Technologies for the future
Technology is at the heart of human progress. From man’s first fashioning of stone tools to today’s digital age, our basic needs remain the same: food, energy, medicine, safety and communications.
Find out how York researchers are shaping the future in these areas.
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A research project needed to spot trees on historic ordnance survey maps, so colleagues in computer science found a solution.
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We’re using gaming technology to ensure prospective teachers are fully prepared for their careers.
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A low cost, high-accuracy device, could play a large part in the NHS's 'virtual wards'.
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York scientists are at the centre of an ambitious bid to bring low carbon fusion energy to Yorkshire.