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Referee Nestor Pitana awards a penalty to France against Croatia in 2018 after watching a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) replay. : Ben Sutherland CC BY 2.0

Technology to assist football referees was introduced to ensure lineball decisions were correct. But at what cost to the game of chance?

Game changer: sport tech

Why video referees ruin football

Technology to assist football referees was introduced to ensure lineball decisions were correct. But at what cost to the game of chance?

Technology
The logistical city is often located on the urban fringes and is not given to spectacular architecture. : Michael Kramer CC3.0

What makes cities work? It is not the historic monuments or grand architecture but something far more prosaic.

Cities after colonialism

Bland warehouses hide the heart of a city

What makes cities work? It is not the historic monuments or grand architecture but something far more prosaic. Q and A with Prof Brett Neilson.

Economy
Women are often unable to escape the poverty trap due to traditional barriers they face in society. : ‘Women of the World’ by Robyn Jay available at https://bit.ly/3YxnQFS CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Research across the world demonstrates how global poverty can be tackled effectively by empowering women in all aspects.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

Poverty battle raged on in 2022, here are four ways women are working to escape it

Research across the world demonstrates how global poverty can be tackled effectively by empowering women in all aspects.

Economy
Open access in Indonesia, prestige over crisis? : “MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT” by Chris Devers is available at https://bit.ly/3jeYLzv CC by 2.0

Prestige drove Indonesian universities to open their research to the world. Now they need to tidy their files.

Science for all

Indonesian research access: quantity over quality?

Education
Human-robot relations in an automation of a city (Fakhri Luthfi) : Jabar Command Centre – Indonesia CC by 2.0

Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities and making life easier for residents but by doing so create more challenges for policymakers.

Robot cities

How humans and robots can co-exist in cities

Technology
Bandung’s notorious traffic congestion is one problem Living Lab can address. : Think twice for Sunday traffic by Ikhlasul Amal, available at https://bit.ly/3N9466d Ikhlasul Amal/CC BY 2.0

Living in a smart city means intelligent integration of all facets of urban life. After a shaky start, Indonesia is testing a new system to get it right.

Robot cities

How one Indonesian city went beyond apps to solve problems

Technology
How driverless cars interact with pedestrians will be key to to ensuring their safe adoption in future robotic cities. : ‘Smart Car’ by Ron of the Desert available at https://bit.ly/3fdoshX CC BY-ND 2.0

Communicating what autonomous vehicles ‘see’ can improve pedestrians’ trust and public acceptance. Can it also lead to widespread adoption of robots in cities?

Robot cities

Car or robot? Unlocking the future of autonomous vehicles

Science
The time is fast approaching when robots, like this trilobite at Spain’s Museum of the Ancient Seas, will take over tasks currently performed by humans, including tour guides. : Bisite Research Group Bisite Research Group

From taking tours to reducing traffic, the influence of robots on cities is growing fast. But it might be scratching the surface of what’s possible.

Robot cities

Robots at work, from museums to mines

Science
Education, key to women’s empowerment, can be one of the key beneficiaries of blockchain technology. : ‘IMG 3006’ by IICD is available at https://bit.ly3EL5qd4 Licensed under CC BY 2.0

The technology can help circumvent traditional barriers to women’s empowerment.

Empowering women to reduce poverty

Blockchain’s potential extends to poverty busting

Economy