also powerfully reshape our future. 3d printing and mobile phones. One is the most ubiquitous, fastest gro...

[pullquote]    “It is the search giant’s factory for moonshots, those million-to-one scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital, massive leaps of faith, and a willingness to break things.” – Bloomberg News...