imagining mars university - universities uk 2017 conference

Imagining Mars UniversityMartin Hamilton

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Imagining Mars University

1. The end of the world?

2. The road to Mars

3. Rise of the robots

4. Future present

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About Jisc

» Not-for-profit company serving the HE, FE and skills community:

› 18 million users of shared services like Janet, eduroamand JiscMail

› Devising national deals with IT vendors and

› Providing advice & guidance to the sector on digital technologies in research and education

» My role:

› Leading a small group exploring emerging technologies like Augmented Reality and brain computer interfaces

› Helping institutions to devise and implement their digital strategies

› Helping build the evidence base for new techniques and technologies in research and education


1. The end of the world?


The end of the world?


2. The road to Mars


The road to Mars

» A few things that have never been done off-world:

› Large scale agriculture

› Mining

› Smelting

› Living without a magnetosphere


The road to Mars



› Mining

› Smelting


» But that’s not all…


The road to Mars



› Mining

› Smelting


» But that’s not all…

› Pregnancy

› Childbirth

› Learning to walk/run/jump

› Going to school


The road to Mars


Now hiring… asteroid miners

The road to Mars


SpaceX first stage booster landing, THAICOM8 mission, May 2016 - via SpaceX


The road to Mars

Coming soon… UK spaceports

3. Rise of the robots


Rise of the robots


From http://futurism.com

http://futurism.com/

Rise of the robots


Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user greenplasticamy

› Amazon uses over 45,000 robots already in itswarehouses and distribution centres

Rise of the robots


Pepper the robot visits the Financial Times

Rise of the robots


Photo CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs

Photo CC BY-NC-SA Flickr user portalgda

› Tesla owners have already driven over 300 million miles on Autopilot

› 100,000+ Teslas with Autopilot are already on the road

Rise of the robots


Google DeepMind AI learns to play Breakout

Rise of the robots


Obstacle detection and avoidance in the Google self-driving car

Rise of the robots


4. Future present


Future present


Future present


Tri-modal model for innovationCC-BY Simon Wardley – seeblog.gardeviance.org/2012/06/pioneers-settlers-and-town-planners.html

Tackling the Innovator’s Dilemma:

› What’s the right mix of Pioneers, Settlers and Town Planners?

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Martin HamiltonFuturist, Jisc

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Imagining Mars University - Universities UK 2017 conference07/09/2017

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