Big Ideas

Almost £17 million is to be spent on 1,500 new electric charge points for vehicles and more than 100 green buses, the First Minister has said.

Electric cars could be charged in a matter of seconds using a revolutionary battery system developed by a team of Scottish scientists, it has been claimed.

Scottish scientists are developing a satellite-based system to improve forecasting of extreme weather anywhere in the world.

A new digital experience that encourages members of the public to do good deeds throughout the Edinburgh festivals has been launched this week with the aim of tackling social issues such as plastic pollution, litter and homelessness.

Scotland’s biggest sewer has opened after a £100 million construction project.

Excited talk of space tourism does not reflect what the proposed Sutherland launch site or the wider sector in Scotland is about, writes Chris McCall

More than half a million jobs will be created in Scotland over the next two decades with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) driving greater automation and robotics, new research indicates.

A consultation has been launched today on plans to improve the management of biometric data collected by the police in Scotland.

Once a vital tool, technology and fresh demands for fast responses have dealt a fatal blow to the humble spreadsheet.

Real-life robots are to be deployed to turn part of Glasgow’s famous Clyde Tunnel into a huge science fiction-inspired work of art.

One of Scotland’s best known landscapes could become home to a transformational development to provide energy storage capable of meeting the country’s renewable ambitions.

The public perception of stock exchanges remains little changed since the Big Bang deregulated the financial markets. Anytime a trading floor is depicted in a film or TV series, you can expect to see a group of men frantically waving their arms and shouting at a bank of screens showing the ups and downs of share prices.

The value of cryptocurrencies can fluctuate wildly but the blockchain technology they utilise is here to stay, writes Chris McCall

Scotland could learn from the example of other countries as it prepares to launch a bottle return system to encourage more people to recycle plastic packaging.

Scotland’s first artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain accelerator is to be launched in Edinburgh in a move expected to create almost 400 jobs.

Aberdeen has emerged as the second Scottish city hoping to become the UK’s test bed for the next generation of mobile technology.

It has been a busy few weeks for observers of the broadcasting industry in Scotland. STV announced a restructure of its news operation, with more than 50 jobs at risk, while BBC Scotland revealed that its new channel will not launch until February next year.