What to expect in 2022
With the new year approaching it’s time for some predictions and a review of what has passed. This is what to expect in 2022
Read MoreEntering the Metaverse
What is the metaverse? And why is it such a hot topic all of a sudden? This is your introduction to the world of mixed reality.
Read MoreFurther and higher education: The dividing line
The number of students in further education has collapsed, undermining the UK’s ability to prepare people for the future
Read MoreThe Future Home: A Smart, Green, Machine for Living In
I’ve been working with Hive looking at the future of the smart home with particular regard to sustainability. Here are my predictions.
Read MoreThe Trust Gap
What has happened to trust in authority? And ill trust in media, politicians and experts be restored in the coming generations?
Read MoreAll the world’s a stadium and all the men and women merely gamers
What does it mean to be a winner in the game of life today? And how much control can we exert over the rules?
Read MoreIf the future is female, then we need to deal with the past
Our culture constantly reinforces a sense of male entitlement to women’s bodies and service. Until we challenge it, nothing will change.
Read MoreWhen the flame goes out
Kids are bemused by old technologies that were critical to us but which have now disappeared, leaving only echoes. What technologies are likely to disappear in the near future? Here’s one suggestion, explored in fiction.
Read MoreA digital life after death
Microsoft has filed a patent to turn someone’s digital personality into a chatbot. Is this our first attempt at resurrection?
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