Chris Middleton

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Chris Middleton specialises in robotics, AI, the IoT, Industry 4.0, blockchain, and technology strategy. He is former editor of InternetOfBusiness.com, Computing, Computer Business Review, Professional Outsourcing (which he co-founded, now known as Intelligent Sourcing), Hack & Craft News, and UCInsight, among others, and is a contributing editor to Diginomica, Computing, InternetOfBusiness, and Hack & Craft News. He also founded Strategist magazine. Over the years, he has also written for Computer Weekly, The Guardian, The Times, PC World, I-CIO, V3, The Inquirer, and Blockchain News, among others. He is an acknowledged robotics expert who has appeared on BBC TV and radio, ITN, and Talk Radio, and is probably the only tech journalist in the UK to own a number of humanoid robots, which he hires out to events, exhibitions, universities, and schools. Chris has also chaired conferences on robotics, AI, IoT investment, digital marketing, blockchain, and space technologies, and has spoken at numerous other events.

Chris Middleton

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Digital Twins could avert tragedies like Grenfell, say industry experts

Digital Twins – using rich data and visualisation techniques to model things – could help us make smarter, more sustainable decisions for our communities.

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Stand-by for a low-tech Baby Boom in the Vaccine Economy as customers look for human contact

The switch to automation may swing back the other way for some organizations in the post-pandemic world of work.

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Friday Rant - ‘Who let the Doge out?’, carping on the Diem and other cryptocurrency conundrums

The week started by considering cryptocurrency's contribution to climate change, so let's end it by cashing in with a wider shakedown of the sector...

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Geospatial data - why we need new maps for a new world

What value does geospatial data hold and why might it be critical to the UK’s and others’ future success?

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Bitcoin's damage to the planet - the coal-powered Chinese phenomenon that uses more electricity than the whole of Argentina

There's good reason for environmental campaigners and academics to worry about the effects of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain on the planet, not to mention on geopolitics and the distribution of wealth.

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Quantum tech - big ambitions, but can the UK really lead the world?

A recent Westminster eForum event saw leaders come together to discuss the priorities for quantum technology progress, both in the UK and worldwide.

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2020 - the year the robots rose, but the 'shock horror' revolution didn't arrive

The year in which robots were still on the rise, but the mainstream media revolution never arrived...but there's always 2021.

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Data protection - the COVID-19 dimension

The Westminster eForum on data protection debates a key issue in 202 - how a successful fight against the coronavirus is rooted in trust in data.

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Data Protection - adequacy and the Brexit dimension

The Westminster eForum debated data protection and a major challenge to business and IT leaders - the B-word.

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Cybersecurity - Why national security is now in our hands, thanks to COVID-19

Chris Middleton reports from the latest Westminster eForum on cybersecurity

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FinTech at bay - Brexit alarm bells sound in US banks 

There are big challenges facing UK FinTech companies as Brexit looms.

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Transparent truths about AI ethics - assessing a seven point set of principles from Capgemini

Transparency isn't the silver bullet that's going to address every ethical concern around AI deployment, but it's an essential bedrock on which to build.