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Awards & Reviews for 21stCentury.co.uk

Computer Active Web Guide
Best Site - Science and Nature Category
The Computer Active Web Guide, Winter 2000

If you've a general interest in science and technology, but not necessarily the expertise, then this is the site to visit. It is an online magazine covering popular science stories. When we visited, the lead feature was on exotic and interesting production cars, as well as concept vehicles, some of which are downright ridiculous. Making use of the capabilities of the web, the site seems to have covered every exotic or unusual car out there, listed by manufacturer.

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Practical Internet

Issue 49, December 2000


Were you under the impression that the new millennium started last year? Think again...

The 21st Century is upon us. No, not that one - this one. 21stCentury.co.uk is a great collection of futuristic gadgets, toys, free online games and amazing cars with more fun than you can shake a book of Nostradamus' prophecies at.

21stCentury.co.uk is essentially a science and technology portal, covering everything from cars to fashion. It's a sci-fi tech-head's dream, a kind of Tomorrow's World on the Web, but the site is presented in a very accessible way. Worth checking out just for the robot butlers (we've waited for them to come on the market since Buck Rogers), there are some unexpected and interesting things that crop up.

21stCentury.co.uk has biographies of notable scientific luminaries, from Lao Tzu to Galileo and Douglas Adams and there are works from artists who have painted visions of the future. The Places section include_files all the best Millennium projects including the Lowry, the Tate Modern and the Eden Project. The Dome is there as well, but you can't have everything.

The ubiquitous Humour section is well put-together; the spoof tech-support query Girlfriend 7 ("I've upgraded Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and it won't let me run Pokernight 4.3 any more...") is particularly good. As for the cars, well: read, look, drool...

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Web Pages Made Easy

Issue 14
January 2001

Clifford White is the Web master and designer of 21st Century, a futuristic science and technology portal. Here he shares his ideas and tips about web design.

How and when did you become interested in Web design?

One day in 1993, a good friend of mine called to tell me that he had heard about something new, strange and exciting called the Internet. I was sceptical at first, but I soon found myself hooked...

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Yahoo
Yahoo Pic of the Week
27 November 2000


Here at Picks Central we sometimes like to dust off the old crystal ball and look into the future. The chaps at 21stcentury.co.uk do much the same thing, but don't worry - you won't have to cross their palms with silver first. Here you'll find futuristic vehicles and news on the latest gadgets and gizmos. Some areas are surprisingly old skool, like the Trekkie jokes and airbrush art galleries, but all in all this site gives a glimpse of things to come. Our favourite diversion was provided by the games area which offers snazzy updates of classics like Rubick's Cube and Pacman.

Fashion UK

Fashion UK
12 December 2000

Ever since the Casio calculator watch, gadgets have been accepted as must-have accessories for the microwave oven (I want it now) generation. To keep up with the times, those that feel like they're tagging behind on the technology front can swot up online at 21st Century. The website is crammed with everything you need to know about techie toys, people of the century and it even has a fashion section so you see what you should be wearing in the very near shiny future.


The Alchemist

The Alchemist - Chemweb Picks
5 January 2001


Now that we are into the real 21st Century, a timely visit to a site that attempts to bring all the latest science and technology news, gadgets and gizmos to the public is required. 21st Century – Your Portal to the Future is an innovative and informative site, launched in May 2000, that is very well presented and extremely user-friendly. The portal pages are not gimmicky which is surprising considering their content, in fact, the information is presented in such a succinct manner that even non-scientists would find the content amusing.

Now over to the fun bit, that is, the content. There is a lot to choose from but here is a small selection of what's on offer. The News section is split into ‘Science', ‘Technology', ‘Internet', ‘Space', ‘Environment' and ‘General' and is a round-up of links to other sites such as ScienceDaily or Space.com amongst others which have all the latest news/headlines in these areas. There are also live video streams and live audio streams to selected sites such as NASA Television (which requires Real Player) and Discovery.com, respectively.

