
The Technology Quarterly 2018 Collection PDF
The Technology Quarterly 2018 Collection PDF
This fascinating compilation features the following 4 Technology Quarterlies:
Ocean Technology
Blue-sea thinking:
Technology is transforming the relationship between people and the oceans
- Race to the bottom: Mining the ocean floor is about to go mainstream
- Net gains: Open-ocean farming will give a major boost to fish supply
- Mutually assured detection: Better anti-submarine warfare will mean fewer places for subs to hide
Data Detectives:
I know what you'll do next summer
Unparalleled surveillance capacity and vast amounts of data are radically transforming criminal-justice systems, says Jon Fasman
- Surveillance: Police have many new ways to monitor people
- Encryption: The law is not keeping up with technology
- Electronic Monitoring: You don't have to go to prison to go to prison
- Predictive Policing: Big-data justice holds promise and peril
- Accountability: Rigorous oversight is essential
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains:
Chasing the rainbow
What to make of cryptocurrencies and blockchains
Cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology, blockchains, have been hyped to the skies. Tim Cross offers a realist’s guide
Also in this TQ:
- BITCOIN Riding the rollercoster
- BRAIN SCAN Satoshi Nakamoto
- ALTCOIN Chips off the block
- MINING CRYPTOCURRENCIES A voracious appetite
- INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS Token effort
- BLOCKCHAINS Nailing it
- PROSPECTS Beyond the hype
Towards Zero Carbon
Conquering carbon dioxide
Also in this TQ:
- The hydrogen bombshell
- Challenges of electrification
- Brain scan: John Goodenough
- Trucks and transport
- Cooling the heating
- Decarbonising industry
- Cleaning up aviation
- From hot air to action
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