Beyond cryptocurrencies, Blockchain technology is gradually getting the recognition it deserves as a disruptive force of epic proportions. Blockchain made its foray into the limelight with cryptocurrency being offered as decentralized money. Beyond decentralized money, many industries such as real estate, supply chain, precious metals, and entertainment are witnessing the disruptive power of Blockchain technology. Blockchain technology…

Data is the new currency and the new oil. The proliferation of technology has led to a significant increase in the processing power of computers and the expansion of cloud storage. The interconnectedness of business is producing more and more data, in various formats and from different sources, thus creating challenges that cannot be answered…

Vacuum technology has been the core to important development in science since the 1800s. Although there were many inventors of the incandescent light bulb, Thomas Edison came up with a version better than the others. It was because he achieved a higher vacuum allowing the carbon filament to burn brighter for longer. In 1904 a British…

Paintball itself has come a long way since it was first introduced as a way to mark trees and cattle. Now, it is a professional-level sport and has a lot of new gear and technology to go along with it. One of the biggest advancements has happened with woodsball paintball markers, which are no longer…

The discovery of new drugs is crucial to the continuation of modern medicine. Drug discovery is the process through which new drugs are identified, trialled, and introduced to the pharmaceutical market. Developing new drugs to use in the fight against disease is a costly and time-consuming process. Drug development is dependent largely on public health…

At the most basic level millennial distrust with the traditional banks has been borne out of the financial crisis of 2007/2008. For many this has stuck in their hearts and minds as being an incredibly challenging time both personally and macro economically – and not something that will be easily forgotten. There are a huge…

2020 is just around the corner so it’s logical that most of us are feeling excited about what it might bring to our tech-driven world. In fact, a lot of us are already predicting what trends will explode during the upcoming 12 months. However, as it looks today, it feels like next year won’t be…

More and more, 3D printing is transforming the world. Manufacturing processes are never going to be the same again. With recent innovations such as those which are implemented in the omax waterjet, things are going forward more amazingly than ever. The idea behind 3D printing actually started as far back as 1981-1984, depending on how you…

Fifteen years ago, the only way to interact with your bank was by going to your bank. It was a frustrating, tiresome, and inescapable process that everyone endured and no one enjoyed. Then, the iPhone came. At first slowly and then all at once, smartphones revolutionized the financial industry. Now, instead of spending hours every week in…

Most industries welcome technological innovations with open arms. Retail, and in particular the high street sector, is an exception. Physical stores are in danger and have been since the advent of e-commerce. As more people take their spending online, brick-and-mortars are struggling to survive. Several high profile chains have collapsed, including the demise of British…

It's taken a little longer for virtual reality to take off than many observers expected. Back in the 1990s, technology magazines (remember those?) were filled with predictions that we'd all be walking around wearing virtual reality headsets by the year 2000. Unfortunately, the technology really wasn't ready by this point and the main impact of…

A smile is a powerful tool. A smile can be an ice-breaker, it can be a bridge builder, it can even act as a powerful weapon in certain circumstances. It is every bit as important to have a good smile in business circumstances as it is in personal ones, the world over. For that matter,…