Tech & industry
The lightning speed of games technology development in recent decades has unearthed a multitude of opportunities in healthcare Yet for all the headway made since the dawn of the home computing era, a gaping lack of knowledge about the true impact of games on the body and brain remains. Behind the mind-blowing graphics, Hollywood soundtracks [...]
Since a computer defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, chess has been a continual marker of AI’s progress. In December, the world marvelled at the latest machine-driven victory on the chequered board, which underlined just how far the technology has come in the last 20 years. AlphaZero - Google Deep Mind’s gaming AI – [...]
The power of exoskeletons was shown to the world earlier this year when Simon Kindleysides became the first paralysed man to complete the London Marathon on foot. Simon (pictured) was paralysed from the waist down due to an inoperable brain tumour. Thanks to an exoskeleton, and sheer perseverance, he crossed the line after 36 hours. This [...]
When a young British woman with learning difficulties announced she was marrying an Egyptian she’d met online, her guardians were unsurprisingly sceptical. The 21-year-old, who'd been brain injured in a car accident as a child, was going to pay for Asrat to come to the UK, where they’d live happily ever after. What her support [...]
Political pugilism gave way to a rare outbreak of unity at Westminster recently. An event, in the palatial quarters of Speaker John Bercow, officially celebrated the birth of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Assistive Technology (APPG AT). APPGs bring cross-party members together to pursue a particular interest. While they have no official status in Parliament, [...]
