Wouter gave two radio interviews today, here is his interview with ABC radio including the webcam footage where he shows off the LumaHelm.
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Wouter will talk about the LumaHelm on ABC radio (774 Melbourne) today at 3.15pm, Mon, June 18. Listen to it live (incl. webcam) here: http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/
While Twitter is still trending Joggobot, The Age, Australia’s major newspaper, has already reported on our latest project, Wouter’s interactive helmet LumaHelm which features 104 LEDs and a bunch of sensors. The comments flogged in as soon as the story went online in the top news section (the online ‘frontpage’ equivalent) talking about cycling safety and the opportunities the LumaHelm affords (Photo: Craig Sillitoe).
Gizmag wrote a really nice overview article about Joggobot, even mentioning Jogging over a Distance: http://www.gizmag.com/joggobot-autonomous-quadrocopter-running-partner/22899/
Joggobot received even more media coverage! Most of my day now consists of answering questions from the media.
Daily Mail UK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2154932/Jog-human-The-robot-companion-flies-just-ahead-runners-track.html
Discovery: http://news.discovery.com/tech/joggobot-120605.html
IEEE Spectrum: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/get-off-the-couch-and-exercise-with-joggobot
PopSci (Australian Popular Science): http://www.popsci.com.au/technology/robots/video-motivating-robot-follows-you-on-your-morning-run
Digital Trends wrote an article about Joggobot:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/meet-joggobot-the-flying-robot-that-sets-your-jogging-pace/
The New Scientist interviewed us about the Joggobot project and wrote a really nice article, incl. video:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21877-go-for-a-jog-with-a-helicopter-drone.html
The Joggobot has been featured in The Sunday Age, Australia’s major newspaper, on page 5. Click on the image to zoom in.
Chad has been interviewed, and there is even a video with him on the newspaper’s website and on their iPad app; it made it immediately to the top of their “most read technology story” chart.
Alan’s UnoJoy! project that allows you to turn almost anything into a game controller (great for teaching rapid prototyping!) has just been featured on the frontpage of instructables.com and their newsletter:
Here is the initial video that started it all:
The Exertion Games Lab is featured on tonight’s Catalyst program on the ABC1. Catalyst is a science program “that sees science as a dynamic force changing our world”, and will feature the Joggobot project. We are on Thursday, 24 May 8pm and Friday, 25 May 11am, Australian Eastern Standard Time (Melbourne).
The Exertion Games Lab’s “Press Nose to Start” event drew a large crowd to celebrate Exertion Games and gave industry and academia a chance to interact to further the field of digital play. Alan and Harry gave great speeches on the future of digital play, and the students of the Radical Games class showcased their provocative game designs that were both novel and made a contribution to our understanding of games. The lab members showed their latest game projects, and used this opportunity to gather feedback from , but also inspired industry in terms of what the future of games should be. Lastly, we celebrated our 8 publications, 4 interactive demonstrations and 1 honourable mention at CHI 2012, and upcoming media coverage in The Age and on ABC1. We thank all our friends and family for supporting us during this time of long-hours and weekends in the lab!
7 PM – 10 PM // Monday // 21 May 2012
RMIT, 9.1.27
On Monday, the Exertion Games Lab is hosting a special get-together Open House event to celebrate 8 publications (including a Best Paper Honorable Mention) at the CHI conference in the USA and showcase some of our latest creations. Come play a collection of strange and wonderful digital games that focus on physical play!
Featuring both exciting new projects from the lab and games from the Radical Games class as well as international award-winning installations, these games will exert you while also confuse and delight the senses. Bring your friends and ready your noses. Everyone is welcome, pizza provided.
Special thanks to Alan Chatham and Harry Lee for organizing the evening.
Location:
RMIT, Building 9, Level 1, Room 27, Bowen Lane. http://exertiongameslab.
Come along and play some games!