Gilles Peterson vs Thom Yorke – a classic show pairing

Get it while is still on iPlayer  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pws59#segments – a great show which I will find the time to review (soon)

IBM on change, intelligence, connectivity and analytics

And on the subject of IBM… there’s another great article on the BBC Technology website featuring an interview with Brendan Riley, CEO of IBM, and talking about intelligence, connectivity and analytics. It is now possible to infuse intelligence into the way the world works. The financial turmoil has reminded us that we are all now [...]

Internet use ‘good for the brain’

In a previous post I wrote about how information overload is making us stupid and there’s an article in the Sunday Times today that goes to back this up – Keep clicking and you’ll be a snappy thinker. Brendan Montague and Helen Brooks write about a new study that as been conducted in California that goes [...]

Cloak of invisiblity just round the corner

There are some inventions you really never believe will ever be possible. Amongst them I’d cite travelling through and making things invisible. However there have been advances with both, and this week scientists have announced that invisibility cloaks may be just around the corner! In a fascinating article on the BBC website in their underrated [...]

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