Technology

Technology isn't just digiboxes and satnav systems. Our experts explain further

VHS or Beta?

Take a trip to the past to bring your house up to date - explore our technology makeover.

Bouncing back

With the Competition Commission smothering the video on demand service, can Kangaroo bounce back?

More than just gadgets

Ipods? GM food? A way of thinking?The answer isn't quite as simple as you might think when you ask what is technology?

Keeping up with technology

Alan Sugar reveals how slips cost Amstrad a commanding lead in our exclusive video interview.

Dinosaurs 2.0

Does defrosted mouse DNA lead to the possibility of a mammoth in the freezer?

B92 Serbia FM

One radio station's survival story: The history of B92 Serbia FM.

Cyborgs or enslavement

Lord Broers believes that most technology has beneficial outcomes for humanity. But how vital is technology to the future of the human race?

Come together

Do our experts agree that collaboration is the key to the future? Should we all be working together?

Controlling the spark

Our experts explore Lord Broer's Reith Lecture on innovation and management.

Sweating the small stuff

Experts from a range of academic disciplines get to grips with the threats and benefits of nanoscience.

Chance and care

Is it possible for technologists to take chances without putting us all in peril? How do you balance risks and responsibilities?

Smallest parts

Does the future lie in the tiny world of nanotechnology?

Taking notes

Computers can even help those not trained in classical music notation to write for orchestras - we can all achieve high scores.

All join in the chorus

With computers taking the place of recording studios, we can all be stars. Find out how we're jamming.

Noises from the bedroom

Computers are revolutionising the recording industry in the Virtual Studio.

Explaining complexity

Get to grips with understanding complexity through systemic inquiry.

Relative values

The value of a product depends not just on the product itself - but how popular it is with other people. That's just one example of the working of network effects.

Trust me, I'm a reboot

Can there ever be a balance between technology and trust?

Sink or swim?

The music industry has struggled to keep up with the technological changes of recent years. Will they get it right with mobile music?

Jodrell Bank radio telescope support structure

Are we alone in the universe?

The only sure way to prove there's life beyond this planet is by making contact.

Making it Abbe up

Ernst Abbe came up with the maths which would reveal microscopic hidden visions.

The finest details

Giving us the power to see cell-life closer than ever before: the scanning electronic microscope.

Getting their wings

Military design has been inspired by the structure of butterfly wings, and their appearance - far from flights of fancy.

Tiny inspirations

Minature robots are getting a redesign thanks to some inspiring ants.

It's a small world

Does size really matter in chemistry? Discover the small world of microreactors in a lab on a chip.

Science fiction - or fact?

Do hyper drives and improved jet propulsion hold the future to running rockets?

Generating benefits

Can you put a price on saving the planet? Are we managing to find ways of greening electricity?

Network perspective

John Naughton delivered his inaugural lecture on The Social Life of Networks. Listen to the lecture.

The size of the problem: water-cooled valves

Making things smaller

Portable electronics were made possible by the creation of transistors.

Through the air

Discover the science of wireless communication, and how the scientists were able to send and receive transmissions.

Challenger exploded 73 seconds after launch (courtesy NASA)

The Shuttle explosion

Challenger flew nine successful Space Shuttle missions.On January 28, 1986, the Challenger and its seven-member crew were lost 73 seconds after launch. Read more about the Challenger disaster.