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UWE's new research network will shape innovation in indie video games
29/11/2013
Dr Patrick Crogan from UWE Bristol's Digital Cultures Research Centre (DCRC) has just been awarded £40,000 to lead an international research network into independent video game development.
The new network is one of six announced by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), which will help shape the future of innovation in the video game industry.
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UWE researchers develop artificial heart to pump human waste to power future robots
08/11/2013
See link to video here
A new device that may be capable of pumping human waste into the 'engine room' of a self-sustaining robot has been created by a group of researchers from the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL).
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UWE lecturer mixes sound for television series 'The Great British Year'
30/09/2013
Sound Engineer Martyn Harries, a lecturer at the University of the West of England, spent part of his summer holiday mixing the sound for the latest series from the BBC's award winning Natural History Unit in Bristol. BAFTA and EMMY winning Martyn Harries teaches on the popular Audio and Music Technology course at UWE Bristol, where he shares his considerable expertise with students.
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UWE holds virtual banking and financial crime conference
27/08/2013
Date: 04 September 2013
Venue: Innovation Island, Second Life
Time: 9:00 - 16:00
A conference on banking and finance law and regulation, also looking at virtual world financial crimes, will be held on UWE Bristol's Second Life Innovation Island on 4 September.
This will be the first time UWE has held a virtual world conference. Dr Clare Chambers-Jones from the Faculty of Business and Law is organising it so the latest ideas on banking and finance law can be shared and explored in a virtual world environment.
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Electric car donation will help roboticists influence the future of transport
20/06/2013
Researchers from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), a collaboration between the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and the University of Bristol, are eagerly awaiting the delivery of an electric sports car that is being donated by Ecotricity.
The car will arrive at the BRL on 20 June 2013 during Green Transport Week.
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BSc Web Design student has first book published
10/04/2013
Current UWE Bristol BSc Web Design student, Dushyant Kanungo, has just had his first book published by Packt Publishers, a well-known UK publishing house.
The book, called Instant Migration to HTML5 and CSS3 How-to, is a web design guide written by Dushyant.
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Dr Who themed virtual learning brings science and technology to life for Bristol schools at UWE Bristol
14/03/2013
Bristol school students will take part in a Dr Who themed virtual learning event at UWE Bristol on 20 March, for one of the many events celebrating National Science and Engineering Week. The students will learn about astronomy, the weather, 3D modelling of car engines, the human heart and much more.
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When does an elephant become a dinosaur?
15/01/2013
Music Technology students from UWE Bristol have been working in collaboration with the Natural History Museum on a series of six podcasts to highlight some of the exhibits in the Treasures Gallery at the museum. The team worked with podcast producer John Ruthven and Museum editor, Vicky Paterson.
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Intelligent 3D image technology could enable targeted out-of-home advertising
11/12/2012
Directed advertising is common in online shopping and in social media but is not currently an option in the out-of-home digital environment due to the technical challenges involved.
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RobotRadar.org puts depth back into robot reporting
03/12/2012
A new website, created and written by leading thinkers and experts in robotics, aims to give an in depth and balanced perspective on reporting of robotics in the popular media.
Through thoughtful articles and commentaries RobotRadar.org explores the wider impacts of robots and robotics on society. Each report is written by a robotics expert in direct response to an article published in the popular media.
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Robotics set to 'revolutionise the UK economy in the next 20 years'
13/11/2012
Britain's desire to be at the forefront of robotics research has been reinforced by universities minister David Willetts, who saw world-leading technology when he visited the Bristol Robotics Lab yesterday [Monday, 12 November].
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Fastest car and robots inspire UWE Bristol's latest ad campaign
22/10/2012
UWE Bristol has launched an exciting new advertising campaign to highlight the University to prospective students in the region.
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UWE Bristol software helped to detect God particle
05/10/2012
UWE Bristol experts working in complex software systems development created the software used to help CERN's CMS group detect the God particle in the world's biggest scientific experiment.
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EMMY nomination for UWE Bristol sound expert
24/09/2012
UWE Bristol lecturer Martyn Harries has been nominated for an EMMY at the forthcoming annual awards in October for his sound work on the BBC Natural History Unit documentary 'Madagascar'. The nomination is shared with the score composer Sarah Class.
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Visitors wear digital 'capes' to create sound in new installation
17/09/2012
Visitors to an interactive sound installation, Tracking You at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Design Weekend, 22-23 September [2012], will be invited to put on capes featuring the latest real-time location systems technology. When they move around the installation sounds will be generated as a result of their location in relation to other visitors. The Digital Design Weekend last year attracted over 7,300 visitors.
