4 Superpowers to stay relevant in the AI Age

I often wish for the ability to think of something like sending an email or WhatsApp message and it actually sends, especially as my time in front of devices has diminished considerably. However with advancements like Elon Musk’s first Neuralink Telepathy product, that future does not seem that far away now. Thus it becomes essential […]

Correlation between Olympic Results and Annual GDP of Countries

The Tokyo2020 Olympics ended on the 8th August and it’s always interesting to see the final results table with the winners. Looking at the list, it’s easy to notice that countries with money are at the top, which is not really a surprise as these countries are able to invest more into sports.  In my […]

Black Mirror shows us how simple technological decisions can go humanly wrong

Ever since a friend recommended the Black Mirror anthology series some years back, I have been a fan. So when Season 4 came out on December 29, my New Year’s holiday day was spent binge watching the whole season – I couldn’t help myself! Although this was not the best season, many of the episodes […]

Guidelines to creating a chatbot

With all the hype around chatbots, I was glad to get a chance to actually get some experience in developing one. A few weeks ago, within our Immerstive Automation project, we had Nick Diakopoulos, an Associate Professor in computational and data journalism, lead a workshop on creating chatbots. I was very excited to get to build […]

There should be more research pitching events

Last week, I took part in my first Tech Research Showcase. As a researcher who is interested in entrepreneurship I wondered afterwards why I had never attended a pitching event where the sole focus was my research. The tech research showcase event was organised by Icebreaker.vc at the startup hub Maria 01. Icebreaker invited tech researchers from […]