Over 20 years ago, Dr. Barbara Rothbaum and colleagues showed that virtual reality-based exposure therapy could help people overcome a fear of heights. Since then, virtual reality platforms have grown not only to fuel research, but also to address phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders and more. A therapy tool Exposure therapy Since the early … [Read more...] about Virtual Reality in Psychology: Therapy and Research
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Learning, Innovation and Business Change
Creating new knowledge is an intuitive human endeavour and it brings value and change to individuals, companies and society by shedding light the patterns, practices, inconsistencies and paradoxes in the observed world. Knowledge creates a competitive advantage for organisations and corporations because researching existing problems triggers learning episodes and helps to … [Read more...] about Learning, Innovation and Business Change
How Blockchain Could Solve Problems Related to Central Exams
Millions of students appear for centrally conducted exams or university exams to secure their high school/college degrees and indisputably, these exams play a significant role in every student's life. Knowing the importance of such exams, it is unsettling to understand that the current method of creating, conducting and evaluating these exams is susceptible to errors and … [Read more...] about How Blockchain Could Solve Problems Related to Central Exams
Flink Forward Europe 2019
Flink Forward is the conference dedicated to Apache Flink and stream processing community. The 5th annual Flink Forward conference'will take place on October 7-9, 2019, in Berlin.'This year's Flink Forward'is moving to a new venue in the heart of Berlin'bringing over 600 software engineers,'Flink core committers, data scientists, and DevOps data professionals'under the … [Read more...] about Flink Forward Europe 2019
Is R&D a Cure or a Poison for the Sceptical IoT Market?
Considering that the IoT is in its infancy and due to the last years wasted in predictions that have not been fulfilled, in disappointing statistics of successful projects and with most companies without clear strategies, it is normal to think that R & D is today so necessary for boost and accelerate this increasingly sceptical market. R&D should be an essential part of … [Read more...] about Is R&D a Cure or a Poison for the Sceptical IoT Market?