Author Archives: Martin Hamilton

About Martin Hamilton

Futurist at Jisc

Report: Building the Intelligent Campus – the Internet of Things

The final published version of this report is now available from the Jisc website TL;DR: We’re seeing a perfect storm of innovation as pervasive connectivity and powerful miniaturised computing hardware means that almost anything can be a connected device. From toothbrushes to toasters, chairs to cupboards, venture capitalists are currently carrying out a world-wide experiment to see … Read more

Report: Deep dreaming of AI in education

The final published version of this report is now available from the Jisc website TL;DR: When we think about artificial intelligence (AI) we tend to picture the anthropomorphic robots of classic science fiction stories. In an education context, perhaps it’s a robot teacher gliding silently down a school corridor, some time in the future. But AI is … Read more

The Quiet Rise of Google Cardboard

The tech everyone wanted to try out at the Jisc Digital Festival this year (digifest15) didn’t cost hundreds of pounds – instead it was an ultra low cost virtual reality headset based on the Google Cardboard design, which you simply slot your Android phone into. Google Cardboard is the successful virtual reality product you might not … Read more

A Digital Dark Age?

Most of us now have a cupboard or two’s worth of old media that we’re keeping because one day we might want to go back to it. Floppy disks, old hard drives, audio and video cassettes, CDs and so on. But how many of us no longer posses a device capable of reading/playing that media? There’s a software … Read more

Where Does the Self-Driving Car Leave the Taxi Driver?

As service users or consumers, we love that the Internet removes intermediaries. Just think: one click to buy and download a new book or album, everyone now able to “publish” their thoughts and ideas to a potentially global audience, the rise of the citizen journalist and citizen science, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, and so on. Future generations will undoubtedly … Read more