Open Bionics launch party
Posted on Wed 25 Apr 2018
This evening Studio residents Open Bionics celebrate the launch of the world's first medically approved 3D-printed bionic arm, and the most affordable bionic arm ever.
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Meet the Bristol VR Lab Residents
Posted on Tue 24 Apr 2018
In this special lunchtime talk we were joined by three founding residents of Bristol VR Lab, a brand new shared workspace for companies exploring virtual, augmented and mixed reality.Introducing:Go VirtuallyRachael Godfrey’s company Go Virtually produces 360-degree video for tours, allowing the…
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Are we in the weather or is the weather in us?
Posted on Mon 16 Apr 2018
Last year, Aidan Moesby undertook a residency with us here at the Pevasive Studio to spend some time investigating digital technology and how it might apply to, or enhance his work. In this lunchtime talk, Aidan and his collaborator on the project, psychiatrist David Cousins, introduced us to a new…
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Neon Dance presents Puzzle Creature
Posted on Fri 6 Apr 2018
Five Things I Learned:1. Adrienne Hart is the artistic director for Neon Dance, a dance company that acts as a vehicle for collaboration with artists working in different disciplines. Adrienne is classically trained as a dancer and choreographer, but is more interested in cross-disciplinary work. At…
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BBC Micro:bit - for writing the future
Posted on Fri 6 Apr 2018
After 17 years at the BBC, guest speaker Howard Baker now works with the Micro:bit Foundation. The Micro:bit is a small programmable device, a bit like a portable computer. The project started life in 2013, and was officially launched in October 2015. It was developed by BBC Learning with the help…
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Why interactive children's books are different
Posted on Thu 5 Apr 2018
Five Things I Learned:1. Books with bits engage pre-school children much more then books with just words or pictures, whether that is including AR, or embedding within electronics or something simpler like including a sticker page. Creating interactive books is a truly collaborative process, the…
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How to Grow a Story
Posted on Wed 4 Apr 2018
Animation and pupperty director Joseph Wallace and illustrator and co-founding director of The Paper Cinema Nicolas Rawlings have collaborated to create a brand-new piece of ‘live animation’.
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Introducing our New Talent Residents: Somestic Media
Posted on Tue 3 Apr 2018
Five Things I Learned:1. Vytautas Jankauskas and Jon Flint have worked together on various collaborative projects over last two years, but Somestic Media will be the first project that they will be working on together exclusively. Previously Vytautas created video project How to Build a Water…
Project blog by Alec Stevens
Final Weeks: New Talent Residency
Posted on Mon 26 Mar 2018
Whenever there is a deadline there is always a push to show something new.The new talents showcase was the perfect opportunity to push for new work to be made, pushing at what we can achieve and to try to give people a taste of what is to come. It was a really fun event where Vic and Dave introduced…
Project blog by Tim Kindberg
5G Fellowship Talks: A summary by Tim Kindberg
Posted on Wed 21 Mar 2018
How will 5G networking technology change the lives of citizens in Bristol and beyond, as it rolls out to our mobile phones and millions of other connected devices over the next few years?