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The End of Paperchase?
In January 2021, the BBC reported that stationery chain Paperchase was on the brink of administration. It was sad news for anyone with a...
Oct 23, 20215 min read
Matchmaking with AI
In December 2020, the BBC published an article detailing how Japan’s government plans to fund artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes...
Oct 16, 20215 min read
Social Media Censorship
“Covfefe” will forever remain as Donald Trump’s best contribution on social media — the memes that followed were the gift that kept on...
Oct 9, 20216 min read
Growing Old in the Digital Age
Life expectancy in the UK has more than doubled over the course of two and a half centuries, from below 39 years in 1765 to 81.1 years in...
Aug 7, 20216 min read
The Future of Beauty Tech
I’m no make-up aficionado. I can’t tell powder from primer. But I can appreciate the tech trends that are transforming the beauty...
Aug 4, 20215 min read
What We Can Learn from 'A Life on Our Planet'
You’ll often hear about “must-watch” television: the latest water-cooler thriller from HBO or the long-awaited finale of insert generic...
Jul 31, 20217 min read
Reducing Hospital Admissions with AI
Towards the end of October 2020, Forbes published an article detailing a trial in which an artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tool...
Jul 24, 20217 min read
The Science of Sad Songs
If you’ve ever felt a lump in your throat listening to a piece of music, you’re far from alone. It’s a strange phenomenon — that the soft...
Jul 17, 20216 min read
How Embracing Digital Could Save Charities
The past 16 months or so have been unlike any other in my lifetime. At times, it’s been all too easy to focus on how the pandemic and...
Jul 10, 20216 min read
Is VAR Ruining Football?
Fifty years ago, Joni Mitchell lamented “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone” in her hit single Big Yellow Taxi. She wasn’t...
Jun 26, 20215 min read
Tech You Wouldn't Expect
Innovation breeds innovation. There’s no two ways about it. When the first iPhone was announced, we were blown away by the existence of a...
Jun 12, 20215 min read
Could Green Prescriptions Leave You Blue?
In November 2020, The Times published an article exposing the downsides of so-called “green prescriptions”, whereby patients are advised...
Jun 5, 20216 min read
The Science of Prediction
Can you believe it’s been more than six months since that nail-biting US presidential election? For many of us “outsiders”, the choice...
May 29, 20216 min read
Burnout: An Occupational Hazard
In October 2020, the Harvard Business Review published an article entitled “What Health Care Can Teach Other Industries About Preventing...
Apr 3, 20217 min read
Waving Goodbye to Old-School Gestures
In October 2020, The Guardian published a tongue-in-cheek “Pass Notes” article about how young people no longer understand traditional...
Mar 21, 20215 min read
Home-a-Drone
I recently wrote a blog about the new technology of 2020, determining if the latest offerings to the gadgetry market were genuinely...
Mar 13, 20215 min read
The World's First AI Flavour
When we think about Artificial Intelligence and the opportunities it could unlock, we tend to picture things we can see, hear and touch....
Mar 6, 20215 min read
The End of Forecourt Sales?
“Do you know what I love most about buying a car? The sales process.” Said no one, ever. Car buying can be as frustrating as it is...
Jan 24, 20215 min read
A Cluttered Space
When you read the terms “space”, “clutter” and “junk”, you’d be forgiven for thinking I’m about to launch into a Marie Kondo-esque...
Jan 17, 20214 min read
Life-Saving Artificial Intelligence
When you hear the term “artificial intelligence”, what springs to mind first? For some, it will be the threat of a robot takeover, in...
Jan 9, 20214 min read
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