Category: Emerging Technology Competition

The Emerging Technology Competition (ETech) is an annual event organised by the IT Innovation Centre to promote innovative uses of emerging technology. The ETech Competition is free to enter and open to ALL current undergraduate and postgraduate students at the university, technical or non-technical. You can enter as an individual or as a team. To enter you need to … Continue reading “Emerging Technology Competition 2017-2018”

The Demos and Awards Ceremony for the Emerging Technology Competition (eTech)  was successfully carried on 22nd March 2017. Our finalists have inspired us with their app designs and prototypes, from mobile apps,  virtual learning assistant, drones, 3D printing to blockchain technology etc. This year we have a great variety of different technologies. External sponsors from Whitbread … Continue reading “Emerging Technology (eTech) Competition 2016-2017 Winners Announced”

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”

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”