Crowd sourcing air quality data: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Fri 19 Oct 2012

On 5th of October we were joined in the Studio by Damon Rand from Clean Energy Prospector to learn more about the amazing Air Quality Egg project. The Air Quality Egg is a low-cost environmental sensor capable of sensing NO2 and CO2 (and optionally O3, VOC and radiation). The data is realtime, open…

Playable Games, Cities & Space

Posted on Thu 18 Oct 2012

Week commencing 08 October: It’s been an exciting week in the Studio as we were joined by some lovely visitors from Brazil, Clare set off to New York, most of the nu desine team have headed over to China, and our newest resident is plotting to send things into space! Just a typical week in the…

Quentin Cooper talks about BATS!

Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012

Last week's episode of BBC Radio 4's Material world presented by Quentin Cooper had a whole section on Bats,  - which was all about a new citizen science project 

Deception & Causing Trouble!

Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012

Week commencing 01 October: It’s been a jam packed week in the Studio as we welcomed lots of lovely new residents and visitors. We hosted a brilliant games jam and a great workshop with some interaction trainees from the BBC so read on to find out all their visits and some other very exciting…

Introducing...

Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012

We've had lots of lovely new residents join the Studio recently so here’s a quick introduction for everyone:Kathy HindeOver the autumn, Kathy Hinde will compose a new work, Vocal Migrations, that combines live singing with electronically altered voices. She will be hot desking in the Studio and…

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Techy stuff with Matt and Tarim

Posted on Sun 7 Oct 2012

Lots of work has gone into getting the Vocal Migrations technology up and running by Matt Olden and Tarim at the studio. I got hold of 6 Raspberry Pi Computers (with still a few more on order)… not as easy as it sounds! - they have been extremely in demand since their release with long waits on…