Vernelle Noel is an artist, architect and design researcher, and directs the the Situated Computation + Design Lab at Georgia Tech. Dr. Noel will share her work in and around preserving the otherwise undocumented living heritage of wire-bending for the Trinidad Carnival, in the form of the Bailey-Derek shape grammar.For more info including date/time in your local timezone and signup: https://algorithmicpattern.org/events/vernelle-noel/

Designed to be a drafting tool for weavers, AdaCAD could also be viewed as a visual programming language for making generative art within the extremely rich constraints of frame and jacquard looms. Laura will introduce ADACad and some of the projects created with it, and will take us through trying the software out for ourselves.Laura Devendorf is an assistant professor in the ATLAS Institute and the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she directs the Unstable Design Lab, and holds a courtesy appointment in the Intermedia Arts Writing and Performance PhD Program.Part of …

The Evidence Support Initiative is a project for partnering scientific researchers with their local councils, providing on-demand advice on scientific issues to fit the needs of councillors, and perhaps also passing on the skills to find and use scientific information. The researchers aren't there to advocate and didn't sit as part of the council, their role is simply to help find relevant information that might otherwise not be accessible/discoverable by councils, and to broaden the range of information that the councils have available to use.This co-design session is open to councillors and council representatives (including mayors, clerks etc.) and …

We will be presenting the Sonic Kayaks at the "The future of citizen science: sharing experiences from the European community" online conference on Wednesday 24th November. Join us between 1 and 2pm CET to ask questions and hear about recent developments in the Sonic Kayak project. Sign up can be found here.

Dance together safely in a pandemic by remote-controlling PENELOPE woven maypole dancing robots!This online event is part of the Looms in Motion festival. More information and sign up here.

Dance together safely in a pandemic by remote-controlling PENELOPE woven maypole dancing robots!This online event is part of the Looms in Motion festival. More information and sign up here.

The AccessLab project is about broadening access to scientific evidence, particularly in the areas of climate, environment and health. We do this through pairing scientific researchers with people who are seeking reliable information for their work or personal lives. Our focus is on developing skills for finding scientific information and judging its reliability, rather than just transferring subject-specific knowledge.During the workshops we:Look at how scientific research is funded and published, and how you can access it.Cover basic fact-checking for media stories that relate to science.Have time to co-research a science-related topic of your choice one-to-one with …

We need help testing our new app for people who grow or want to grow multispecies swards!The app does these things:Traits lists for sward species, to help pick which are best to sow, with links to the scientific researchSimple tap-through plant ID keysField surveying system to monitor which species are growingVisualisations of overall field biodiversity, and how each species is performing over timeThe app is free, non-profit, and open source, and you can read more about it here.We're looking for beef/dairy/sheep farmers, and anyone else who's interested - we'll talk you through …

The AccessLab project is about broadening access to scientific evidence, particularly in the areas of climate, environment and health. We do this through pairing scientific researchers with people who are seeking reliable information for their work or personal lives. Our focus is on developing skills for finding scientific information and judging its reliability, rather than just transferring subject-specific knowledge.During the workshops we:Look at how scientific research is funded and published, and how you can access it.Cover basic fact-checking for media stories that relate to science.Have time to co-research a science-related topic of your choice one-to-one with …

The AccessLab project is about broadening access to scientific evidence, particularly in the areas of climate, environment and health. We do this through pairing scientific researchers with people who are seeking reliable information for their work or personal lives. Our focus is on developing skills for finding scientific information and judging its reliability, rather than just transferring subject-specific knowledge.During the workshops we:Look at how scientific research is funded and published, and how you can access it.Cover basic fact-checking for media stories that relate to science.Have time to co-research a science-related topic of your choice one-to-one with …