The picture in your hand Published on January 23, 2018January 22, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Posters and the meeting The effects of a social change are seen in the giveaways at a scientific meeting. Read More
Build or buy? Published on January 9, 2018January 8, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Your own instruments A lesson in technology, economics and convenience. Read More
A hands-on process Published on January 2, 2018January 2, 2018 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Working manually How much of your work is your own? Read More
Maps and apps Published on December 5, 2017December 6, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com In principle and in practice Another way we may be inadvertently changing how we see the world. Read More
The past in my pocket Published on October 3, 2017October 2, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Thruppence and history Paying with physical money, especially pocket change, is going away. That will make future historians’ work harder. Read More
The importance of being there Published on September 26, 2017September 26, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Imagination becoming reality Comparing images from space with paintings of space. Read More
Human limitations Published on September 19, 2017September 19, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com What are people best suited for? Perfection is one step away from extinction. Read More
Disaster this time? Published on August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Threatening technology New technology has been forecast to bring social disaster several times in the past. We seem to have avoided it; but that doesn’t mean we always will. Read More
A modern irritation Published on July 25, 2017July 25, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com on smartphone zombies New technology often brings irritations as well as conveniences. Read More
Junk mail Published on June 13, 2017June 12, 2017 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Making things easy New technology often makes a task much easier to do. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s done better. Read More