Whether or not you believe in luck, Christmas is the perfect time to explore how STEM could give magic a helping hand. Michael Faraday started the Royal Institution Christmas lectures in 1825, and today they’re the UK’s flagship science series, broadcast on the BBC. In this year’s series, Dr Hannah Fry, Professor of Mathematics at…
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It’s easy to get carried away with architecture and design; sacrificing usability or making it secondary to innovation. However, Space10, a Danish research and design lab is dedicated to projects that will actually work for the people that use them. Here, Design Week catches up with the team to talk about the importance of connecting…
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Wikipedia has almost become a reflex for quick, digestible and user-friendly information. So we love the idea of exploring it in a different language. It’s like a hack of two halves. Not only does one get the exposure and reminder that there are hundreds of other tongues out there, but the ‘secret’ extra learning hidden…
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As one of our key themes, the future work conversation often revolves around new careers, outdated patterns and the flexibility brought by ever-changing technology. But what challenges face the creative industries in particular and how might these new trends impact this unique sector? Creative Review has rounded up the current thinking. While the conversation around…
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We’re excited to bring you this piece on robot-learning on WIRED. It cites Alison Gopnik, a UC Berkeley professor and one of iOi’s champions. She delivered our inaugural lecture and spoke about child development. Here her work is taken a step further into applying those methods of child development to robots. Robots, who are by…
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It seems obvious that our surroundings affect our emotions, but that connection has not always been taken into account. As this article from BBC Future explores, cities are becoming home to the majority of the population, and their architecture is making its mark on us. We’ve questioned cities’ suitability for the future before, and it…
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And now for something completely meta. We’ve just about got used to the idea of AI understanding, learning – possibly even creating – but actually forming opinions? To go one further, here a robot debates the case for robots. Against itself. As this article from NewScientist asserts, the AI still relied on human inputs. However, the…
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At iOi we challenge ourselves to inspire lifelong learning and discovery through the promotion of imagination. One pathway to that is empathy, one of our key themes on Imagination Matters. Michael Brenner is a speaker, author and CEO. Here he brings us his literary inspirations for his book Mean People Suck – a manifesto for…
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Today’s article comes from Wabisabi Learning, a foundation dedicated to bringing innovation to learning. It’s obviously a cause we support here at iOi. This article in particular is about bringing imagination, our inspiration, to learning. We love the concept of the imagination and knowledge cycle; it’s not about acquiring knowledge, but through unlocking doors to…
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This week we’re excited to bring you an article from Rachael Bull, Programme Manager, Arts & Culture Programmes and Investments at Nesta. It’s an innovation foundation that works collaboratively, through experimentation labs and crowdfunding, to find solutions to the big problems facing society. Here she presents Alterrnaratives, an exploration of new forms of storytelling in…
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