Helen White with a solar telescope
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Listen to the Sun

Thu 18 Apr 2013 19:00-20:00

With media attention on solar flares and their effects on positive events (the northern lights) or predicted negative events (technological disruption), designer Helen White has been exploring creative ways to respond to this natural phenomena. Helen has been in residence in the  Studio since…

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Lunchtime Talk: Twilio

Fri 12 Apr 2013 14:00-15:00

Over the past few years, Studio residents have used cloud communications service Twilio in a number of projects, from haunted zoetropes to mass musical phone calls. In this lunchtime talk, Director of Twilio Europe, James Parton will tell us more about Twilio and introduce us to some of his…

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Good Friday: no lunchtime talk

Fri 29 Mar 2013 13:00-17:00

As it is the Good Friday bank holiday there will be no lunchtime talk or Open Studio Friday this week.Happy Easter everyone!

Chloe Meineck’s Music Memory Box
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Craft + Technology Residencies Showcase

Thu 28 Mar 2013 14:00-15:30

Come and hear about a music memory box for people with dementia, a flying lampshade that communicates feeling, and coins that trigger invaluable experiences, at the close of our pioneering Craft + Technology Residencies. 

i/o technologies
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Lunchtime Talk: x-OSC a wireless I/O device for creative applications

Fri 22 Mar 2013 13:00-14:00

x-io Technologies is a Bristol-based company developing high-performance hardware for specialised real-time applications. In 2011 x-io Technologies were approached by UWE lecturer and Studio resident Tom Mitchell, and singer/songwriter Imogen Heap to help develop the motion tracking hardware for a…

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Talk: Hadoop Operations at LinkedIn

Fri 15 Mar 2013 16:00-17:30

South West Big Data Group and our friends at Hewlett Packard present: An informal talk by Allen Wittenauer of LinkedIn. He will speak about Hadoop Ops, a large scale data interpretation framework, giving an early insight into his thinking in advance of his keynote address at the Hadoop Summit EU the…

Clockwork Racers
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Lunchtime Talk: Of Mice and Multiscreen

Fri 15 Mar 2013 13:00-14:00

Last year, Opposable Games released Clockwork Racers, an iOS racing game with a twist. The game allows players on multiple devices to compete against one another with a single shared screen for competitive racing fun with an old-school flavour.

Image from REACT project - Jekyll 2.0
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Lunchtime Talk: Slingshot - a return to the gizmo

Fri 8 Mar 2013 13:00-14:00

Pervasive Media Studio alumni Slingshot have a long-running and tumultuous love affair with technology. From the early iglabs played in the Studio with Mscapes (ask your gran), to the super-sensor-driven Tweeture, the Slingshot team have fine pedigree in playing with gadgets and gizmos.

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Lunchtime Talk: ‘Inanimate Alice’ with Kate Pullinger

Fri 1 Mar 2013 13:00-14:00

From viral marketing tool to pedagogical blockbuster, 'Inanimate Alice' has had a meteoric and largely unexpected rise to international prominance. Writer, creator and Professor of Creative Writing & Digital Media at Bath Spa Kate Pullinger, will be joining us to ask - How did that happen?