Draft Concept Document This idea has grown out of the idea of
showing off the collection – but not in a museum style, but
something really innovative. There is a pressing need to
encourage younger people to take a career in computer science.
The current education in schools seems to fail to inspire
students. Education is focussed on information technology for
every day use, rather than computer science. Fundamentally,
young people need to be shown how technology impacts almost
every thing we do, and how complex and challenging this is. It
needs to be shown how they can make an impact upon this,
developing highly innovative ideas. In tandem to this, the
public needs to be shown how computer systems are changing all
our lives. This will help both enlighten them and help promote
the subject in the eyes of others, including children. To meet
this challenge it is proposed to set up the Think centre aimed
at inspiring people to understand, develop and exploit new
intelligent technology. It would be aimed at educati