In this talk from the Universities UK 2017 annual conference I update delegates on the latest developments in brain computer interfaces, artificial intelligence, robotics and affordable space travel, and encourage them to consider what Mars University might look like.

1. Imagining Mars University
Martin Hamilton
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1. The end of the world?
2. The road to Mars
3. Rise of the robots
4. Future present
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3. About Jisc
» Not-for-profit company serving the HE, FE and skills
community:
› 18 million users of shared services like Janet, eduroam
and 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
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4. About Jisc
» Not-for-profit company serving the HE, FE and skills
community:
› 18 million users of shared services like Janet, eduroam
and 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
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5. 1.The end of the world?
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12. 2.The road to Mars
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13. The road to Mars
» A few things that have never been done off-world:
› Large scale agriculture
› Mining
› Smelting
› Living without a magnetosphere
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14. The road to Mars
» A few things that have never been done off-world:
› Large scale agriculture
› Mining
› Smelting
› Living without a magnetosphere
» But that’s not all…
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15. The road to Mars
» A few things that have never been done off-world:
› Large scale agriculture
› Mining
› Smelting
› Living without a magnetosphere
» But that’s not all…
› Pregnancy
› Childbirth
› Learning to walk/run/jump
› Going to school
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Now hiring… asteroid miners

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

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The road to Mars
Coming soon… UK spaceports

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The road to Mars
Coming soon… UK spaceports

20. 3. Rise of the robots
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From http://futurism.com

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Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user greenplasticamy
› Amazon uses over 45,000 robots already in its
warehouses and distribution centres

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Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user greenplasticamy
› Amazon uses over 45,000 robots already in its
warehouses and distribution centres

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Pepper the robot visits the FinancialTimes

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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

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Google DeepMindAI learns to play Breakout

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Obstacle detection and avoidance in the Google self-driving car

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30. 4. Future present
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Tri-modal model for innovation
CC-BY Simon Wardley – see
blog.gardeviance.org/2012/06/pione
ers-settlers-and-town-planners.html
Tackling the Innovator’s
Dilemma:
› What’s the right mix of
Pioneers, Settlers andTown
Planners?

35. Continue the conversation…
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Martin Hamilton
Futurist, Jisc
@martin_hamilton
martin.hamilton@jisc.ac.uk
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