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IoT and RetailTech to Help Personalise Instore Brand Experience

IoT and RetailTech to Help Personalise Instore Brand Experience

As shopping is increasingly done online, the value of bricks and mortar shops have been questioned and we frequently hear about stores closing. However, is it because people are buying elsewhere...

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Saved by the Drone. How these Flying Objects Are Helping to Save Lives

Saved by the Drone. How these Flying Objects Are Helping to Save Lives

Who would have thought back in 2000 when the CIA were using unarmed drones over Afghanistan how widespread their usage would become? From people using them for fun to business using them in areas...

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Personalisation Key as Fashion and Retail Take Up Technology

Personalisation Key as Fashion and Retail Take Up Technology

Technology is moving from wearables on our wrists to the rest of our bodies as it impacts on the fashion industry. However, the result is not just in the design with FashionTech but also...

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Time to Celebrate Technology Failures

Time to Celebrate Technology Failures

  The Museum of Failure was recently opened in Helsingborg, Sweden.  To many this may feel like an overly negative place to visit but underneath it shows how key failure is to success. The...

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Time to Disconnect from a Connected World

Time to Disconnect from a Connected World

Ever thought you spend too much time on your smartphone? For me the answer is yes, and I know I’m not alone. So I decided to give myself a digital detox and failed completely! This got me...

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The data of dogs. Wearables Progress from Man to his Best Friend

The data of dogs. Wearables Progress from Man to his Best Friend

With the huge adoption of wearables amongst humans, it was inevitable they would extend to our pets. After all, look at clothes. Whatever your views on it, there are more clothes for dogs than...

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Learning to Embrace Classroom Tech

Learning to Embrace Classroom Tech

Times are most certainly changing.  I didn’t have an email account until I was 20.  I didn’t own a mobile phone until I was 22 – my children find that shocking!  Technology is omnipresent now...

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Beyond Gaming -  Next Generation Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality on Show at VR World Congress

Beyond Gaming - Next Generation Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality on Show at VR World Congress

This was my first visit to VR World Congress and to be honest I wasn’t sure what to expect. Based at the Harbourside in Bristol it brought together the eclectic mixture of nautical buildings and...

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Wearable Technology 2017 Showcases Technology for Good

Wearable Technology 2017 Showcases Technology for Good

I recently attended the Wearables Technology Show at Excel, London. Walking around the exhibition and listening to some of the presentations, my overall impression was of wearable technology...

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Smart tools – helping forgetful DIY fans or real benefit to manufacturing?

Smart tools – helping forgetful DIY fans or real benefit to manufacturing?

Back in my pre-kids days my husband and myself used to renovate old properties. Great fun but one of the main problems was we kept losing equipment – mostly in walls, under floor boards (we even...

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How Intelligent Is Artificial Intelligence?

How Intelligent Is Artificial Intelligence?

Imagine a future where you arrive home, your face and your voice are recognised, your lighting and heating are automatically set to suit your preferences and your biorhythms that particular day....

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Wearable technology – what does it inspire you to buy?

Wearable technology – what does it inspire you to buy?

Have you read Trina Watt’s blog about what would inspire her to buy a wearable? With wearables everywhere in 2016 I started to ask myself if one would inspire me to buy anything. Even though I’m a...

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Can the elderly benefit from technology? Definitely

Can the elderly benefit from technology? Definitely

Technology is often seen as the domain of the young but more elderly people are starting to use it according to a UK study by the Office for National Statistics. They found that recent internet...

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Battery Power and Wi-Fi - New Additions to Maslow's Pyramid?

Battery Power and Wi-Fi - New Additions to Maslow's Pyramid?

I was browsing the web the other day when I came across a graphic of 'Maslow’s Pyramid of Needs', you know the one that moves from 'Physiological Needs' such as food, water, rest and moves up to...

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I Hate Technology - Sometimes!

I Hate Technology - Sometimes!

These were my husband's words the other day as he stomped out from our home office and away from the offending laptop. Which got me thinking how much we have come to rely on technology, how...

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