IT Innovation Centre: Come and meet us in our new location – drop-in session Thursday 28 June You’re invited! Find out where the heart of Innovation within IT Services is located at our open afternoon on Thursday 28 June The IT Innovation Centre moved to a new location within the ERI Building last week. Although … Continue reading “IT Innovation Centre: Come and meet us in our new location – drop-in”
Author: Tim Packwood
GDPR bot – a prototype chatbot to inform people about the new GDPR regulation.
What is a chatbot? Put simply, a chatbot is a computer programme which can conduct a conversation with a user via auditory or textual input. Chatbots are designed to simulate typical conversational behaviour between two people, with the best chatbot systems being able to convince a user that they are speaking to another person. The … Continue reading “GDPR bot – a prototype chatbot to inform people about the new GDPR regulation.”
Virtual Labs – An investigation in to the future of the teaching labs
The demand for virtual lab is growing with the development of online learning. Online lectures by video are fine for conveying facts, formulas and concepts, but they can’t give students experience in planning an experiment and analysing data, or exercising any of the other practical and social skills essential for success in science. Researchers and … Continue reading “Virtual Labs – An investigation in to the future of the teaching labs”
Do you have an idea for a mobile app?
The IT Innovation team is about to commence on a project to evaluate React Native – an open source mobile development framework for creating native mobile applications for iOS and Android platforms. What do we mean by native mobile applications? A native mobile app is a smartphone app that is coded in a specific programming … Continue reading “Do you have an idea for a mobile app?”
Innovation Team features in Arts & Science Festival with virtual reality art
The IT Innovation team held the ‘Art & Technology’ workshop at the Arts & Science Festival on Friday 16th March 2018. Over the past decade, new technologies have had a revolutionary impact on our ability to create art. No longer bound by the physical limitations of the gallery, technology has provided artists with new ways … Continue reading “Innovation Team features in Arts & Science Festival with virtual reality art”