Television in the Internet of Things
How will traditional media such as television and radio adapt as they become part of a larger Internet of Things
Art Curation, Open Data, Social Technologies, Smart Cities, Digital Innovation
Drew Hemment is Associate Director of ImaginationLancaster. His research explores the connections between people, emerging technologies and possible futures. This work is outward-facing, and Hemment acts as an intermediary, creating connections across the creative and digital economy spanning arts, policy, industry, research and various communities. Areas of research interest include Art Curation, Open Data, Social Technologies, Urban Interface, Digital Innovation, Knowledge Exchange, Locative Media, Open Source Culture. Co-Director of the MA in Professional Contemporary Arts Practice. Current projects include The Creative Exchange, an AHRC Knowledge Exchange Hub in the Creative Economy, and CaTalyST Citizens Transforming Society: Tools for Change (EPSRC). He is Founder and Director of FutureEverything, a non-profit organisation that runs year-round innovation labs and the UK’s leading event showcasing and driving emerging trends in new media. Shortlisted for Big Chip 2011, Winner of Lever Prize 2010, Shortlisted for Big Chip International Award for Innovation 2010 and Arts & Business Award 2010, Runner Up Lever Prize 2009, Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica 2008 for the artwork Loca: Set To Discoverable.
How will traditional media such as television and radio adapt as they become part of a larger Internet of Things
Lancaster University is seeking to recruit five PhD students to participate in an exciting collaborative project with a range of academic and industrial partners in the creative and digital industries
The Creative Exchange is picking up pace after the first management meeting for 2012
A live data visualisation by USA design group Sosolimited that remixes in realtime the 2010 UK election TV debate, curated by Drew Hemment
A selection of leading edge data visualisations by Aaron Koblin, presented as a part of the Serendipity City exhibition at FutureEverything 2010
Launching the Environment 2.0 project connecting the arts and innovation in mobile and social technologies with the renewed urgency surrounding climate change
What do we mean by Environment 2.0? How can we engage large numbers of people in collaborative activities for environmental and social good? How can we bring the future into the present? A main stage talk at Picnic09 by Drew Hemment on Environment 2.0 and related projects by FutureEverything and ImaginationLancaster
A one-day EcoMap Lab to build a shared understanding on how to map the environment (eg. energy, waste & mobility), aggregate the data and visualize it to promote behavioral change and reduce CO2 footprints
A one day Open Lab unconference event exploring the theme of designing citizen science and mass participation projects on the environment, biodiversity and climate. It helped to evaluate the Environment 2.0 Participatory Mass Observation projects presented simultaneously at Futuresonic 2009
The complex relationship between environment and technology forms one strand of the Social Technologies Summit conference at Futuresonic 2009
Collaborative sandpit workshop involving an interdisciplinary group who came together to devise the Futuresonic 2009 Participatory Mass Observation projects
Event provoking new thinking on environmental sustainability and at innovative approaches to grass roots and creative intervention on the environment
Creating Innovative People for Radical Change
Investigating new forms of social sensing and participatory observation of local environment and climate
An investigation into emerging approaches to visualising, interpreting and using data
Creating New Contexts for Growth in the Experience Economy
This £1.5 million EPSRC funded 4 year project examines the role of new technology in citizen led innovation looking specifically at Manchester and Derry as sites of innovation. The project includes innovation researchers from Computing, Design Sociology and management, all based in Lancaster University.