How can sensor tech and data be used for the common good?
Lunchtime Talks
Please note: This event took place in Sept 2016
Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio. They normally take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody who is interested in what they do. Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community, current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.
In collaboration with Ideas for Change, Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) has created The Bristol Approach, a new way of creating smart cities which enables people to harness the power of technology to tackle the issues they care about.
The ‘Dampbusters’ project has been developed using The Bristol Approach and is focused on tackling the city-wide problem of damp and mould in homes. A group of residents, artists, technologists, damp experts and coders designed a series of prototype tools to tackle the problem, including the Frogbox; a frog-shaped temperature and humidity sensor that hops into your pad to measure damp.
During this Lunchtime Talk, KWMC will share more about their journey with The Bristol Approach and facilitate a short ideas session where you can contribute to the design and development of Frogbox 2.
Following this session, KWMC will also host a maker night in At-Bristol's new Tinkering Space (date TBC).
The Pervasive Media Studio is located within the Watershed building. Let us know if you'd like a tour and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to studio@watershed.co.uk
For further information visit watershed.co.uk/studio