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- Taking science back from the scientists
I believed it was not right to manufacture human embryos for research,
but I decided to use scientific arguments against this. In fact that
made the task easier. It was truly astonishing to see how regularly very
bad science was presented publicly by scientists who wanted to do such
work.
Issue 14 : Published 20-Jul-2010
- High-tech health in the bush
New technology can improve health care for geographically remote and ethnically diverse Australians. But it won't make much difference unless these people know how to use the technology and are involved in its design and implementation.
Issue 7 : Published 14-Apr-2010
- Choosing the sex of your child
The media has reported that
Australia's ban on couples using IVF to choose the sex of their
children might soon be
lifted. Some of the supporters of sex selection
for non-medical reasons are fertility doctors for whom there is a considerable financial incentive.
Issue 6 : Published 08-Apr-2010
- Libraries lead the e-book revolution
We are seeing only the early technology of the e-book. In five years the e-book will look, feel, sound, smell and gesticulate in very different ways from its iPad and Kindle prototypes. As usual, libraries are quietly ahead of everyone else.
Issue 4 : Published 01-Mar-2010
- iPhone mums take the lead
With sexy, user-friendly devices such as the iPhone and iPad, Apple appears to be succeeding at creating 'human' technology that changes lives and connects them to others.
It should come as no surprise that women are one of the fastest growing consumer groups of Apple products.
Issue 2 : Published 09-Feb-2010
- Best of 2009: If Facebook died
Australian online and wireless games constitute a rapidly-growing, billion-dollar industry, and sites such as Facebook increasingly dominate our social networks. Have we taken the first step towards 'trusting the computer' too much? October 2009
Issue 25 : Published 12-Jan-2010
- 'Depraved' videogames get serious
The media has labelled them 'murder
simulators', linked them to depression and held them
accountable for childhood obesity. But there's another side to videogames that the mainstream media doesn't seem to want you to know about.
Issue 23 : Published 25-Nov-2009
- If Facebook died
Australian online and wireless games constitute a rapidly-growing, billion-dollar industry, and sites such as Facebook increasingly dominate our social networks. Have we taken the first step towards 'trusting the computer' too much?
Issue 19 : Published 06-Oct-2009
- The rise of Deaf Pride
Those of us with normal hearing feel good if we think technology such as cochlear implants can help deaf people to hear. But Deaf people generally have little interest in 'cures'. They value their identity and see no value in becoming a different person.
Issue 18 : Published 18-Sep-2009
- Confessions of a videogame junkie
I spent untold hours playing on my Commodore 64. I upgraded to a PC, to fight the beasties of Duke Nukem 3D as I chugged too many coffees and Mars bars. Interactivity is videogames' strength, and can be applied in socially constructive ways for marginalised communities.
Issue 25 : Published 15-Dec-2008
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