Machines

Bibliomat: Small-Scale Press Makes Out-Of-Print Books On Demand

Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.01.2013 | UK Tech

Toronto bookseller The Monkey's Paw has come up with a novel way to sell old books on demand. The Bibliomat is a book printing machine that sells c...

Ubiquitous Computing: Blurring the Mind and Machine Gap

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 15.07.2012 | UK Tech
Preetam Kaushik

When humans, machines and the internet get together, what will the future look like? Michael Chorost's fascinating The World Wide Mind takes us through a journey of all the possibilities.

The Self-Service Checkout Machine: Please Put Your Misanthropy in the Bag

Julian White | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK Comedy
Julian White

A little while ago, self-service checkouts were finally installed in my local Morrisons. And long overdue they were too, if you're asking me. Not that I'm antisocial or anything. Far from it, I spend my days crouched over a laptop in a book-lined study (alright, book-lined garden shed) because I'm an incorrigible people person.

Giant Drill To Be Buried Under The Heart Of Manhattan

The New York Times | Posted 27.09.2011 | UK

A 200-tonne drill used to cut tunnels for the New York underground is to be buried deep under the heart of Manhattan. The New York Times reports that...