• Fashion Forward: Technically Fashioned

    In this series, Impact writer, Claire Elizabeth Seah, will consider the nature of fashion in relation to other subjects. In this article, she examines the technical aspect of fashion and hypothesizes on the changes that fashion will undergo in our increasingly tech-savvy world. “The use of machines in high...
  • Transferable Skills: Technology and the Migrant Crisis

    The continent of Europe is at crisis point. Since April 2015 it has faced the largest refugee influx since the Second World War. The response of the European Union has been inadequate and piecemeal without a grander policy solution on how to deal with the crisis as a whole....
  • The Sony Hack

    In November last year, Sony Pictures Entertainment was attacked by a number of very serious hacks, resulting in the leaking of thousands of confidential emails, and personal details such as Social Security Numbers and Passports. The suspected cause of the hack was by North Korea over the film The...
  • Refereeing: What Can Football Learn From Rugby?

    “Sorry, Sir.” That’s what Ireland captain Paul O’Connell said to the referee after enquiring about one of his decisions against Wales last weekend. Three days earlier 9 Chelsea players had surrounded the referee against PSG, demanding that Zlatan Ibrahimovic be sent off. So what can football learn from rugby?...
  • Virtual Reality: The Future is Coming

    Virtual Reality technology involves rendering an immersive 3D computer generated environment that the user can interact with and explore. This is achieved through a head-mounted display and additional sensory experiences can be given to the user through audio and video feeds. The user is allowed to interact with objects...
  • Recognising Alan Turing

    The Imitation Game, released last year in cinemas nationwide, tells the story of Alan Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. This month The University of Nottingham is celebrating LGBT History Month with a series of events exploring the culture and history of LGBT people, including a public lecture about Alan...
  • 5 Reasons Why 3D Printing is Awesome

    Developments in 3D printing show us that we have only scratched the surface of its possibilities. Here are 5 recent, groundbreaking developments made with 3D printing which prove how soon, we will be unable to live without it.  1. NASA emailed a spanner to the International Space Station Previously, if...