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New technology or applications are often made available to organisations - and indeed individuals, on the basis of caveat emptor. The implication being that it will have a considerable, successful, impact on the user’s life, writes Dr Stephen J Pratt FBCS, Director of Teaching and Learning at Swansea University.

The Great British Sewing Bee is back on BBC 1. Seamsters and seamstresses across the UK are eagerly tuning in for the show’s seventh series as 12 contestants compete for the crown of Britain’s best amateur sewer. As a keen sewer herself, BCS Senior Press Officer, Victoria Temple says knowledge of computational thinking comes in handy.

From data centre infrastructure efficiency (DCIE), to power usage effectiveness (PUE), there are many considerations which ultimately impact the cost to build, operate and scale a facility, writes Darren Watkins, managing director for VIRTUS Data Centres.

Dr Jonathan Theodore, Head of Product Management at Hyve Dynamics, explains the impact of innovative materials in the biometric and other sectors, including how these developments have allowed for new kinds of technologies and products: from solar panels to space elevators. Blair Melsom MBCS reports.