Auteur : Elisabeth Gandy

Do you know the collective noun for a large number of drones? It’s a “swarm”! Across the world New Year celebrations were somewhat subdued because of Covid but there was an inspirational “swarm drone show” to celebrate Hogmanay in Scotland. I’m perhaps biased because of my Scottish heritage, but make up your own mind by watching on this web site 150 display drones with lights but no cameras were used to create the show, which was filmed in the remote Scottish Highlands then superimposed on footage of Edinburgh. AI (artificial…

My close friends have a ritual. When it’s time to raise our glasses for a toast, they enjoy repeating the same phrase each time : “To our friendship which is priceless but which costs us dear.” I never really understood the value of these words nor their true sense, though that is the peculiarity of an expression, it seems. However, since January 1st things have changed and to fully appreciate their real meaning, I just have to imagine the United Kingdom sharing a toast with the European Union. Because whatever…