Guest Author • Jan 30, 2018 •
Alexander Bell, Harvard University; John Van Reenen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Raj Chetty, Stanford University, and Xavier Jaravel, London School of Economics and Political Science This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Innovation is widely viewed as the engine of economic growth. To maximize innovation … Read More
Robert Hickson • Oct 16, 2015 •
Everyone’s got their own view on what are, or will be, the greatest inventions or most disruptive technologies. Live Science offer up their top 10 inventions that changed the world, though no clear criteria for why these 10 and not others are the top. Other sites do the same, with varying degrees of overlap, but similarly opaque criteria. Another … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Jul 29, 2010 •
Rex: (Source: Rex Bionics publicity material.) The Wrong Trousers: (© Aardman / Wallace & Gromit Ltd 1993. Used with permission.)Now, imagine if someone fiddled with Rex, added wireless remote control and …* Footnotes * For the confused Rex is a recently-announced assistive device for paraplegics and The Wrong Trousers is a Aardman / Wallace and Gromit … Read More