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		<title>It&#8217;s been a really tough year, but what&#8217;s next for media art UK?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the Saturday of FutureEverything 11, I tripped over an interesting discussion organised by CODA, about the state of media art UK. As well as talking about the impact of recent funding cuts and the concerning number of media art organisations that had lost out, the group also talked proactively about how people and organisations&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/its-been-a-really-tough-year-but-whats-next-for-media-art-uk/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=188&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What happens when geeks go camping?</title>
		<link>http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/what-happens-when-geeks-go-camping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 06:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her session at FutureEverthing 2011, Professor Sue Thomas talked to us about her fascinating paper, When geeks go camping &#8211; finding California in cyberspace, which explores the relationship between nature, the outdoors and technological development. So, before you read any further, pack away that image of the speccy young geek, hiding away in his&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/what-happens-when-geeks-go-camping/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=184&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">iPad Portrait of Howard Rheingold at Work in His Garden: "Welcome to My World" by David Newman</media:title>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s make friends with the robots</title>
		<link>http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/lets-make-friends-with-the-robots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 20:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his session Where the robots work, James Bridle led a provocative and inspiring talk about the role of robots in today&#8217;s society, and why he thinks we should make friends with them &#8211; sooner rather than later. The proposition at the heart of James&#8217; talk was the idea that for centuries we’ve built our&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/lets-make-friends-with-the-robots/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=182&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The fruits of Media Sandbox</title>
		<link>http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/the-fruits-of-media-sandbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 18:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Run by Watershed in Bristol, Media Sandbox 2010 was set up to award a series of £10,000 commissions to stimulate innovation in public services and support research and development in innovative content, applications and experiences using open data. The projects commissioned were not primarily charged with producing services or tools for audiences directly. From what&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/15/the-fruits-of-media-sandbox/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=115&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transparency and open data is great, but is it enough?</title>
		<link>http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/transparency-in-public-data-is-great-but-what-about-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 07:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liz Turner from iconomical has been involved in some really quite good public service open data projects in the last few years, including Where does my money go?, Research funding explorer and the London Gazette. Each of these projects ticks the boxes of a good open data project. They make non-personal public information more accessible&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/transparency-in-public-data-is-great-but-what-about-us/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=117&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The train to FutureEverything 2011</title>
		<link>http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/the-train-to-futureeverything-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it must be that time of year again. I&#8217;m on the train up to Manchester to get my annual dose of all things art-tech at FutureEverything 2011. The countryside is whizzing past the window, Talking Heads are on the ipod and I&#8217;m attempting to catch up with the gazillion emails in my in-box from&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/the-train-to-futureeverything-2011/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=91&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s oldest computer recreated in Lego</title>
		<link>http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/moving-on-from-interventtech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>clairewelsby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this wonderful news story over the festive period via the New Scientist blogs, and thought I&#8217;d share it here. It&#8217;s about the oldest known computer, a relic dating back 2000 years and rediscovered at the bottom of the ocean. Now designer Andrew Carol has brought it back to life &#8211; using Lego.&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://lifeartus.wordpress.com/2010/11/13/moving-on-from-interventtech/">Read&#160;more</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lifeartus.wordpress.com&amp;blog=17658054&amp;post=9&amp;subd=lifeartus&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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