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Disappointing EU science budget has its positives

Disappointing EU science budget has its positives

After four long days and nights, the European Council has reached a historic agreement on future spending. The next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and the Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery instrument will commit the European Union to spending €1,824 billion (£1,660 billion) between 2021 and 2027. Compared with the 2014-20 MFF of €1,138 billion, this […] … learn more→

What is the future of Blockchain technology?

What is the future of Blockchain technology?

Most of the tech investors are now interested to invest in blockchain technology. Because technology has a wide range of applications for keeping records of data and transactions of different industries in a secure, transparent, and immutable way. However, blockchain technology has become popular when people get to know about the potential of the digital […] … learn more→

Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters

Robots are playing many roles in the coronavirus crisis – and offering lessons for future disasters

A cylindrical robot rolls into a treatment room to allow health care workers to remotely take temperatures and measure blood pressure and oxygen saturation from patients hooked up to a ventilator. Another robot that looks like a pair of large fluorescent lights rotated vertically travels throughout a hospital disinfecting with ultraviolet light. Meanwhile a cart-like robot brings food to […] … learn more→

Why laptops could be facing the end of the line

Why laptops could be facing the end of the line

Microsoft’s recent announcement that it would end support for users of its Windows 7 operating system had stress written all over it. The company advised that important day-to-day tasks such as personal banking and online shopping would no longer be safe on users’ now out-of-date and hacker-friendly Windows computers. It’s hard to know how many people are […] … learn more→

Technology must adapt to meet society’s needs

Technology must adapt to meet society’s needs

With an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and excellent graduates, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has made important contributions to the “Made in Germany” technology brand over the past 150 years. Following in the footsteps of such illustrious inventors as Carl von Linde, who developed the first practical refrigeration machine, and Rudolf Diesel, whose engine […] … learn more→

How science and democracy are alike

How science and democracy are alike

Science and democracy are concepts that have contributed to the common good after a process based on the pillars of Greco-Roman culture. The two have followed sinuous paths, sometimes adjacent, throughout history. And both are in danger. Inspired by a recent text by José María Izquierdo we launch the following question: do we know what democracy really consists of? Sometimes […] … learn more→

Social robots: how to relate to machines that pretend not to be

Social robots: how to relate to machines that pretend not to be

Social robots appear to be entities with feelings and relational capacity. They are technologies with pretensions to be social as people and other animals. Social robots do not use them, we relate to them. Your ability to address us on our own terms is the basis of your wonderful potential. However, it also involves certain concerns that are interesting to know. […] … learn more→