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Sound Clips is on the iOS App Store

May 9, 2016 Joel Leave a comment

"Sound Clips is designed to augment story time with sounds! Travel to the darkest jungle or the deepest reaches of space at just the touch of a button! Sound clips creates the sound, you imagination does the rest!" Our latest application, Sound Clips has just launched in … Continue Reading ››

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Final Noah’s Ark Workshop at artsdepot

June 5, 2015 Joel Leave a comment

Last Tuesday we completed the last of three workshops with young people from the Noah's Ark children's hospice as well as their siblings and parents. Once again we were hosted by the amazing team at artsdepot. somanticsiPad

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Porting Somability to KinectV2 after a great #KinectHackLondon

April 10, 2015 Joel 1 Comment

We are very excited to be able to work with Microsoft on porting our Somability project to the latest KinectV2 for Windows - more on that effort next week. James and I had a great time at the recent #KinectHackLondon event, where we saw some great projects created using a variety of software platforms.

Workshop

Well Being 2013, Birmingham City University

August 7, 2013 Joel Leave a comment

Workshop and Keynote Address in inclusive design and wellbeing Not to have confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself’ Simone de Beauvoir (1974) Many people, either through disability or ageing, have limited opportunities to enjoy meaningful activities that promote full body movement and physical exercise. Immobility not only impacts on physical well being, but … Continue Reading ››

Project

Somantics

September 17, 2012 Joel Leave a comment

Somantics uses motion sensing and projection technology to recognise and convert gesture into visceral, real-world digital performances. The aim of the work has to produce a suite of 'tools for expression' that discover, capture and amplify the communication interests of young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) and other related communication difficulties.

Project

ReacTickles Magic

September 17, 2012 Joel Leave a comment

ReacTickles Magic is one of our most successful and established projects that has grown in harmony with developments in sensor-based interaction and open source programming. The core ethos of ReacTickles Magic is to provide users with a continuous positive feedback loop, so that they easily gain a sense of control and mastery. The software … Continue Reading ››