Trends analysis and news with a focus on tech, entrepreneurship, edtech, modern learning and industry 4.0 as well as Europe in general.
Listen to the story {Play} In my book Learning Design in Practice for Everybody I identify STEM schools to have growing impact in the future. At the same time, as STEM should adopt an A to make the concept fully adapted for the Digital Society. These schools that are directed …
Listen to the story {Play} Lenovo’s ThinkReality A3, which I first wrote about last year, is among the first of a new breed of hybrid smart glasses that offset most of the processing and connectivity to a host device such as a smartphone. But with Lenovo releasing the occasional computer …
Listen to the story {Play} In simple words, AR occurs in the real world with an additional layer of virtual things or content. Augmented reality can be used in multiple ways. These include smartphone cameras to perceive and view filters and AR glasses that combine computer visuals with natural settings. …
Listen to the story {Play} GelSight sensors is a new technology for the next generation robots that have been developed at MIT. It uses physical contact with objects to provide a detailed 3D map of its surface. Thereby it can determine what the object is. By putting the GelSight sensor …
Listen to the story {Play} It can feel quite strange to use a digital medium in everyday life. These concepts have been explored in well-known movies such as Source Code, Blade Runner, Her, etc. Smartphones have also become widely used in everyday life and in 2019 there were 2.5 billion …
Listen to the story {Play} A new report about the Swedish book market 2021 shows that book sales continually increasing in Sweden. Where the year 2021 was the best year ever with 5 billion SEK in total sales (approximately €500 million), in 2016 the total sales were 4 billion SEK. …
Listen to the story {Play} A portfolio is a collection of work that you’ve created that shows your skills in a certain area, like painting, photography, or UX design. What’s the purpose of your UX design portfolio? It’s important to understand exactly what your portfolio should achieve. What information should …
Listen to the story {Play} Here follow three research reports from the field of cognitive science and neuroscience of how culture and language affect skills. Thoughts without language? Research from CEA-Inserm-Université Paris Sud-Collège de France shows that there is a network of brain regions involved in advanced mathematics and also …
Listen to the story {Play} Deepfake crime is a real and present danger for businesses. Last year, it cost one bank alone $35 million in a single scam, yet many businesses are still ignoring the risks, partly thanks to a lack of cyber security skills at leadership level. With Deepfake technology …
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) …
