The music industry has seen new technologies change the way music is consumed, without changing who holds onto the money. But will a new blockchain-enabled streaming service, Choon, give more power to the people who matter: the artists? 

We hear from Choon's cofounder, DJ Gareth Emery, on his plans to fix the broken music industry

Once upon a time VR was a platform only for gaming, but Oculus has ambitions to turn virtual reality into a space where original filmmaking can flourish.

We hear how Oculus is helping filmmakers immerse audiences in films like never before

Just over a decade ago, Mozilla wrote a manifesto for the web to ensure that it would remain open and innovative to all.

Ten years later, however, Mitchell Baker, Mozilla chairman and author of the Mozilla Manifesto, accepts that the online world has not fully lived up to the aspirations

Around 70% of crops need pollination; however the number of insect pollinators has fallen dramatically over the past 50 years.

We explore what’s causing the decline, and whether robotic bees, or even genetically-modified bees, could provide a solution

Elon Musk managed to sell 20,000 flamethrowers in less than a week.

He then took to Twitter to joke about creating a zombie apocalypse in order to generate further demand for his flamethrowers. We ask: what if he wasn’t joking?

A collaboration between stamen design and the V&A, Big Glass Microphone uses vibrations in a 5km-long underground fibre optic cable to visualise and map the micro-vibrations caused by vehicles and machinery on the surface. 

We explore how repurposing infrastructure to provide data could transform city design

With a 3D portrait of Chelsea Manning created using only DNA from cheek swabs and hair clippings soon to be displayed at the V&A, we examine the potential wider uses of the technology in a forensic context.

Should we should be concerned about its broader usage?

Students at Villanova University have found that hops could grow well on the red planet. We consider the prospect of drinking a frosty one while watching the Martian sunset

Because of climate change, population pressures or sheer curiosity, many of our descendants may find themselves living in drastically different environments than humanity evolved to survive in. We look at how our species could one day modify itself to adapt to entirely new environments, from space to the ocean

In the far future, manufacturing may have completely ceased to exist, replaced almost entirely by in-home 3D printers capable of making complex, multi-material goods to your exact specification. 

Come on a tour with us through a world where you can make anything you want at the push of a button