Edinburgh News: technology
Council Waives Thousands of Bus Lane Fines
Thousands of fines for drivers caught on camera driving in the bus lane on a busy Edinburgh road are to be waived or refunded, the Council announced today.
Digital Project Will Showcase Scottish Norwegian Hydro-Electric Links
Engineering buffs, students, and those curious about how we tap energy from our rivers, will welcome a forthcoming joint project between Scotland and Norway to document the development of the hydro-industry.
Group Portrait In A Landscape, Traverse Theatre, Review
Peter Arnott is now at the end of a unique year-long stint as Resident Playwright, based at the ESRC Genomics Forum.
2401 Objects, Traverse Theatre, Review
The slow, plinky-plonk, whistling music, that sounded like the background to a light-hearted French film, wafted through the theatre, adding irony to the deeply moving subject matter that was about
Talent Night in The Fly Room, Traverse Theatre, Review
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Interview: Simon Gage, Edinburgh Science Festival Director
The longtime EISF director explains the art of science communication and why warnings from this year's Edinburgh Medal winner need to be heeded.
Edinburgh To Become "Super-Connected City"
Edinburgh is one of ten UK cities set to share £100m to introduce ultra-fast broadband and wifi through the city, Chancellor George Osborne announced today in his budget.
Book Festival To Host Edinburgh World Writers' Conference
The Edinburgh International Book Festival and the British Council are collaborating on a new venture The Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference 2012-2013.
General Register House Being Captured in 3D Survey
The 224-year old General Register House at North Bridge is the latest historic building to be laser-scanned and digitally recorded as part of ongoing proje
Futuristic, Genomics Drama to Have Airing
Come April, Peter Arnott - an award-winning scribe from Glasgow - will have completed a year as the first Resident Playwright to be based at the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Genomics Forum. The position has been part of a creative partnership with the Traverse Theatre.
Film Review: Waltz With Bashir (Manipulate Festival)
The annual Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival opens today (Monday) continuing until Saturday with a stimulating and eclectic program
Dalai Lama Sets Usher Hall Box Office Record
Four out of every five tickets sold at the Edinburgh Usher Hall for the Dalai Lama public talk were online which was an all time record for the Usher Hall.
Salmond Invites Energy Innovators to Edinburgh
First Minister Alex Salmond has invited some of the world's top energy innovators at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi to come to Scot
Edinburgh Professor of "God Particle" Fame Wins Edinburgh Award
Professor Peter Higgs whose theory about the existence of an elusive particle – or boson – came in a moment of inspiration while walking in the Cairngorms in 1964, has been named the
Bawbag Takes Web By Storm
The high winds in Edinburgh are now easing, with transport and schools expected to be back on a normal footing tomorrow. Bawbag is receding.
Videos of High Rise Demolitions Give Council A Pop
It seems people like a demolition. Yesterday's demolition of the three towers in North Sighthill, to make way for 320 new homes (see earlier story), has already become the second most popular video on the City of Edinburgh Council's YouTube channel after 19 hours with 4,165 views.
Film of the Week: Blood In The Mobile
Ten years ago it was widely publicised that minerals such as coltan and cassiterite used in electronics, particularly cell phones, were funding violent militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Forth Bridge's Paint Job "That Never Ends" About To End
Painting of the Forth Bridge - the paint job that famously "never ends" - is coming soon to an end.
Debate: The Future is Online (EIBF Review)
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Whither the future? A question many of us ask, especially when we’ve no idea what the answer may be.
De-regulate and Go Global, Google Chief Tells TV Fest
Google chief Eric Schmidt talks about the future of television as he sees it athe MediaGuardian Edinburgh Television Festival.
The Rise of E-Books (EIBF Review)
The e-book, along with content-containing apps and an increasing range of electronic and digital methods of media delivery is changing the publishing industry and threatening the future of books as we know them. Or perhaps not as much as we imagine. Discuss.