A personal reflection on how everyday technologies from the past have become unfamiliar to today’s children, exploring what it feels like to see once-common devices fade into history and how those changes highlight the pace of technological progress across generations.
This article explores a hypothetical global collapse in which all electronic technology fails at once, examining the immediate shock to finance, infrastructure, and human psychology, followed by society’s gradual shift toward survival, local resilience, and long-term rebuilding in a world forced to function without digital systems.
This article explains what Folding at Home is, how it works, and why it is important for medical and biological research. It outlines how individuals can contribute using their own computers, describes the role of teams, and provides clear steps for getting started and joining the Folding in Our Pajamas team.
This article explores the gradual shift away from traditional passwords toward passkeys, biometrics, and cryptographic identity systems, explaining how authentication is becoming more seamless, secure, and less dependent on human memory.
This article examines how underground music can still be discovered in the digital age, focusing on the shift away from mainstream exposure and the methods listeners use to uncover independent and lesser-known artists while preserving authenticity and creative freedom.
This article explores the concept of Apple smart glasses, examining what smart glasses are, how Apple could approach them differently, and the technical, social, and privacy challenges involved. It considers timelines, investment, and the potential impact such a device could have on everyday life if successfully introduced.
This article explains net neutrality from a balanced perspective, outlining what it is, why it matters, and the arguments on both sides. It explores how net neutrality affects innovation, infrastructure, access to information, and the future shape of the internet.
This article reflects on the quiet shift from memorising phone numbers to relying entirely on contact lists, exploring what was lost when memory gave way to convenience. Through personal observation, it considers how technology changed not just how we connect, but how we remember.
This article explores how close humans are to visiting and eventually living on Mars, examining current and emerging technologies, the massive investment behind interplanetary travel, and the challenges of survival, communication, and long-term habitation. It highlights the scientific, biological, and human factors that make Mars both an achievable destination and a profound test of our adaptability.
This article reflects on the experience of watching children learn faster than previous generations, exploring how technology, access to information, and modern learning tools have transformed the pace and style of education. It contrasts today’s connected childhood with a slower, more analog upbringing to explain why learning now feels more intuitive and accelerated.
This article examines domain sniping as a form of digital real estate speculation, explaining how domains gain value, why companies pursue them, and the risks and rewards involved. It explores legal, ethical, and historical perspectives to show how timing, foresight, and changing technology shape the domain market.
This article explains how GPS evolved from a military system into a foundational technology that quietly transformed navigation, infrastructure, and daily life. It explores how GPS works, what it has enabled over time, why it remains indispensable, and how future navigation technologies will continue to build on its global positioning framework.
This article explores why it is increasingly important for children to become comfortable with technology and stay current with emerging trends. It discusses how evolving input methods, artificial intelligence, modern learning tools, and foundational skills like typing, problem solving, and mathematics can shape how children learn, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing digital world.
This article presents a personal, methodical ranking of the top ten action movie franchises, from Die Hard at number one to Star Wars at number ten. Rather than focusing only on spectacle, the list emphasizes character, storytelling, consistency, and emotional impact, explaining why some franchises resonate more deeply than others. Each entry reflects a balance between technical achievement and personal enjoyment, offering insight into what makes action movies truly memorable beyond explosions and stunts.
This article explores how Pokémon Go reshaped mobile gaming by blending the digital and physical worlds. It covers why the game became a global phenomenon, how it leveraged smartphones and location-based technology, and how influencers and ongoing updates continue to shape the genre.
This article explores how fitness tracking apps and wearable devices have evolved from simple step counters into powerful health tools, examining their benefits, drawbacks, and the ways they influence motivation, behavior, and daily life.
A look back at Curiosity: What’s Inside the Cube?, the unusual global game experiment by 22cans that brought millions of players together to collectively chip away at a virtual cube. The article explores how the game worked, why it captured so much attention, the technical challenges it faced, the massive community effort involved, and what ultimately awaited the player who reached the centre, reflecting on why such an experiment remains unique.
This article reflects on the nightly habit of charging devices and how it became an ingrained part of modern life. It explores the past, present, and future of battery technology through a personal lens, showing how charging evolved from an occasional task into a comforting ritual that quietly marks the end of each day in a technology-driven world.
This article examines why encryption is increasingly contested by governments and authoritarian regimes, exploring the technical, legal, political, and social factors behind the resistance. It presents a neutral overview of how encryption challenges traditional surveillance, shifts power dynamics, and raises complex trade-offs between privacy, security, and state control in the digital age.
This article explains why modern phones rely on larger batteries rather than dramatic chemistry breakthroughs, despite gradual improvements in battery technology. It explores the technical, economic, and safety constraints that slow progress, examines emerging battery technologies, and explains why lithium-ion remains dominant while future advances continue to arrive incrementally rather than through sudden leaps.