New research shows how brain-computer interaction is changing cinema
Shutterstock/TatianaShepelevaOver the past few years, we have seen the extraordinary development of neural prosthetic technologies that can replace or enhance...
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Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed – and opening a window onto Russian military activity around Ukraine
Commercial satellite companies provide views once reserved for governments, like this image of a Russian military training facility in Crimea....
Australians have low trust in artificial intelligence and want it to be better regulated
ShutterstockEvery day we are likely to interact with some form of artificial intelligence (AI). It works behind the scenes in...
Neuralink’s monkey can play Pong with its mind. Imagine what humans could do with the same technology
Screenshot/YoutubeSome weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its mind. While it...
Apple’s plan to scan your phone raises the stakes on a key question: Can you trust Big Tech?
Apple has developed the means to scan images on your phone. Can you trust the company to protect your privacy?...
To engage LGBTQ+ people in data collection, we need to look at its harmful history
STILLFX / ShutterstockIn the 1950s, the UK government formed a committee to investigate fears of a homosexual “problem” in Britain....
How we communicate, what we value – even who we are: 8 surprising things data science has revealed about us over the past decade
ShutterstockBig data analysis has long supported major feats in physics and astronomy. But more recently we’ve seen it underpin breakthroughs...
Privatising the sky: drone delivery promises comfort and speed, but at a cost to workers and communities
WingDrone delivery company Wing recently celebrated 100,000 deliveries with an unusual burst of media fanfare. Australia is at the forefront...
A killer app for the metaverse? Fill it with AI avatars of ourselves – so we don’t need to go there
Ready avatar one? Athitat ShinagowinBig numbers coming. Microsoft’s US$75 billion (£55 billion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard has landed – true...
Using artificial intelligence in health sciences education requires interdisciplinary collaboration and risk assessment
Health sciences education needs to be updated to include training in technology. (Shutterstock)Over the past five years, there has been...
