Metaverse a refreshing new look on idol bands
It was a peaceful Sunday morning in December 2021. Moon Jae-yoon, a 21-year-old who loves to read and draw cartoons, got up from her bed and scrolled down news articles…
A new service that connects speakers with audiences
“I need a speaker” is a service that connects experts with audiences, by making it easy to locate speakers using search tools based on subject matter, location, fee, affiliation, name,…
The rise of NFTs has rewarded the OpenSea marketplace (and made the two founders billionaires)
In a year in which technology did not offer particularly exciting and significant devices in terms of innovation, the trend for 2021 is NFTs. The non-fungible tokens, assets that have…
Santa Claus is coming to the metaverse
Merry Christmas with avatars, VR, Augmented Reality tools, and a digital “ho, ho, ho” Virtual reality brings the joy and the magic of Christmas to the metaverse world, the new…
A couple got married in the metaverse
Traci and Dave Gagnon decided to get married by using their avatars! A couple from the U.S. got married in the metaverse, by using a hybrid model of a wedding…
TikTok making experts of the unsuspecting
Over the last nearly two years we have seen some pretty dodgy dance moves courtesy of social media platform TikTok, all in the name of entertainment though. We all took…
Who are the cyber-defenders?
Who are the people who are there to help us when we are attacked online? Is there a cyber-911? Should there be? There is currently no single entity or group…
Cybersecurity and human behavior: Why cyber-culture matters
In this episode of the 4i-mag podcast, we explore the challenges of being in a ‘geographically disintermediated’ space, i.e. meat-space vs. cyberspace. Patrick Wheeler, expert and educator in cybersecurity, talks…
Careers in cybersecurity: Diversity is the key to success
The urgent needs for cybersecurity professionals is expanding. People from all backgrounds are needed and successful in this sector. There is no need to be a ‘super-nerd’ with advanced competences…
EIT’s open call for new Cultural and Creative Knowledge and Innovation Community
The culture and creativity sectors are getting a major kick in the right direction with a little help from the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT). This week the…