“And it [AI] was declared dead many times along the way, but a few brave, or stubborn, souls persisted.” A 60 year timeline. Also good comments on hype, if your core business is making shovels then you have to keep making people believe there is gold to dig.

Rodney Brooks@rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 4d ago

Just published a shot blog post on four different time scales that technology development and deployment works at simultaneously. It is short. rodneybrooks.com/four-time-sc...

Sense, Deploy, Communicate: Connected Environments MSc Show 2026 From 17 July – 02 August, explore final projects by students graduating from the Connected Environments MSc at UCL East. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/events/2026/jul/sense-deploy-communicate-connected-environments-msc-show-2026

while listening to Si, Bob, Jessie etc all talking to @laurenlaverne.bsky.social on the excellent R4 Desert Island Discs I found myself wondering who else has been on DID from our neck of the woods www.iot.io/blog/2026/05...

The "repetition compulsion": "But unlike other sectors that learn from past mistakes—and sometimes even hold those who make disastrous decisions accountable—senior management teams in UK universities respond by introducing yet another round of restructuring." #UKHE isrf.org/blog/dispatc...

Dispatch From a Middle Manager

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Signed up for a frame building 101 at Stayer Cycles. Has been on my bucket list for ages, beyond excited for week long course in July. But what frame style, geometry, components? If anyone wants to geek out about what choices I should make then please message me! www.iot.io/blog/2026/05...

www.iot.io/blog/2026/04... finally managed to spend some time over Easter with my @bantamtools.bsky.social NextDraw 8511 plotter. Just getting started.

Bantam Plots

Some time off over Easter meant I was able to spend some time getting started with the Bantam NextDraw 8511. This week was mostly about setting up the plotter in a slightly more accessible location and getting started with setting up inkscape and place to record progress. Hopefully to make it easier to continue than my false start last time.

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First real message on my Cipherling. Is now going crazy. Need to look into how to decode these! Turn on audio for message intro.

After a quiet spell last year, some nest building for 2026. www.iot.io/blog/2026/03...

Energy neutral water pump - doing a bit of prototyping at @casaucl.bsky.social for a project with Mac at Nuna Studio - pump works great at a height of 7m. Good to see the spreadsheet theory working in practice. Next up, test rig to run it for a week.

We have had some amazing Masters students in previous years on this and the commonwealth scholarship! Come join us!

UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment@thebartlettucl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Applications open! 🌍 The Bartlett Promise Sub‑Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship widens access to built environment education. Apply by 29 March. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship

Applications open! 🌍 The Bartlett Promise Sub‑Saharan Africa Master’s Scholarship widens access to built environment education. Apply by 29 March. 🔗 https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/study/scholarships-and-funding/bartlett-promise-scholarship/bartlett-promise-sub-saharan-africa-masters-scholarship

www.iot.io/blog/2026/02... weekly notes, this week on solar powered RPis

If you're applying for our Connected Environments MSc, don't miss the UCL East Postgraduate Open Evening, featuring a specialist space tour of the Connected Environments Lab. 📍 UCL East, Marshgate 🗓️ 17:00 - 19:30, Wednesday 25 February Register now: bit.ly/3O0VBPb

“value autonomy, curiosity and public service” yep, how can we keep that central to the mission.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Good reading. 'How the financial problem is described is not neutral. It reflects and reinforces a particular way of understanding what a university is....If the financial situation is framed as a classic demand-and-cost problem....the obvious actions are to emphasise tight cost controls'. 1/4

www.iot.io/blog/2025/12... first time visit to the V&A storehouse - well worth a visit if you can.

Interested in cities, places, connectivity, & planning? Applications are open for fully-funded UCL ESRC doctoral studentships through the UBEL partnership. The deadline is 10 November. See further details & eligibility criteria at ubel-dtp.ac.uk/postdoctoral... Contact bartlett.phd-ecidi@ucl.ac.uk

Make your Master’s matter. A Master’s from UCL can take you further. Discover your potential at our graduate open events. 💻🌍 🔗 https://direc.to/nrqp #UCLGraduateOpenEvents

Lovely to welcome our fifth cohort of students into CASA CE MSc programme - some pics from induction week www.iot.io/blog/2025/09...

UCL alumnus Vishal Kumar has secured $2 million in seed funding for his startup Camera Intelligence, which is developing an AI-powered camera platform designed to simplify professional content creation. @thebartlettucl.bsky.social @uclenterprise.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

UCL startup raises $2 million to revolutionise content creation with AI camera

A UCL alumnus has secured $2 million in seed funding for his startup Camera Intelligence, which is developing an AI-powered camera platform designed to simplify professional content creation.

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"Switching off the theatres when not in use reduces energy consumption by a factor greater than the fractional reduction of time in use" New paper in Royal Society Interface from work last year supported by UCLPartners. cc @yrkalaji.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Towards NetZero for hospital operating theatres | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Hospital operating theatre suites are a particularly resource- and energy-intensive component of the health sector. Reducing their carbon footprint presents a significant challenge due to the necessit...

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#ucldigifest today looking forward to exploring the digital twin, digital tech for education and the communities developing at UCL - @jamespjh.bsky.social getting us started

Sense, Deploy, Communicate: Connected Environments MSc Show 18 July-03 August 1st Floor Galleries, UCL East Marshgate Opening night: 17 July, 18:00-20:00 Join us later this month to enjoy Connected Environments MSc students' graduating projects at their final show. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

Day 3 CUPUM “like day 3 at Glastonbury” says @adamdennett.bsky.social so great to sit down to listen to the @casaucl.bsky.social legend Mike

Day 2 at CUPUM up next @fryrsquared.bsky.social and starting with a lovely game! Cc @casaucl.bsky.social

And here we go with CUPUM @casaucl.bsky.social great intro from conf chair @adamdennett.bsky.social and liking the hat tip to @digitalurban.bsky.social metaverse of posters.

www.iot.io/blog/2025/06... New book from the @casaucl.bsky.social connected environments folk will be hitting shelves soon.

The window to register is closing! Lock down your attendance at CUPUM this year before this Saturday's deadline.

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Registration for CUPUM 2025: Cloud Cities will close on 31 May. If you have signed up to present papers at this year's conference, but haven't yet registered to attend, don't miss the deadline! Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/eve...

Great blog by @djdunc.bsky.social describing drone surveying of flowers for pollinators near oilseed rape fields last week, in association with our pan-European WildPosh project www.iot.io/blog/2025/04...

Some notes on getting started with the DJI Matrice 4E www.iot.io/blog/2025/04...