Organisations have become more reliant on their data and reporting capabilities. However, knowing what information needs to be reported and where that information is stored is difficult to answer. Trying to find an answer to a simple question can be quite a lengthy & difficult process if the data is not organised, manageable or easily accessible. Due to … Continue reading “The Data Cookbook Evaluation”
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Drop in Sessions – eTech Competition 2016-2017
To support the students with the development of the working prototypes for the eTech Competition, IT Innovation Centre has organised two drop-in sessions for the ETech participants to come and get some advice from the IT Innovation Team. The details are below: ETech Drop- in Clinic: When: Wednesday, 1 February 2017 12:00-15:00 Wednesday, 8 February … Continue reading “Drop in Sessions – eTech Competition 2016-2017”
3D Printing Technology Overview
3D printing is an additive manufacturing process which creates a physical object from a digital design. It involves using layers of material, building the structures through construction of layers of materials to grow the structure from bottom upwards. 3D printing technology has been around for quite a while, however, recently it has expanded its usage into many different … Continue reading “3D Printing Technology Overview”
Voice Authentication – AudioPIN Solution
Voice Authentication as a means of biometric authentication has been around for quite a while. Along with the technological progress and the improved accuracy, voice authentication has again attracted the market’s attention. Voice authentication is to use the voice biometrics as a method of determining the identity of a speaker for access control. Voice biometrics is a … Continue reading “Voice Authentication – AudioPIN Solution”
ITIC on BBC Midlands Today – Gesture Controlled Technology Meets the Arts
IT Innovation Centre featured on BBC Midlands Today. Dr Sean Duffy, Director of IT Services, together with the IT Innovation Team was interviewed for the programme to explain how Gesture Controlled Technology can be used in the Arts. See the video here:
Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017
The Emerging Technology Competition (eTech) is a new initiative that aims to attract innovative ideas and incentivize the innovative use of emerging technologies by undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Birmingham. The competition is organised by the IT Innovation Centre (ITIC) in IT Services and builds on the success of the Student Mobile App Competition that … Continue reading “Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017”
Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Education
Technology is improving at a rapid pace, as many things emerging today can only exist in human being’s imagination before. Some of the impossible things rising to the occasion are the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Although they are very similar in terms of creating virtual objects, they are different in creating immersive environments for the audience. Recently, … Continue reading “Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Education”
Virtual Reality Using Leap Motion and Oculus Rift
The advent of more precise consumer virtual reality (VR) systems garnered the interest of numerous industries over the unimaginable potential of these head-mounted displays (HMDs). These HMDs, coupled with an input device, enables us to interact within the virtual environment – which boosts the sense of immersion. With recent advances in software, it has become easier to interact … Continue reading “Virtual Reality Using Leap Motion and Oculus Rift”
Intranet Newsfeed Experiment – Feedly
Feedly is a news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices. It is available as a cloud-based service. It compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources for the user to customise and share with others. It can also act as a browser add-on for Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari that delivers news feeds … Continue reading “Intranet Newsfeed Experiment – Feedly”
Chatbot overview and IT service desk chatbot experiment
Chatbot is one of the emerging technologies leading the agenda in 2016. Microsoft launched “Tay” in March 16. Facebook announced in April 2016 that businesses would be able to provide chatbots to deliver automated customer support via its “Messenger” services. Other providers include IBM and Microsoft are also providing development platforms to develop the chatbots. A bot is … Continue reading “Chatbot overview and IT service desk chatbot experiment”