The big debates about technologically enhanced food usually surround the use of genetic modification, but most of us aren’t as familiar with the concept of nanofood. Which is unfortunate and needs to be quickly rectified, because within the next few years we are about to see a huge boom in its commercial availability on store shelves.
Social media: how those we know can shape us
What is it that makes us who we are? The outcomes of this long running debate continue to change and refine as newer technologies not only reveal complex genetic contributions but actively expand and alter our social environment.
Augmented Reality: The good, the bad, and the ugly (part one: the good)
One of the technological revolutions that is just around the corner is the wonderful world of augmented reality. So what I wanted to do today is just take a quick look at some of the possible applications of augmented reality. Part one looks at the positive applications for augmented reality that are just around the corner.
Embryonic stem cells and the ethics of patents
There is a good article in the latest issue of Pharmaceutical Technology Europe which explores the ever present debate around the use of human embryonic stem cells in medical research and the legal boundaries in different parts of the world. Whilst there are certainly many medical benefits that can arise from further research in these areas, there is still no general consensus on how such research should be funded or indeed commercialised following any successful findings.
Facebook to increase awareness of application data access
Facebook is going to be changing the way we interface with applications. More specifically, users are going to be made much more aware of just how much access they are giving to third-party companies to their personal data.
Facebook tries to patent crowd-sourced translations
Facebook harnessed the power of its massive user-base to create a simple system whereby users would translate particular sentences collectively – and now it wants to patent the way in which this was done.