Editor’s note: Seem to be chixx rockers looking to promote their work. They’ve got a gig on in the UK on Spet 12 if anyone is over that way. U can of course submit artwork and also attend in spirit 🙂
BYAO at the trades club, hebden bridge on friday 12th sept. Please email if you are interested in submitting a film or photograph for the night, photographic theme is hearts – have a look on our myspace page for past submissions:
www.myspace.com/beatyourartout
Established in 2004, Beatyourartout was born out of frustration and an enthusiasm for music, film, poetry, theatre and art. This night is designed with the idea of giving the opportunity to and combining diverse talent from musicians, artists, writers and film-makers to produce a eclectic musical and artistic experience for all involved….
Lisa Mattocks- Music/Art Submissions – lisa@beatyourartout.co.uk
Tamzin Forster- Film/Art Submissions – tamzin@beatyourartout.co.uk
“The information, or to be more exact the data, becomes open. In turn, this enables software to take advantage of this information collectively. With that, the Web truly becomes a database that can be queried and remixed.” Alex Iksold, ReadWriteWeb.
Web 3.0 will encompass new visual expressions, new visual searches and new user interfaces.
The web is crammed with information and knowledge, but too often our efforts to understand what’s important or relevant are blocked by old-fashioned methods of presentation. At the same time, more and more libraries, widgets and services are being released to help us present information visually.
Does this solve the problem? Not really.
We invite you to join AIMIA in attending Web 3.0 and Visualisation – part three of the four part Experience Web 3.0 conference series – which will explore the future of the internet, web 3.0, our visually integrated web.
On September 18, AIMIA will be holding this two hour forum that will help define and explore what the future may hold for you, your business and your audience.
InfoPhone:
0292487900
Email:
events@aimia.com.au
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Sydney, September 18, 2008
http://www.aimia.com.au/i-cms?page=4771
A robot love story: The University of the West of England’s David McGoran takes his Heart Robot on a touchy feely tour, allowing it to come face to face with a spider-like robot built by Matt Denton of Micromagic Systems.
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A robot that “enjoys” being cuddled and stroked has gone on display at London’s Science Museum.
The Heart Robot could be among the first robots to signify a new era of “emotional machines” used for medical treatment and enjoyment, according to one of its inventors.
It has a beating heart which rises when the body is shaken, but slows down when treated calmly.
In addition, Heart’s eyes flutter in response to touch.
David McGoran, of the University of the West of England, predicts the part-puppet, part-machine creation he helped develop is an example of how robots will increasingly adopt human characteristics.
Ethical questions
“Right now we’re seeing the first implementations in toys,” he told BBC News. “There are little robotic dinosaurs. There’s a new robotic toy from the film Wall-E that’s coming out, and that’s a very expressive robot.”
Nevertheless he believes there could be major implications for social care, with research already taking place into giving elderly care homes robots that express emotions.
The ‘ic Hexapod’ tracks human faces and takes photos.
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“This raises really interesting social and ethical questions,” said Mr McGoran.
He added that there could be many benefits, particularly for people taking medical treatment. “If (scientists) can put this natural interface into robots then it would be much easier for us to relate to (robots).”
The Heart Robot is on display alongside a face-tracking insect-like robot.
The “ic Hexapod” by Micromagic Systems has been programmed to recognise human facial features and follow people as they move around.
Like the Heart Robot, it is billed as an example of the increasingly sophisticated ways in which machines are able to recognise and mimic human behaviour.
Both robots are being displayed at the London Science Museum until July 31st.
As part of this year’s Australian Malaysian Film Festival held at ACMI, there will be a filmmaker’s forum on Friday, August 15 from 2.00pm till 5.30pm. If you are registered and attend the forum, you will receive a guest VIP pass to the festival’s gala launch event and opening film, which commences from 6.00pm the same evening.
Producers and cast from the participating films will be in attendance along with officials and members of FINAS (Malaysia’s national film body) and PFM (Malaysia’s Producer’s Association). This is an event for screen professionals.
The objectives of such a forum is to explore film and media bilateral ties through discussion of industry issues, as well as information exchange of professional practices. Even more substantially it is a stage to develop potential project collaboration and business models. For more details, and to register your attendance, please contact the festival organiser and forum’s facilitator, Ade Djajamihardja on 0417 315 202 or email ade.d@bigpond.net.au
Have a look at our short promotional video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLVaQFDUJ9Q
