The use of robots should trump that of astronauts when it comes to government funded space travel, suggests Lord Rees (OM, FRS, HonFREng, FMedSci, FRAS, HonFInstP), the cosmologist and astrophysicist. The UK’s Astronomer Royal – his official title – has said government funding should no longer be used to send people into space. Talking in the context of space exploration ...
Tomorrow, the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence in Weapons Systems Committee will hold its third public evidence session on the current state of artificial intelligence in weapons, and how it will impact warfare. The Committee will hear from: Dr Kenneth Payne, Professor of strategy at King’s College London Dr Keith Dear, director of artificial intelligence at Fujitsu James Black, assistant ...
Regulation of the digital world has not kept pace with its role in our lives, says the House of Lords Communications Committee
The House of Lords EU Internal Market Sub-Committee has written to Sam Gyimah MP, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, to raise concerns about the progress of, and the Government’s commitment to UK space programmes after Brexit. The letter calls on the Government to act quickly to achieve an agreement that preserves UK access to EU space programmes. ...
A House of Lords committee investigating civilian drone use in the EU will hear from Government Minister Robert Goodwill on Monday 1 December. The committee is the House of Lords ‘EU sub-committee on the internal market, infrastructure and employment’, and is investigating the use of civilian remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS), otherwise known as drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). ...
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called for immediate action to ensure enough young people study science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects at both undergraduate and postgraduate level...
The government wants digital switchover to take place in 2015, but not everyone is happy with this plan, including the House of Lords. Critics point to the high cost of replacing FM radios, the higher receiver power consumption and poor DAB coverage. But there are business benefits to be gained from switching to digital, according to broadcasters industry body Digital Radio ...
In a report, the House of Lords has questioned digital radio switch-over provisions in the Government's forthcoming Digital Economy Bill. The Bill, largely based on the Government's Digital Britain report, proposes the transfer of all AM medium wave and FM VHF broadcast stations to DAB, leaving only ultra-local.
Queen's University Belfast has the ambitious aim of developing wireless systems on CMOS
EPSRC calls for proposals in £5m Next Generation Electrophotonics
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