Smarter Planet

Smarter Planet

Smarter Planet Lab opening with Brian Innes Watson IoT Developer Advocate), Kevin Farrar (IBM Developer Outreach Leader), Paul Fryer (IBM Academic Initiative Leader) and our very own Nick Marshall (IBM Cloud Infrastructure/Director of NJAM Consultancy) whose placement at IBM Hursley research and development laboratory ignited the

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FlyThru

FlyThru

Volumetric rendering of a Drosophila (or common fruit fly). Immersive Vision Theatre Project: https://i-dat.org/ivt/ The volumetric rendering is composed of 600 slices at 6 μm digitized through a scanning technique developed at the University of Vienna. Converted to a format readable by 3D visualisation software

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Ecoid Prototypes

Ecoid Prototypes

Ecoid Prototypes have been used by various organisations at different locations around the globe. These prototypes were further developed and deployed through the Confluence Project.   Chris Speed, University of Edinburgh, Yamaguchi University, Japan.   Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Phylogeny Ubiquity Workshop: In October 2009 Hamer

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“A Mote it is”……

“A Mote it is”……

Art in the Age of Nanotechnology. A Perth International Arts Festival exhibition – 5 February – 30 April 2010 The unique works developed for art in the age of nanotechnology operate at the intersection of art, science and technology, demonstrating innovative examples of contemporary art

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Phylogeny

Phylogeny

Phylogeny: Thinking and making on time, place and relationship 19–21 February 2010 / Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh HAMER DODDS: Co-director of Melted Snow Hamer Dodds is a freelance artist and scientist. He recently co-founded Melted Snow, a design team working in the field of science,

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Far Away So Close

Far Away So Close

Remote Sensing: Ecoid Workshop. The Ecoid Workshop will be delivered by Luis Girao with support from Mike Phillips, Chris Saunders, Pete Carss, Musaab Garghouti. “Idly, he wondered what these geometric forms really represented – he knew that only a few seconds earlier they had constituted

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Eco-OS Workshop – Ecoid Prototype.

Eco-OS Workshop – Ecoid Prototype.

Ecoid workshop and prototype development with site testing in Nagoya Japan. A component of Eco-OS:     i-DAT is developing a range of ‘Operating Systems’ which dynamically manifest ‘data’ as experience and extend human perception. Arch-OS [www.arch-os.com], an ‘Operating System’ for contemporary architecture (‘software for

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Ellie Harrison at Plymouth College of Art

Ellie Harrison at Plymouth College of Art

Plymouth College of Art Ellie Harrison www.ellieharrison.com A rundown but functional old vending machine stands alone in the Viewpoint Gallery at Plymouth College of Art. Every now and again, without warning, it springs into life – spewing out free packets of crisps for gallery visitors.

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i-DAT Research Informed Teaching Reports

i-DAT Research Informed Teaching Reports

Two reports produced by i-DAT following the completion of the Research Informed Teaching projects in April 2009. 1: Development of multi-disciplinary content for the Immersive Vision Theatre: A: Final Report Enquiry-Based Teaching RiT.pdf B: Appendix-A-C.pdf C: AppendixD1-AHO+BARTLETT=i-DAT.pdf D: AppendicD2-OutIn.pdf 2: Development of a Cross-Faculty Centre

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Syncretica.net

Syncretica.net

  “In this technoetic culture, the art we produce is not simply a mirror of the world, nor is it an alibi for past events or present intensities. Engaging constructively with the technological environment, it sets creativity in motion, within the frame of indeterminacy, building

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