This week, the Suspension Bridge Trust have been in the Studio developing their location based historical app, commemorating 150 years of the iconic Bristol structure, we saw the launch of the Cycle of Songs app that Calvium helped to build, and we hear news that Calvium are about to embark on an exciting new NESTA project. We’re looking for interns to come and work on Playable City Award and Conference, and Laura Kriefman hypnotised us all with glorious fibre-optic things.

We are looking for two brilliant student/graduate paid interns from either Bristol University or UWE to join us in the Studio and work on the Playable City Award and Conference. If you or anyone you know might be interested in this fantastic opportunity to become part of the fabric of the Studio, have a look here.

Laura Kriefman has just released the trailer for her upcoming show, Kicking the Mic, which she filmed using Nth Camera (synchronised, multi-device film software currently in development in the Studio). Kicking the Mic is a project fusing tap dance, looping, live Midi manipulation of sound and a fully reactive LED/fibre optic dress. Oohs and aahs pervaded the Studio yesterday when Laura brought in a sample of fibre-optic material to play about with. Laura is giving a lunchtime talk next Friday, so if you like the sound of her project, pop along and meet her.

This week, a group of UWE Students have been working in the Studio with resident Charlotte Crofts and Laura Hilton from Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust to make a location based app centred around the bridge, to commemorate it’s 150 year anniversary. Audio, images and Videos will tell stories of different parts of the bridge, from photographs revealing the bridge’s hidden vaults, and interviews with the man who rediscovered them in 2002, to Dave the Bridge Master relating the unthinkable story of Elsie and Ruby Brown, whose father threw them off the bridge in a fit of madness, and who survived due to gale force wind and a passing boat. The app will be launched on 8 December, so make a note in your diaries and go and try it out.

Calvium have just had a project approved by NESTA, called NetPark. The project will enable park visitors to access an added layer of digital artworks in Chalkwell Park, Southend on Sea. The project producers are in the process of commissioning digital artists to produce new innovative works. Calvium will be developing an App Trail as part of the project. We look forward to hearing more about NetPark as it develops. The Cycle of Songs app that Calvium helped to build was launched last week. The app is an ACE funded project commissioned by Cambridge Council, to mark the Tour de France visit to Cambridge on 7 July. The Cycle of Songs app takes you on a journey through stories and songs of the city, shared by local people.

Chloe Meineck has recently secured funding from social entrepreneurs UnLtd, to bring her Music Memory Box to market. This project is centred around helping dementia sufferers to recall their past. The box is filled with RFID-embedded objects that, when moved to certain spots, prompt related musical tracks. Chloe has been developing the project as part of a few different design residencies, including a Craft + Technology residency here in the Studio, and as Designer in Residence at the Design Museum. Read this brilliant Wired article about the box.

Resident Arthur Buxton and the Colourstory Ltd. team have just put their project up on Kickstarter. They have one week left to raise funds. If you like the look of the project, help to give them a nudge over the finish line.