Bristol Braille Technology
Posted on Fri 26 Nov 2010
The Pachyderms' Picture BCD project is in the process of being relaunched as an aspect of Bristol Braille Technology. See www.bristolbrailletechnology.com for the latest.
A Look at Xbox Kinect Hacking
Posted on Fri 26 Nov 2010
There seems to be a lot of interesting things happening around hacking the Kinect recently. Here's a quick roundup of what people are making. What's Kinect? Kinect is an accessory for the xbox games console that allows Wii and Playstation Eye style games that are more physically active. The games…
‘our broken voice’ - Duncan Speakman’s anticipated new subtlemob premieres in Bristol
Posted on Thu 25 Nov 2010
After the great success of ‘as if it were the last time’, Duncan Speakman applies his subtlemob concept to a new piece exploring suspicion, collusion and tipping points in contemporary social environments.
Fashion, Cake and Digital Media
Posted on Fri 19 Nov 2010
On Thursday, 18 Nov, Encounters Film Festival invited fashion popcorn to Bristol to host an afternoon around digital media and film in the fashion world. Teaming up with Stink‘s Stephen Whelan, Studio director Clare Reddington and Matter2Media‘s Tim Kindber, Emily Fleuriot and her featherhouse…
visual representations of emotions
Posted on Fri 19 Nov 2010
These visualisations were created through collecting data from twitter. The search = 20 minutes Potentially I would like to see this as an interactive platform where people can add how they feel in response to place, which in the future could inform new bottom up urban planning processes. Relative…
Introducing When Machines Talk
Posted on Thu 18 Nov 2010
Encounters Festival brings you a Thursday of pervasive events
Posted on Wed 17 Nov 2010
This year Encounters International Film Festival treats you to two fantastic events exploring different aspects of pervasive media. Duncan Speakman invites you to a piece of pervasive drama at its best; fashion popcorn gathers filmmakers, fashion aficionados and digital media practitioners to learn…
Studio blog
Escape from the Tower update
Posted on Thu 11 Nov 2010
"Escape from the Tower"; the iPhone game will be live on the App Store from 18 December in time for the Christmas holidays. You can see a trailer (produced by studio resident Benji Croce) at the bottom of this page.
Update on Bristol Old Vic/mShed
Posted on Thu 11 Nov 2010
The second pilot being produced for this project involves Bristol Old Vic who are interested in exploring memories of theatre and how pervasive media might be used as a physical, locative archive for memories recorded in-situ. This vision requires indoor-location positioning so that users can …
Theatre Sandbox Showcase Friday 12th November
Posted on Wed 10 Nov 2010
We would like to invite you to join us for the final event in this year's Theatre Sandbox programme.In 2009, we launched Theatre Sandbox, a brand new commissioning scheme which gave awards to six theatre companies to research and develop projects using digital technologies. Bringing together people…