University of Lincoln, UK
Who said you can’t be in two places at once? TV presenter, tech guru for The Gadget Show and Visiting Lecturer Jason Bradbury showed us how by delivering a virtual lecture for our second year ‘Group Project’ students using new robotic communication technology. Using a Double Robotics system, Jason was able to have a physical presence in…
An article by Dr Ben Kirman and Tom Feltwell, from the School of Computer Science, is featured on news analysis and opinion website The Conversation. The piece discusses the issues that arise when social networks crash, following the server error which brought down Facebook, Instagram and Tinder for about 50 minutes earlier this week. The…
A new research project will investigate how social media can play its part in both inciting discrimination against and building understanding of marginalised communities. The CuRAtOR (Challenging online feaR And OtheRing) project, led by the University of Lincoln, UK, will explore where and how representations of certain minority groups by government and broadcast media can…
A Twitter-reactive garden could provide a prototype for the future development of ‘smart’ buildings that can adapt to our emotional state. The structure has been created by academics from the University of Lincoln, UK, taking its inspiration from the University’s Digital Capabilities garden, which won Gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013. The STAN…
Developers from the University of Lincoln, UK, have created a new fantasy roguelike that allows players to generate their own content through Twitter. #Dungeon is a simple dungeon crawler, created from tweeting code tagged as #HashtagDungeon. Roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing video games, characterized by random level generation, tile-based graphics and permanent death. Likened…
The face of computing and computer science has changed dramatically over the last ten years, with social media transforming not only the way business operates but society as a whole. In direct response to this increasingly digital landscape, the University of Lincoln has created the UK’s first BSc (Hons) programme in Social Computing that will…