Kevin Quick

MPs urged to BLOG

UK MPs are today being urged to use weblogs as a means of informing their constituents what they are doing. 120 people are booked to attend a seminar on blogs today at the House of Commons Apparently US politicians frequently use blogs as a tool. Related Links: BBC news story

MPs urged to BLOG

UK MPs are today being urged to use weblogs as a means of informing their constituents what they are doing. 120 people are booked to attend a seminar on blogs today at the House of Commons Apparently US politicians frequently use blogs as a tool. Related Links: BBC news story

Wi-fi wood teaches school children about ecology

The Ambient Wood Project provides an interesting example of how wireless technology can be used in education. The wood in Sussex has been set up as a wireless network, and school children, armed with pdas and pocket radios can roam around discovering objects etc. and learn about the ecology Related Links: BBC news article

GIF patent expires

On the 20th of June the patent relating to the GIF file format expired. Up until now software companies such as Adobe, have had to pay to use the format in their software e.g. in Photoshop. The expiry of the patent may therefore lead to a fall in some software prices. Also, people who use…

Tick off the Big 5 on your WebSafari

WebSafari is latest top-secret CNM project to test our new Macromedia MX Communication server. Yes, it is all about wandering the jungle or veldt of the world wide web with a tour group. Anyone can lead a safari in this simple model – and can go pretty much anywhere. And yes, it has taken us…

NHS Chief Executive – On the Record

Kettering General Hospital chief executive Geraint Martin has made a pioneering webcast to kick off the AEC project webcasting series. On Thursday, January 24, Geraint made the “on the record” broadcast to staff to let them know what was happening in the Trust and nationwide. Webcasting is one of the areas which we are investigating…

AEC Project team presents at eHealth Futurescope 2001

Yesterday, the Assisted Electronic Communication (AEC) project team were down at the Institute of Health Sciences, City University in London. They were presenting at the 3rd International Conference on Advances in the Delivery of Care, “eHealth: a futurescope”. The AEC project is a joint initiative of the Centre for New Media in KMi, the Institute…