Rich Osborne

Pocket After much thought, we’ve made the difficult decision to close Pocket. Thanks for being part of the journey. Find out about refunds and how to export your content in our support article. Read more

Sad to see that Pocket is shutting down, they've been part of my Tech Trumps ever since the first pack I created whilst studying for my PhD back in 2013. Just goes to show, digital technologies don't change half as quick as people think they do :-) getpocket.com/farewell

Institute for Materials Discovery at UCL Learn more about materials science and its applications, find out how we teach it at UCL, discover the facilities at UCL East and hear from our students!UCL ...

Love this video from our Institute for Materials Discovery at UCL (one of my departments) which was shot in their new home at UCL East. Fab Labs!

Mushroom Foraging

Fascinating to explore what the AI video platform HeyGen (https://buff.ly/3N3rMux) can do. Now that I have an AI avatar they can say whatever I want to them say. Would you believe that this video is not me - and that it is not me speaking? Even the script was AI generated!

Mobile phone bans in schools: Impact on achievement Initial analysis of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) suggests that mobile phone bans might help with...

Interesting result, this. Personally, I think if you believe banning phones will improve learning outcomes your focus is off - the evidence supporting the idea is too weak ... and possibly getting weaker: "Mobile phone bans in schools: Impact on achievement"