Innovation, long the preserve of technocratic elites, is becoming more open. This will be good for the world, argues Vijay Vaitheeswaran alent of 100 miles-per-gallon using alternative energy. The charitable arm of Mr Page's rm has already taken hybrid petrol electric vehicles, like the Toyota Prius, and turned them into even cleaner plug inn versions which can be topped up from an electric soc...

Crisis intervention, as it has evolved over the last five decades, has clearly demonstrated its effectiveness as a tool to reduce human distress. Nevertheless, as with any effort to alter human behavior, there are risks associated with crisis intervention. One such risk is that of premature intervention. Premature intervention may not only waste valuable intervention resources, but may serve to...

The global financial crisis of 2007–2009 caused major economic disturbances in the oil market. In this paper, we consider five variables that describe microeconomics supply and demand for oil, evaluate their importance before, during after crisis. We dissimilar regimes period January 1986 to end 2020: two prior crisis, regime main hypothesis tested is fundamentals remained important, even thoug...

Fifty Sisters is a generative artwork commissioned for the Ars Electronica Museum in Linz. The work consists of fifty 1m ∞ 1m images of computer-synthesized plant-forms, algorithmically ‘grown’ from computer code using artificial evolution and generative grammars. Each plant-like form is derived from the primitive graphic elements of oil company logos. The title of the work refers to the origin...

Fifty Sisters is a generative artwork commissioned for the Ars Electronica Museum in Linz. The work consists of fifty 1m ∞ 1m images of computer-synthesized plant-forms, algorithmically ‘grown’ from computer code using artificial evolution and generative grammars. Each plant-like form is derived from the primitive graphic elements of oil company logos. The title of the work refers to the origin...

Recent man-made or physical disasters, such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear crisis, have highlighted the enormous potential of robots capable to perform hazardous activities during disaster response operations1, resulting in a growing interest in Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) robotic research worldwide. In this context, initiatives such as the DARPA Roboti...