Skill Zone News issue 99
This month, the National Environment Research Council asked the British public for inspirational naming suggestions for its two-hundred million pound research vessel, and its website crashed under the strain of people voting for Boaty McBoatface. On June 23rd, the same British public will be asked to decide its future in Europe.
29th March 2016
The 21st century bank heist
Bank robbery is still a fact of life, but the days of tunnelling into banks, or the armed raids involving sawn-off shotguns are largely in decline. There are still too many armed robberies, but nowadays the modern blagger does his bank robbery online.
The mountain and the mole hill
Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in the British Isles is even taller than you think. This month the Ordnance Survey has increased the height of Ben Nevis as printed on its maps, from 1,344 meters to 1,345. Is the Grampians having a growth spurt, or is modern technology to blame?
Robots in retreat
Are the robots ready to take over the world? You might think so, given the publicity that often surrounds advances in robotics, but maybe we haven't yet reached the point where the machines take over.