Mary-Ann Russon

Senior Technology Reporter

1801-1830 (out of 2330)

Mary-Ann Russon is Senior Technology Reporter for the International Business Times UK. Her work recently earned her a nomination for Digital Writer of the Year at The Drum Online Media Awards 2016 and she was shortlisted for Technology Journalist of the Year at the UK Tech Awards 2016.

Mary-Ann currently focuses on consumer technology — futuristic technologies like drones, 3D printing and robotics (artificial intelligence/machine learning); IT and mobile security; medical and scientific technology breakthroughs; aerospace and defence; quantum computing; retro tech; quirky, unusual geek stories; technology and its intersection with politics, crime and human rights; archaeology and anthropology; with a little bit of outer space thrown in too (yes, it's a wide remit).

A self-confessed geekette, Mary-Ann was formerly Deputy Editor of Mobile Europe and has written for The Economist, European Communications, Computerworld UK, Techworld.com, PC Advisor, Macworld UK, Digital Arts, iPad & iPhone User, TotalFilm, NEO Magazine and the Bournemouth Daily Echo in the UK. In Singapore, she was Editor of Asian MobileNews and wrote for The Straits Times, TODAY, and FiRST – Asia's Premier Movie Magazine.

Mary-Ann Russon

Origami robots designed by MIT and Harvard are able to fold up by themselves and crawl away

Harvard and MIT's Transformer Robots Can Fold Up and Crawl Away

Researchers have made transformer robots from laser-cut materials that can fold simultaneously

Bio3D Printer X - the first ever modular bio-printer that can print synthetic and organic materials at the same time

Bio3D Life Printer X: 3D-Print Human Cells, Antibodies, Proteins and Bacteria for Just $2,400

A Singapore start-up has created the first ever affordable 3D bio printer for the masses

Google Earth has added the Planet Mars to its software

Google Maps: Space and UFO Fans Can Now Take a Virtual Tour of Mars and the Moon

Google has added beautiful Nasa photos of the Moon and Mars to Google Earth. Here's how to use it

Tyler James Hoffman was caught after Microsoft allegedly detected him uploading explicit images to OneDrive

Microsoft Detects Child Abuse Images in OneDrive Account Leading to Arrest

Last month Microsoft detected a man uploading graphic images to his OneDrive account twice

Whysk - a new transportation service where silent, masked, barefoot monks pick you up and carry you to your destination

Forget Uber and Zipcar – Try Whysk, the Transportation Service Powered By Silent Monks

Satirists Clickhole's transportation service involves silent monks carrying you to your destination.

Laser pointers

US Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Jail for Aiming Laser Pointer at Police Helicopter

Firing laser pointers at aircraft can cause temporary blindness in pilots

What if we could make solar power satellites cheap enough to launch into orbit?

EmDrive: Could Microwave Thrusters be Key to Ending the Global Energy Crisis?

Long ridiculed scientist Roger Shawyer has been vindicated by new Nasa tests of his EmDrive technology.

Liu Fei's tomb on the Dayunshan mountain in Xu-Yi County, Jiangsu province

Chinese King's 2,100-Year-Old Treasure-Filled Tomb Discovered

Mausoleum of Chinese king Liu Fei unearthed by archaeologists in Xuyi County in Jiangsu, China

Silent Power PC

'World's Smallest High-End Desktop PC' from Silent Power Cooled By Copper Foam Not Fans

Silent Power in Germany says copper foam dissipates heat much faster than PC cooling fans

Mermaid 1

Spain Opens Its First Mermaid Academy To Help People Improve Swimming Skills

Have you always wanted to be a mermaid? Well now you can at Tarragona's Sirens Mediterranean Academy.

Sex offender John Henry Skillern was caught by Google when he sent explicit images using his Gmail account

Google Tip-Off Alerts Police To Alleged Child Porn in US Man's Gmail Account

Google's automatic image scanner allegedly found explicit images of a child in man's email.

