XX GameJam 2012

Brainstorming in Mind Candy office

The first XX GameJam, in association with Ada Lovelace Day and London Games Festival, took place in Mind Candy offices on Oct 26 and 27, 2012, sponsored by UKIE. The theme was "Clockwork".

Second year BSc Computer Games Programming student Nikki Gordon’s team came second with "The Dastardly Carillon" developed in Unity … Nikki created all the sound effects using Reason.
Fiona French mentored one of the other teams, helping to develop  "Tick Tock Terror".

Links: http://www.thinkmakeplay.co.uk/blog/?p=189

Press: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20186937

Ada Lovelace Day 2012

ALD 2012 at IET London

• Excellent short set from Helen Keen (This is Rocket Science);
• a tribute to the Shark Lady, Eugenie Clark, from Helen Scales, marine biologist and seahorse expert;
• theramin with robots from Sarah Angliss;
• Ada trivia from Sydney Padua, creator of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage ;
• witty ideas about the possibility of a female Brian Cox from Gia Milinovich;
• physics experiments with Suzie Sheehy;
• and streams of thought on our relationship with technology from Alice Bell ...
• ... compered by Helen Arney.

EMF camp 2012

The first EMF Camp (https://www.emfcamp.org/) in Pineham Park - blacksmithing, soldering, hammock-knotting, SuperCollider, lock-picking, stoves from beercans, hacking the Tilda (http://blog.emfcamp.org/) - otters running along the canal underneath the M1... 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenrocket/sets/72157631365691028/

Basketcase

Willow basket

Proudly displaying my first attempt at weaving willow, crafted over several hours at Shambala.  Now sits in the kitchen, holding onions.  Just wait for my Wicker Man...

Soft circuit t-shirt

Mztek workshop at Shambala 2012 - making soft circuit t-shirts.  We finished this one when we got home - it has a pocket for the battery, a fabric on/off button and a stretchy conductive fabric resistor that alters the pitch when you play with it.  buzz buzz

Pipecleaner Olympics 2012

Inspired by Olympians... created by kids, aged 6 and 8

EVA London 2012

10-12 July
The Life Project: http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/46114
co-authored with Camille, Evan and Nick

Workshop: Character development for robots

Little Creatures

http://www.imperica.com/features/little-creatures

Imperica Magazine article about The Life Project, soon to be presented at EVA London 2012:

http://www.eva-london.org/