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During this long series of posts that I started in 2004, almost 20 years ago, I have addressed several times the concerns generated by new technologies. These concerns are particularly vivid in the education area, an area that I have come to perceive as one of the most conservative (at …

As Generative AI keeps making the headlines we are seeing more and more companies adopting it in various parts of their operation and biz. This is also generating a growing concern that the increased reliance on machines results in jobs cut. A very recent report by McKinsey, The Future of …

Here is a second set of questions, related to the role and impact of the Metaverse, received during the two talks: >>> How to expect improving education in the future by metaverse “schools or unversities”? The Metaverse, in the long term, can be considered as the space where we will …

This is not a recent story, but I just stumbled onto it and it made a strong impression, so I like to share it. It is a story published on The Economist about a young Afghan woman that under the Taliban regime was forced, as millions of other women in …

Socrates, as reported by Plato, felt that the teaching should be about learning  to formulate questions. If you can formulate a question you  are more than half way to find the answer. Yet many people feels that the important thing is the answer and technology, perhaps unfortunately, has helped in …

Whilst Industry 4.0 is characterised (and fostered) by technology adoption (IoT, smart robotics, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, connectivity 4G/5G, Digital Twins) the shift towards Industry 5.0 is having as “attractors” human centricity sustainability reliability These are not “technologies”, although there are a number of technologies supporting them (and investment in …

I have always been amazed by the ability of radiologists to pinpoint a problem by looking at those black and white RX! It turns out that it takes years of experience to get the knack, seeing what we don’t see at all. Medical doctors in general rely on radiologists expertise …

These last two years have seen millions of students, and million of professionals, taking courses on the web. Remote education has become a way of life for many creating issues to both students and teachers. The basic, and most common, approach has been to create a communication link through the …

5 billion smartphones and tablets provide a huge platform to deliver augmented reality content everywhere to everybody. The growth and pervasiveness of high speed communication infrastructures (wifi, 4 and 5G) plus the huge storage capacity of devices (acting as a local solution where connectivity is not available) is another enabling …

Hua Zhibing has enrolled at the Tsinghua University in Beijing. There are several “things” that place Hua in a category of  her own. To start with she has the cognitive capability of a 6 years old, and it seems quite strange that she would be admitted to the university. However, …