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The 21st century RenAIssance
As the British government convenes a global meeting on AI governance, the voices of those sensationalising the technology risk drowning out those of the academic research community.
Metaverse myths
Undeniably, the metaverse is the new buzzword of recent years. Yet for all the fascination this word carries, there is a lot of debate over what the metaverse is, how significant it might be, when it will arrive, and how…
To ski or not to ski
Jeremiah Thoronka, a 17 year old young man from Makawo in Sierra Leone, has launched his own startup, Optim Energy, to power homes via kinetic energy transfer.
Give a man a fish
Jeremiah Thoronka, a 17 year old young man from Makawo in Sierra Leone, has launched his own startup, Optim Energy, to power homes via kinetic energy transfer.
Prescient or not
I recently read an article telling the story of Tony Kofi who, at the age of 16 yrs old, had an accident at work. As he fell from a great height he had a vision of himself playing a musical…
Where there´s a will there´s a way
I recently embarked on a mission to be reunited with my sister and nephews after having been separated by the COVID pandemic for more than eighteen months. Our destination? Gibraltar.
Thank you, Gibraltar!
I recently embarked on a mission to be reunited with my sister and nephews after having been separated by the COVID pandemic for more than eighteen months. Our destination? Gibraltar.
The black prince
Bardo, a remote village in northern Nigeria, is thirty kilometres away from the nearest hospital. There are no cars, buses, or taxis. Pregnant mothers there now have an emergency contact number which will call a car and driver, day and…
A leap of faith
Bardo, a remote village in northern Nigeria, is thirty kilometres away from the nearest hospital. There are no cars, buses, or taxis. Pregnant mothers there now have an emergency contact number which will call a car and driver, day and…
Learning to fly
I recently read an article in the U.K paper The Guardian reporting on a British man’s work developing a jet suit designed to enable one person to fly solo for up to ten minutes.