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”
Category: Projects and evaluations
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?”
Labster Evaluation
Labster is a company which develops interactive advanced lab simulations for broad range subjects including chemistry, sciences, medicine, and biology, etc. It aims to provide the educators various laboratory simulations which can be used in teaching the STEM students. Labster launched its lab simulation software back in 2013, so far it has created about 71 … Continue reading “Labster Evaluation”
Odoo Management Software Evaluation
Odoo is an all-in-one open source management software that includes ERP, CRM, eCommerce and CMS. It offers 30 core modules with 3000+ community apps that provides various functions to customize the business needs and automate the business processes, so no more interfaces between different software are required. Open source model of Odoo has attracted thousands of developers and … Continue reading “Odoo Management Software Evaluation”
An Overview of Internet of Things (IoT) for Study Space Monitoring
Finding a seat in some of the study spaces around the university has become an important issue for students. A survey from Bilyard & Johnson (2017) has found that finding a seat in the library is classified as a major issue or very major issue for 69% of students at the University of Birmingham. The … Continue reading “An Overview of Internet of Things (IoT) for Study Space Monitoring”
Office Robot Prototype: Monitoring for Health Hazards
In the Office of the Future, robots will play a crucial part. Robots deployments in manufacturing factories, warehouses, care homes etc. are on the rise. Soon we will have a world with robots roaming offices freely. Currently one of the most widespread use of robots in the office is to provide telepresence, where a robot … Continue reading “Office Robot Prototype: Monitoring for Health Hazards”
Lapworth Allosaurus App
An educational virtual reality application from the Lapworth Museum of Geology, designed by James Bogart from Computer Science, to allow visitors to learn more about the Allosaurus, a predator from the late Jurassic era. This application will allow users to learn more about the Allosaurus specimen at the museum and also about the Tyrannosaurs Rex, … Continue reading “Lapworth Allosaurus App”
Apple ARKit Overview
In the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple announced a tool called ARKit, which provides advanced augmented reality capabilities on iOS. Augmented reality is creating the illusion that virtual objects are placed in a physical world. Unlike other augmented reality experience that virtual objects are just hovering over the real world scenario, ARKit allows for fast and … Continue reading “Apple ARKit Overview”
Oracle APEX RAD Tool Evaluation
RAD (Rapid Application Development) is a concept of software development that focuses on speed, prototyping & iterative development rather than a formalised, time-consuming methodology. The idea behind RAD is to deliver solutions which are more efficient & meet the user requirements in a more dynamic & accurate way. Working with delivery of prototypes &iterative releases … Continue reading “Oracle APEX RAD Tool Evaluation”
Biometric Authentication Overview
From the casual users of the home computer to the business, corporations and government, there is a great concern about the security of files, systems, and the ability of technology to protect us from unauthorised access. Computer software companies have put a great effort to meet the demand for better security of sensitive, confidential, and classified information. This … Continue reading “Biometric Authentication Overview”