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Bebo launches interactive drama

July 18, 2007

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Kate Modern, a new interactive drama from the makers of lonelygirl15, launched on Bebo today and Bristol-based Hazel Grian, Producer of MeiGeist and owner of Licorice Film, is part of the writing team.

Set to be just as popular (the lonelygirl15 channel remains the most subscribed channel of all time on YouTube), Kate Modern will offer the 31 million members of social networking site Bebo characters they can send messages to, help solve puzzles, and generally participate in the story.


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Dorkbot in Second Life

January 22, 2007

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Dorkbot SL is trying to establish dorkbot meetings in second life a internet-based virtual world, which has now (Jan. 2007) about 2.5 Mio Users. Dorkbot SL wants to explore the new possibilities of the metaverse and tries to establish a platform for a glocal way of creating new connections and collaborations. Meetings are held at rhizomatic, which is a place in Second Life.

>>> FOR UPDATES PLEASE CHECK rhizomatic SL - blog Dorkbot SL is currently planning a first meeting, so all dorkboters in SL are asked for participation. Please contact us if interested.

Contact avatar in-world (= in SL) is Maximillian Nakamura.


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Will our grandchildren be robotic?

November 6, 2006

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This radio debate happens tonight on BBC Radio 3 (90-93FM) from 9:30pm to 10:30pm GMT as part of the BBC's Freethinking festival. Featuring Adam Montandon from the HMC MediaLab in Plymouth, Dr Fiona Coyle, former Bristol academic and Philosopher Dylan Evans and Nick Bostrom, leading spokesman for "transhumanism".

You can also listen online for up to 7 days after the broadcast:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking2006/pip/xuh0o/


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