3D-printed Martian base 1

Nasa Mars Makers Competition: Beautiful 3D-Printed Martian Base Designs

Nasa wants MakerBot 3D-printer users to design models for potential bases on Mars

Graphene aerogel resting on a delicate plant

Plane Passengers Could Be Given Parachutes Made From World's Lightest Material

Professor Gao Chao, inventor of world's lightest material, says carbon aerogel be used to give commercial aircrafts parachutes.

USB cables

USB Drives Contain Undetectable Security Flaw Allowing Hackers Take Control of Your Computers

Hackers can take over your computer using malware hidden on USB devices and there is currently no fix

A 3D-printed castle

Man 3D-Prints Castle In Back Garden Using Concrete Printer He Invented

Contractor in Minnesota invents 3D printer that can print concrete directly from CAD designs

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European Cosplay Gathering UK Preliminaries 2014 at Hyper Japan

Cosplayers compete to represent the UK in Paris at the European Cosplay Gathering competition in 2015.

SIRO-A play animated instruments at Hyper Japan 2014

Siro-A: Watch Japanese Techno Mime Group's Futuristic Performance

Japan's futuristic group Siro-A fused mime, techno and laser technology at Hyper Japan 2014.

Robo Garage CEO Tomotaka Takahashi shows off Robi, a robot that has a lot of smartphone capabilities

Robots Will Be the Next Smartphones, Says Japanese Inventor

Robo Garage founder Tomotaka Takahashi thinks robot minions will become the next mobile phones.

StingRay fake mobile base station

StingRay: US Police have Used Fake Mobile Base Stations to Spy on Citizens

Emails discovered by civil liberties group show Florida police have used StingRay since 2009.

Hanwha Eagles's cheerleading "fanbots"

South Korea: Cheering Robots at Baseball Games Stand in For Actual Fans

The Hanwha Eagles baseball team have introduced the world's first robot cheerleaders

Police officers attempt to arrest Deadpool cosplayer Ruben Rose for "carrying deadly weapons"

Deadpool: Sydney Police Attempt to Arrest Cosplayer on Train Armed with Fake Weapons

Commuters called the police on a man dressed up as Deadpool for charity.

Twerk-Bot 1.0, an imaginary invention dreamed up by Basement Jaxx

Japanese Twerking Robots Feature in New Basement Jaxx Video Never Say Never

Basement Jaxx parody Japanese robotic scientists in new video about the TW3RK-BOT

Vladimir Putin

Russia Offers $111,000 to Any Citizen Who Can Crack Tor Anonymity Network

Russia's Interior Ministry wants to identify internet users anonymously surfing the web on Tor.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies official poster

Comic Con: Evangeline Lilly Discusses Hobbit 3, New Poster Debuted

Poster for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was released at San Diego Comic Con

Mandatory Fun, Weird Al Yankovic's latest album, has topped the Billboard charts

Mandatory Fun: Weird Al's New Parody Album Enters Billboard Charts at Number 1

Hooray for Weird Al, he's topped the charts for the first time in his 30-year career.

RalliSport Challenge, one of the first Xbox games

Ghost in the Machine: Teenager Races Against Deceased Father's Ghost Car in Old Xbox

Teenager who lost dad at age 6 races his father's ghost in RalliSport Challenge 10 years later.

Unmanned flying drone used in residential area

Flying Drone Finds Missing Elderly Wisconsin Man in 20 Minutes After Three-Day Police Hunt

Amateur drone operator searched 200-acre field and found missing man.

2014 Commonwealth games mascot Clyde Thistle stands outside the Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery

Commonwealth Games 2014: Ten Unusual Facts You Might Not Know About Glasgow

IBTimes UK takeS a closer look at Glasgow, the Scottish city hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Black boxes - flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder

Malaysia Airlines MH17: What Can a Black Box Tell Investigators?

Black boxes from the MH17 plane crash are finally to be examined, but what will they reveal?

The city of Yumen has been sealed off after a man died of bubonic plague last week

Chinese City Sealed Off After Man Dies of Bubonic Plague

A 38-year-old Chinese man died of the bubonic plague in Yumen.