Learning taken to virtual world in project

The benefits of using virtual world technology for learning are to be studied in a research project at Birmingham City University.
The Learning in Virtual Environments, LiVE, project will see students undertake film production exercises, using the internet-based virtual world Second Life.
The study is led by Birmingham City University’s Technology Innovation Centre (TIC), together with the [...]

Blogger’s view from South by Southwest

In a video blog from the South by Southwest new media festival in Austin, Texas, Birmingham’s only professional blogger Pete Ashton explains what he’s hoping to pick up from the world’s biggest digital media gathering.
South by Southwest brings together people from across every aspect of new media from around the world to share the latest technological [...]

The face of Facebook

The billionaire chief executive of networking site Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, talked about how his company is valued at more than just its $15bn price tag in making a keynote speech at one of the world’s biggest new media festivals, South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
He is just one of a series of top names at the festival [...]

MDF transformed by laser

The appearance of MDF is being transformed to produce an expensive wood grain finish with the help of laser technology in research being carried out at Warwick University’s WMG.
 The technology will make the sometimes dull material look more attractive.
As MDF is cheaper than wood and made from recycled products the Lasercoat project could reduce the price of wood products [...]