Category: Science and technology
Clique bait: Social networks for the super elite – Published in ES Magazine
With the world — and its grandmother — on Facebook, London’s high-flyers are finding their cliques elsewhere. Etan Smallman discovers where the super-elite are meeting up online [Click on image below to view full-size page]
Where are all the women inventors? – Published in The Guardian
23 June marks national Women in Engineering Day, but this year’s ‘Oscars of innovation’ highlighted a dearth of women inventors. By Etan Smallman When Sir Tim Hunt referred to his “trouble with girls”, the joint-winner of the 2001 Nobel prize for medicine got into a little spot of bother himself. The uproar over his comments…
Patent trending: Finally a contest in which Britain is competitive – Published in The Independent and The I
Eurovision? Nul point. Champions League. Not a hope. But there is, says ETAN SMALLMAN, one contest the British could feasibly win: this week’s European Inventor Award
Meet the fathers of Invention: Interviews from the European Inventor Award in Berlin – Published in Metro
You can read an extended version of this article on Metro’s website The European Inventor Award showcases the best in technology innovation from around the world. ETAN SMALLMAN went to Berlin to meet some of this year’s winners, including the inventors behind 3D printing and the DNA microchip