Stories about educational technologies, virtual reality, augmented reality, Artificial Intelligence, gamification and other tech
Listen to the story {Play} Oxford University announced today a significant share of an £80 million investment by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for next-generation artificial intelligence technologies. This funding solidifies the University’s role as a leader in the global AI research sector. The Oxford hub, led …
Listen to the story {Play} Three Danish Ministers for research, education and digitization write that generative artificial intelligence like Chat GPT is excellent tools to transform the curriculum to become better adapted to the digital age. The article is a response to an opposition party in Denmark want to some …
Listen to the story {Play} Augmented Reality in practice adds a new dimension is being added to the mission of designing for interaction with the user. This delivers an illusion of actually bringing 3D-objects beyond the screen out of the smartphone or tablet to interact with the environment outside the …
Listen to the story {Play} In a report on the future of robots from Oxford University and Yale University from 2017 shows that it is 50% chance that AI will outperform humans on all tasks within 45 years and of automating all human jobs in 120 years. This is the …
Listen to the story {Play} If you have figured out an effective way to manage your company’s big data, then make way for some serious innovation. But be warned, trying to big data effectively can be problematic. Often large and complex data sets are difficult (at the best of times) …
Listen to the story {Play} A research team from MIT has developed a method to help people better understand when to trust an AI teammate, e.g. when diagnosing medical conditions. The method is based on an onboarding technique that guides humans to develop a more accurate understanding of the AI’s …
Listen to the story {Play} Machine learning provides powerful tools to researchers to identify and predict patterns and behaviours, as well as learn, optimize, and perform tasks. This ranges from applications like vision systems on autonomous vehicles or social robots to smart thermostats to wearable and mobile devices like smartwatches …
Listen to the story {Play} AR has arrived, in fits and starts. Ikea has an app that lets you see, on your phone, what a piece of furniture would look like in your home. Splunk has an app that helps field workers repair industrial systems, accessing performance metrics and repair …
Listen to the story {Play} AI models of language work great at specific tasks. One example is predicting the next word when you are typing a text. However, the new generation of artificial intelligence is learning the more underlying meaning of the language, which is put in practice e.g. results …
Listen to the story {Play} The future cluster initiative was announced in 2019 by the German Government as an open-topic competition under the motto “Clusters4Future”. It was the new flagship of the high-tech strategy 2025. Now in October, the first seven innovation clusters in Clusters4Future are starting the implementation phase. …
