It probably comes as no surprise that the average worker loses their free and even paid holiday time to work. We love the phrase ‘time theft‘, and while these terms and initiatives like Australia’s Go Home On Time Day might appear extreme, it seems we need this push. After all, “time for anything other than…
Read MoreIn the last week, separate moves in Canada and the US threatened to restrict young readers’ access to LGBT-themed illustrated stories UK campaign group Stonewall has warned that children’s books depicting LGBT people are vital for the wellbeing of young people exploring their sexual orientation and gender identity, following a spate of attempts around the…
Read MoreUsing the latest technology, I’ve got my hands on a textbook from the year 2070. And it isn’t very complimentaryIt’s always odd when politicians make an appeal to “the history books” – it’s like an actor making an appeal to reviewers midway through the film. But it took on a new surreal meaning on Monday,…
Read MoreConcerns raised about safeguarding, bullying and high exclusion rates The future of state-funded Steiner education has been thrown into doubt after a series of snap Ofsted inspections found that three of the four such schools set up under the Conservatives’ free school programme were “inadequate”. The four have been inspected in recent weeks – alongside…
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We’ve recently seen how AI can increase empathy, and now a video game might be able to do the same. With the prevalence and central role these games have in children’s lives, they could be an essential route into learning. In the first in a series of pieces on the outlook for AI, Greater Good Magazine…
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Now to a piece from Dezeen, where multi-sensory projects are multi-purpose. Advertisers, in this case Adidas, are engaging in collaborative installation projects to align their commercial message to wellbeing. Through special environments that immerse customers in multi-sensory spaces, partners are enhancing experiences and solidifying their brands. American rapper Childish Gambino has built a multi-sensory “wellness centre”…
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Exciting news about our 2019 Cultural Residency, exploring the Imagination Matters theme – Empathy. Each year here at the Institute of Imagination we run a residency inspired by one of our Imagination Matters themes. Through our Imagination Lab in Lambeth, the residencies deliver collaborative, interdisciplinary projects with visitors. Following 2018’s Places to Imagine residency and the wonderful…
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Much of what allays our fears about the ‘rise of the machine‘ depends on knowing that there are some functions that machines can’t replicate. In this piece from Salon, Sam Natapoff, President of Empire Global Ventures, looks at the magnificent commercial possibilities of AI, while also studying its limitations. Essentially, if humans can’t codify a feeling,…
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This is the perfect example of STEAM; the meeting of art and science. Teaching artificial intelligence (AI) and programming it to create shows the potential for machine learning. Making AI art, something that’s like what we recognise yet original, is the bridge between our understanding and that of computers. AICAN is a program designed by…
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We usually work to associate imagination with the positive, and in essence overcoming fear is no different. While it’s a difficult subject to tackle, mental health is coming to the fore. This research from Valerie van Mulukom, experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist at Coventry University on The Conversation, looks to challenge traditional methods of therapy using the…
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