Student entrepreneurs from the University of Kent have developed an initiative to provide guidance to students nationwide on how to manage their finances. Emerging from Kent’s latest entrepreneurial and employability initative - A Little Bit of Sugar (ALBOS) - the idea helps students identify the different ways they spend their money and control any undue spending to make their money go further. ... More
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Marcin Jakubowski, founder of the non-profit Open Source Ecology (OSE) has developed a Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), a crowd-sourced manufacturing system for the creation of resources. Jakubowski was inspired to create OSE after maintaining and repairing equipment which he eventually manufactured and posted the plans of on the internet as open-source blueprints. He states: "People think the economy... More
Ted Parker, Professor Emeritus of Radio Communications at the University of Kent, has been presented with The James Roderick James Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on the development of antenna systems for radio communications. The annual award recognises world-renowned researchers for their contributions to the field and highlighted Professor Parkers work on the design and developmen... More
Equitable technologies, operating on the same values as distributed decentralisation can be viewed as more successful than its US competitors. These technologies, originally from Scandinavia aim to level social, technological and commercial fields through the decentralising of control and redistribution. In addition, equitable technologies mirror the ethos of the early internet: it should be universally accessib... More
With the UK economy still currently in a vulnerable position, it’s important to remember that it’s not all bad news. The UK has the world’s biggest internet economy worth more than £2,000 per person. Researchers at Boston Consulting Group found the internet contributed 8.3% of the UK’s GDP, a high figure than any other G20 nation. The internet economy was worth £121bn in 2010 with that amount predicted to rise to &po... More