On the 17th of May I will be helping to present some of the impacts from the HighWire DTC to the EPSRC. This post will also be a placeholder for the DocFest Poster PDF for the various review panels and CDT staff and students to have a local copy. I’m sure it will be...
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I wandered into the HW studio the other day find some of my colleagues coming together to design and build paper speakers based on some designs they had shared on pinterest. The video of the ‘finished’ article is available here. The energy was really great – and it’s been really good to see some...
Read more →I stumbled across this theme whilst I was thinking about social media and new communications technologies as enablers for information dissemination in disaster recovery theatres. There is a growing community of IT experts that are donating their time and expertise to solving some of the real-world issues affecting the disaster management sphere. Examples include: RHOK [Random Hacks...
Read more →The aim of this research is to investigate the opportunities for technology to improve an oft quoted deficiency in disaster response and recovery efforts; namely the transparency and reliability of information and its dissemination (to a number of actors including: disaster planners, responders, affected persons and donators) during disaster relief efforts. An event, from...
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The last month or two have been primarily focused on completing the book chapter I co-authored on wellbeing in game studios and the development of violent games. This has now been submitted and some there were some very interesting avenues for future research that I hope to have an opportunity to explore later in the...
Read more →Is the games industry facilitating the birth of a new generation of hyper criminals thr0ugh its depiction of violence in video games? I’m currently co-authoring a chapter looking at what we are referring to as: “Game Shine and Game Shadow.” This takes a meta view of the industry focusing on the views of a...
Read more →I’ve recently been doing a lot of reading surrounding Hurricane Katrina. There are two texts that I have focusing on: “Hurricane Katrina: Response and Responsibilities” by John Brown Childs and “Culture, Economics and Recovery from Natural Disaster” The latter is based upon the work of Emily Chamlee-Wright’s “The Cultural and Political...
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DocFest followed on from the first Digital Economy Summer school held in Nottingham last year. The main goal of the event was to bring together PhD students associated with digital economy programme, from the associated Centres for Doctoral Training, from the hubs and from digital economy funded programmes, to foster a...
Read more →The following is a non-exhaustive list of articles found via my Flipboard that I have found interesting during the month of January. A supplementary notes page is available here.
2011: The Year in Environmental Disasters
http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/climate-change/2011-year-in-environmental-disasters/#mkcpgn=twsci1
Mapping The Tsunami – Science360 News Service | National Science Foundation
http://news.science360.gov/obj/pic-day/f380ba78-9988-46de-b5ce-ec43e78b8955/
DIY Tangle-Free Headphones with Embroidery Floss
http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/music-players/diy-tanglefree-headphones-with-embroidery-floss-162321
30 Favorite Green Gadget and Tech Stories of 2011
http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/30-favorite-green-gadget-and-tech-stories-of-2011.html#mkcpgn=twsci1
Get Drunk & Make Stuff!
http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/12/22/get-drunk-and-make-stuff/
Two main streams obvious here: Disaster Relief and DIY bits and bobs [projects] to supplement time.
CVG Home / PlayStation / Features Posted on 6-May-2011 ‘Violent games do not cause aggression. This isn’t Mickey Mouse research.’ Insight: Dr. Simon Goodson lays down the words we all wanted to hear… via ‘Violent games do not cause aggression. This isn’t Mickey Mouse research.’ – ComputerAndVideoGames.com.
Read more →UPDATE: I guess I may be seeing you all in Brantwood – so this may be slightly redundant, but never mind! After the madness that was the MRes, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the year’s experiences. Whilst this was meant to be a solitary exercise, I realized fairly quickly...
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