Babbage
Reports on the intersections between science, technology, culture and policy, in a blog named after Charles Babbage, a Victorian mathematician and engineer
Closing the Babbage blog
And it’s goodnight from us
Difference engine
Why 10, not 9, is better than 8
For Microsoft, Windows 10 is both the end of the line and a new beginning
Meeting deadlines
Future, imperfect and tense
Deadlines in the future are more likely to be met if they are linked to the mind's slippery notions of the present
Robot jurisprudence
How to judge a ’bot; why it’s covered
The future of the ethics and legislation of robotics gets a serious look
Babbage: September 23rd 2014
Robots need laws too
THIS week our correspondents discuss Indian and American space probes at Mars and jurisprudence for robots
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Tesla’s high-stakes gamble
Has Elon Musk bitten off more than he can chew with his Tesla for the masses?
Display screens
Making Al green
The next generation of screens may be based on microscopic aluminium rods
Ancient monsoons
Where the wind comes from
Asia’s monsoons are millions of years older than was once thought. And carbon dioxide seems to make them more powerful
Babbage: September 16th 2014
Harpooning a space duck
THIS week our correspondents discuss Google’s Android One smartphones, aimed at the “next billion”, and the plans for a robotic lander to touch down on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Difference engine
A sharper image for TV
With a picture four times sharper, Ultra-HD is out to grab your attention