The next frontier Using thought to control machines
By: The Economist- Print edition January 4, 2018 TECHNOLOGIES are often billed as transformative. For William Kochevar, the term is justified. Mr Kochevar is paralysed below the shoulders after a cycling accident, yet has managed to feed himself by his own hand. This remarkable feat is partly thanks to electrodes, implanted in his right arm, […]
The rise of of the robots: risks to more jobs as minimum wage increase warns IFS
By: CITY A.M January 04, 2018 Higher minimum wage levels could tempt British employers to automate more jobs, risking a rise in unemployment, respected economists at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) will today warn. In research to be published today, the IFS will call for “extremely careful monitoring” of the effects of government increases […]