A week ago the BBC Magazine published an article exploring some predictions made by American civil engineer John Watkins in 1900. Most of Watkins’s predictions were astoundingly accurate (notably digital colour photography, mobile phones, television, and free university education), while a few others were perhaps a little ambitious (phasing out C, X, and Q from [...]
A new school year with UNICEF
To kick off the new year, UNICEF is drawing attention to the plight of children with no access to education. Their ongoing collaboration with a number of local and international partners aim to achieve the Education for All goals, which upholds the rights of all children to an education, and thus improve their lives beyond [...]
What seven billion really looks like
In November 2011 we were told that the population on Earth had passed seven billion people, which caused a lot of people to worry over how food and water supplies will be affected in the long run. Scientists came forward and gave predictions of varying severity on the future of the Earth. And artists were [...]
Goodbye 2011
It’s that time of year where we tie up all of our loose ends and tidy up before we close. And what a year it’s been – in Malaysia, around the world, and in Salt. We’ve worked with UDA and Sime Darby to create commemorative books, and we helped Rita Sim with publishing her project [...]
