Photo by Mike Bird on Pexels The motoring industry is currently experiencing the most significant shift in automobile design and engineering since Henry Ford’s Model T. Fossil fuels have, arguably, outstayed their welcome and electric vehicles (EVs) seem like the logical next step. The Irish government, evidenced by the 2035 ban on selling new petrol and diesel vehicles, … [Read more...] about Are electric vehicles really our future?
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Paper versus Pixels: Have Kindles and their convenience replaced the need for physical books?
Image by Pexels from Pixabay The juggernaut of digitisation has brought many technological alternatives to everyday items. Smart watches are now the default in comparison to analogue. iPads and Apple Pens have become a stand in for pen and paper in classrooms and lecture theatres all over the world. So too have books been met by a digital counterpart: the … [Read more...] about Paper versus Pixels: Have Kindles and their convenience replaced the need for physical books?
The void-like echo chamber of social media
Image by Erik Lucatero from Pixabay Whether it’s the conflict in Gaza, the overturning of Roe v Wade, or the death of Matthew Perry, there is always a constant stream of news circulating around our timelines. I wonder if it is possible to pinpoint the moment when our social media platforms became so heavily saturated with current world affairs. If I were to hazard … [Read more...] about The void-like echo chamber of social media
Would you pay to post on social media?
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay With the commercialisation of the social media space becoming more prominent, it is starting to get difficult to view content online anymore. Elon Musk’s recent endeavours in October to add a paywall amongst other features behind X (formerly Twitter), a dystopian future of restricted freedom of information is approaching slowly … [Read more...] about Would you pay to post on social media?
Use AI to help you with your assignments – not do them for you
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The fanfare that generative artificial intelligence brought to us this year has become essentially non-existent, very little people talk about using this technology anymore. Generative AI learns from content that we’ve produced as well as resources that people have created before us – thesaurus books, dictionaries, conversations. … [Read more...] about Use AI to help you with your assignments – not do them for you