Our gadgets are getting smaller and increasingly require barely any human intervention. Taxis, food, music, and even the weekly shop appear as if by magic at a simple voice command. But as our computer-based solutions become invisible, are we actually less in control? Maker culture doesn’t only get in the middle and involve the user,…
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Interactivity has long been associated with engaging young people in learning, but this exciting new project goes one further and actually involves teenagers in the design. In this article from The Guardian, read about Melbourne’s famous Scienceworks museum and how their new exhibition is doing more to promote STEM subjects to young adults. The principle “science…
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It’s one of the big debates of our age: will technology replace jobs, and how will it change the work we do in the future? So much of this conversation tends to be negative, so I thought it’d be useful to look at some of the opportunities ahead – and what we should be doing…
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Technology has fuelled some of our greatest advances as a society, and provides countless aids for learning and creativity. But what if we’re switching off when we switch on? Moya Sarner of The Guardian talks to digital advocate and campaigner, Belinda Parmar, about technology’s seemingly unstoppable hold, and why access isn’t necessarily progress. In Belinda…
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