Fri 5 Jul 2013 14:00-15:00
The moment you have a great idea. Hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Your pupils dilate and your cheeks tingle. For over four years Alison John (yello brick) and Julian Sykes (Hoffi) have been looking at how patterns, story and games, can be brought together to create unique experiences. With…
Fri 28 Jun 2013 14:00-15:00
There are 34 places in the world called Bristol. They are ghost towns and villages, anonymous boroughs and historic cities. Some of them are slipping quietly out of existence. Some of them are so small we don't know anything about them. One of them is allegedly the site of the Garden of Eden. I am…
Fri 21 Jun 2013 14:00-15:00
Because not many of us are interested in graphs or numbers, a Bristol-based engineer has found a new way to bring data to life – with robots. Since last year Matthew Venn’s ‘Polarbots’ have been drawing pictures on walls in response to energy use – the pictures change as the power goes up…
Fri 14 Jun 2013 14:00-15:00
In this talk Nello Cristianini will discuss what this analysis can tell us, about what stories people read and why and how the media can be used both as an indicator and director of public awareness and human emotion.
Fri 7 Jun 2013 14:00-15:00
What if we could make paper interactive, connect it to the Internet and update print content? For the last 18 months researchers and industry partners have been working with local communities on a project called Interactive Newsprint. Here they've explored the emerging technology of paper…
Thu 6 Jun 2013 19:00-21:00
Are you thinking of putting together a Kickstarter or other crowd funding campaign? Would you like to hear from people with personal experience and the latest information about running a successful and unsuccessful campaign? Do you have some knowledge of this subject and would be happy to share it…
Thu 6 Jun 2013 15:00-18:30
Indie games network Best of British founded by Studio resident Will Luton are holding a meetup in the Studio this Thursday June 6th. This meetup is open to non-Best of British members – so if you are an indie and want to hang out with more indies then come along!Bring your games to show off and…
Fri 31 May - Sun 2 Jun 2013
Good for Nothing is a community of thinkers, do-ers, makers and tinkerers applying their skills and energy to accelerate the work of cause-led innovators and change makers; it's about diverse groups of people collaborating together, working in new, faster, fun and better ways by supporting ideas and…
Fri 31 May 2013 14:00-15:00
What happens when we reimagine film for groups? By turning a group of mobile phones and tablet computers into a set of co-ordinated screens for watching multi-segment films the collaboration will explore how film viewing becomes social and communal, building upon the desire to be together, whether…
Fri 24 May 2013 14:00-15:00
This week we are handing the lunchtime talk over to you. If you have a project on the go, something coming up or an idea bubbling away, this is your chance to share it with us and with the lunchtime talk audience to get some support, feedback and inspiration.