The Science section had features that ranged from consciousness to nanotechnology, written by freelancers or adapted from books, on the day I looked. The Technology section "showcases a multi platform of technological breakthroughs and revolutionary discoveries" and had features on the Moller M400 Skycar, a car that takes off and lands vertically making getting to work easier; or the WetPC Underwater Computer, thought to be the world's first wearable underwater computer.
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New Scientist
The New Scientist
8 July 2001

21st Century - Find out where we're at.

The site offers a wide selection of scientific concepts concerning the formation of the universe and include_files summaries of Newtonian mechanics, quantum theory, The Big Bang, black holes, relativity, singularities and other related material. Potted summaries of nanotechnology, natural selection, SETI and much more are all here, attractively illustrated, and make for a nice site to potter around for a little less than a century but for a few moments more than the average.

There's a nice basic 'definition' of consciousness and where our understanding and philosophy have led us. But, consciousness, like many other phenomena are like jazz, as Louis Armstrong said: 'Man, if you gotta ask what it is, you're never gonna know.'


New Focus Front Cover
Issue 99
February 2001

A new British science site, 21stcentury.co.uk looks likely to compete with these big boys one day.

At the time of writing, the site's technology section leads with NASA's planned interstellar probe, to be built by the Marshall Space Flight Center and launched in 2010. Ish.

Unlike the more mature US sites, this is Big Buttons City - there's a thudding great tablet for each section, giving you a scientific slant on people, places, music, fashion, cars or art.

Each contains interesting homegrown features with relevant links - in most cases to the horse's mouth. There's no obvious distinction between highbrow and lowbrow content, and it's all cleanly presented, well written and illustrated.

When the UK gets proper grown up bandwidth and flat-rate surf charges, this site will be able to expand into enemy territory.

Reproduced with permission from
The National Magazine Co Ltd. © 2001


Net Hot 100
Top Technology Site
April - September 2001


The new millennium is only just beginning but already it looks like being a time when immense changes will continue to occur to our lifestyle, transportation and communication methods. The rate of technological advancement is increasing in huge leaps and bounds every day and it's becoming harder and harder to keep up with these advances.

21st Century is an excellent site for keeping informed about new developments and include_files everything from cars and robots through to fashion. It's easy to navigate and has plenty of pictures to illustrate the digestible chunks of text and historical profiles.

Other features include an impressive selection of links to useful science and technology sites, some fun old-school-style games and a forum for posting questions of philosophical points of view.

Reproduced with permission from
Future Publishing Ltd. © 2001


Metro
Site Spotlight
6 December 2000


21st Century is a futuristic and suitably super-slick pop science and technology portal. As well as an ecletic mix of well-written articles, the site offers reviews of the latest gadgets, gizmos and games. It has a range of categories to choose from, including people, places, concept cars and music, which attempt to further the creators' stated mission 'to merge multiple streams of interest together in a stylish and futuristic way'. If you have no interest in the splitting of the atom, genetic engineering or Sony's AIBO robotic dog (left), then this site will bore you to tears but if nanotechnology's your bag, you'll be in heaven.
I love it.

Net Surfer Digest

Net Surfer Digest
Future Portal
November 2000

There's something unique about the British sensibility that allows Brits to honor the past while embracing the future. Look at the Millennium Dome - well, maybe that's not a good example. This site, however, is.

Gathering a group of business forecasters, scientists, and "futurologists" (how do you get that job?), 21stcentury.co.uk offers the greatest and soon-to-be latest breakthroughs in cars, technology, fashion (if wearable computers can be called fashion), and society with dry succinctness.

Brief bios fill in the uninitiated on who's hot in the new era - brush up on your Freud and Picasso, they're big again - and where else can you hear about personal robots and the Honda Spocket at the same time? It's Popular Electronics for Generation Z.



NSDL Report
NSDL Report
30 August 2002

This fascinating Web site explores many new technologies that seem like they came from a science fiction movie. All of the features are real, and, while they are not all guaranteed successes, they are certainly interesting to read about. One of the innovations that is generating the most attention is wearable computing. The detailed article defines the characteristics of wearable computers and describes their operational modes and attributes. Another remarkable item is the solar powered race car built by engineering students at the University of Michigan. All technologies covered on this site include links to additional related information.

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