Interviewees needed
February 19, 2008
Posted by Emma in: Technology | bristol | pervasive | Add a commentPlot London are looking for interviewees for their Media Sandbox project Happy Towns this weekend – Saturday 23rd to Monday 25th February.
They're looking for a range of people at different stages of their lives with diverse attitudes to technology - you might embrace new technologies or be a sceptic…
• A man who is head of the family
• A woman who is head of the family
• An infant school child or a junior school
• Teenagers in pre-exam study time
• Someone who owns their own business
• A grandfather or a grandmother
• A student
• An unmarried young couple just starting out
• A couple with a new baby
If you are Bristol based, come under any of the above categories and are willing to be interviewed for about an hour and half, please drop Gill an email or give her a call on 07966 209 615
Research from your interview will inform Plot as to how they can design things that will make what you are doing now either better, or easier in the future and what people do to make themselves happy.
Alistair Darling opens the Pervasive Media Studio
February 14, 2008
Posted by Clare in: Watershed | Innovation | bristol | pervasive | 1 comment so far
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling today opened the Pervasive Media Studio, which brings together the computing, communications and creative industries within a dynamic, cutting-edge work space to explore how new technologies could be used and what experiences could be created by this growing pervasive media environment. The Studio itself offers project development space, a wide variety of events and seminars for businesses and a creative learning programme for education and community groups.
The Studio is collaboration HP Labs and Watershed and will be managed by iShed, with University of West England and the University of Bristol as well as the South West's creative and technology industries. The project is also backed by the South West Regional Development Agency.
Home Sweet Home
January 21, 2008
Posted by Clare in: Watershed | Innovation | bristol | pervasive | 1 comment so far 
iShed has moved and taken over management of Leadworks on Anchor Square, Bristol which will be home to the Pervasive Media Studio, a partnership project between Watershed and HP Labs. The Studio will be a cross-disciplinary, cross-community space which will pioneer pervasive media projects through socially engaged practice and world-class research.
Residents will be a mix of commercial companies, researchers, artists and academics working in wireless and mobile R&D. Official launch details will follow in the near future.
Media Sandbox Commissions announced
January 18, 2008
Posted by Clare in: Technology | Funding | bristol | pervasive | Add a commentThe six Media Sandbox commissions are announced today. Below is the list of companies from across the South West who we will be working with over the next three months on pervasive media R&D projects. The awards went to:
Ani-Mates | HMC Interactive and Aardman
Storytelling through augmentation of space and location
Harmonize | Licorice Film
A site-specific collaborative team game exploring behavioural dynamics of team play across physical and virtual worlds.
Happy Town | BDH and Plot London
Exploring how pervasive media might support us as creatures that seek happiness.
Happy Packages | Thought Pie
Delivering a smile to Bristol's media users.
Power To The People | Altern8
Creating a way for installations in public places to be controlled by the public themselves.
Swarm | Simon Evans and Simon Johnson
A tool-kit to enable groups of individuals to use the power of their collective creativity
Read more at http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/2008-commissions/
