The New Real Founder Tapped as AI Expert
The New Real Founder Professor Drew Hemment shared his expert views on the origins and the future of Artificial Intelligence in two features published in The Scotsman and The Herald.
Innovation For Public Good
Aileen Appleyard is Head of Business Development for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) at Edinburgh Innovations. Here, she outlines the CAHSS track record in innovation for public good at the University of Edinburgh.
Circular Product Design For Tomorrow’s World
Faced with the current climate crisis, businesses are increasingly under pressure to demonstrate how they can adapt to a circular economy model.
Student Photography Competition: The Future of AI
The Futures Institute is launching the Edinburgh Futures Conversations’ Student Photography Competition which is now open to all University of Edinburgh students.
How Universities Support Scotland’s Creative Industries
Edinburgh Innovations’ Caroline Parkinson is Director of Creative at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. She outlines the ways the University of Edinburgh works with Scotland’s creative sector to increase resilience and create innovation.
Transforming Scholarship In The Archives
Transkribus, a spinout formed by a team including Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage Melissa Terras, is using AI-powered handwritten text recognition (HTR) to give researchers, institutions and the public unprecedented access to written records of global cultural importance.
Digital Ethics: A Roadmap For Scotland
Government, industry and academia in Scotland have ambitious plans for digital and data-driven innovation, involving technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), with far-reaching consequences.
The Future Of Scotland Is All Fun And Games
The Scottish Games Network is the industry body for the video games sector in Scotland. Set up by writer and games designer Brian Baglow, the Network supports Scotland’s gaming industry to connect with other sectors and regions, promoting interactive media as a transformative technology.
Love Machine: Edinburgh Futures Institute launches programme of events for spring 2023
Edinburgh Futures Institute is delighted to announce the opening of “Love Machine” – our second season of events running from 6 March to May 2023.
Online game world founded by EFI student winS $50K GRANT
Plot Twisters, an online game world founded by Edinburgh Futures Institute student Jenny Liu Zhang, has been awarded $50K in OpenIDEO’s Designing for Digital Thriving Challenge.
