technology
Modern Times, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 26, 2010 18:01 - 0 Comments
Modern Times: Is anybody (partly) there?
In this week's Modern Times column, Corin Faife looks at how our 21st century lives are turning into one long stream of continuous, disjointed, fleeting interactions. Technology was supposed to save us time, instead, everyone is too busy doing a thousand things at once except, of course, those that matter. Time to stop the madness?
Features, Science - Thursday, September 9, 2010 19:02 - 12 Comments
Flying without wings in China: the future of train travel
In this week's Science & Technology update, Omayr Ghani looks into the future of train travel. In particular, he considers the quasi-futuristic technological advances currently being pioneered in China. As the article shows, we could be entering an age of 'space travel' on earth and, as Ghani argues, the sooner we do the better it would be for us, and for the planet.
