Changes At BAD IDEA: Sci-tech

Following Hot Money, Tomorrow People and Creative Economy in the roll call of fabulous sections of the new Bad Idea site, coming in a couple of weeks or thereabouts, is Sci-tech.

Yes, you cracked the code – it’s about science and technology, which is obviously a pretty broad church. So to specify, we’ll be looking at computing, nanotech, biotech, telecoms, neuroscience, manufacturing, video games, pharmaceuticals, munitions, social networking, and the internet. But rather than be a) a gadget blog, b) a dry science journal, we’re going to focus on the social impact of science and technology. On their own terms they’re impressive but distant – we’ll be looking at their application in the real world of work and leisure.

There’ll be a regular column looking at genuinely game-changing smartphone apps, at their potential uses rather than merely their specifications. And as with all our new sections, there’ll be opinion from Bad Idea writers and professionals on the machinations of the sci-tech industries. And we’ll try and restrict our geeky excitement at new shiny touch-screen, augmented reality toys just to our Twitter feed…

Posted by The Bad Idea Team in Sci-tech | October 15, 2009 10:21AM |