Last week’s announcement that the state pension age will rise to increase to 68 in 2039 (seven years earlier than previously planned) once again brings into stark focus the ageing demographic of the UK population. […]
I think we can all agree that 2016 was a funny old year. The pollsters got it spectacularly wrong – twice – which has to be the best endorsement ever for big data and intelligent intelligence, while post-truth became the Oxford Dictionaries word of the year (at least it beat Brexiteer to the top spot!). […]
In the bad old days of analogue, taxi drivers only had three channels: sport – usually football, sound bites on the topic of ‘what’s wrong with society’, and a public information broadcast about the standard of other people’s driving. And all of this with the radio switched off! Thankfully, the near future will be very different. […]
Those who reject the idea of fully automated vehicles on the road are missing the point – they’re already here. True, they’re not like the car from Knight Rider with its unfeasibly long list of features but they are backed and developed by innovative brands such as Ford, Volvo, Tesla, Google and Uber. It’s been a long journey to this point, perhaps longer than you think. […]
Big Data has huge implications, but it’s been around us a long time. Let’s start at the beginning – birth, where you’re assigned an NHS Number (in their own words: a Unique Patient Identifier). Any healthcare you receive will be assigned to it. […]
The Internet has transformed most industries. The adage ‘you either have a presence or an absence’ has been the guiding principle that, for a time, even inspired the government to run a Getting British Business Online campaign. […]
