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?

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Lunchtime Talk: Chronotape - a tangible timeline

Fri 22 Feb 2013 13:00-14:00

Peter Bennett from the Bristol Interaction & Graphics group will share his extraordinary project 'Chronotape', a digital tool that allows you to create a tangible timeline for charting family history.

Explosions, Sex & Murder: A talk about mobile technologies & cinema heritage
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Lunchtime Talk: Explosions, Sex and Murder

Fri 15 Feb 2013 13:00-14:00

A Short Talk about Mobile Technologies and Cinema HeritageCharlotte Crofts will reveal the hidden history of Bristol's spectacular cinema scene, telling tales of bombs, snogging and a murder most horrid, through the lens of two of her projects exploring cinema heritage.

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Lunchtime Talk: The Stick House Project

Fri 8 Feb 2013 13:00-14:00

Join Studio residents, The Raucous Collective as they offer an exclusive, insiders view of their prototype piece of immersive theatre, The Stick House.

Clockwork racers by Opposable Games
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Digital Bristol Week: Games panel

Fri 1 Feb 2013 14:30-15:30

Venue: Cinema 3, Watershed (not in the Pervasive Media Studio)Tickets are free but booking is essential.Tickets available hereDiscover how Bristol-based companies can and do work with other media providers to create great games. An expert panel of commissioners, mobile, digital and non-traditional…

Dear Esther
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Lunchtime Talk: Esther, Pigs, and heading for The Rapture

Fri 1 Feb 2013 13:00-14:00

It's been a rollercoaster couple of years for thechineseroom. Back in 2009 we picked up an award for Best World/Story at IndieCade for this experimental mod called Dear Esther. Three years later, Dear Esther is an indie hit, we're no longer this little academic research project but a studio…