Welcome to E-reading Demo Day event on 1.9.2010 at 9.30-16-00. The programme of the day consists of demonstrations of the devices and their various purposes of use, softwares, user tests etc.

The event is open to all and you are welcome to spread the word. To enroll for the Demo Day, or part of it, send e-mail to merja.helle (at) aalto.fi / Merja Helle, tel. 050 4485 111.

Different e-reading devices and media experience testing equipment are on display between 9–16. The language of the Demo Day is mostly Finnish.

Arranged by Aalto University and Media Factory at Aalto University School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C, Media lab (3rd floor).

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9.00–10.00 Coffee

9.30–10.00 Short history of nearly everything: Where did the Kindle come from and where is the new tablet platform going to? Introduction to e-reading. Harri Heikkilä

10.00–10.30 Testing e-reading devices and preferences. Jan Kallenbach (You can participate in the test experiments all day)

10.30–11.00 ePub – Properties, devices, & future outlook. Jarkko Sihvonen

11.00–11.30 E-book bootcamp: InDesign based workflow of a linear ePub. Harri Heikkilä.

11.30–13.00 Sandwiches and discussions. Demos of different e-reading devices, eBook readers, tablets, computers, mobile phones. Try them out yourself.

13.00–13.30 Interactivity, personalization and social sharing in digital reading. Merja Helle.

13.30–14.00 Best practices – content, navigation, enhanced e-books, magazines, advertising etc. Merja Helle and Harri Heikkilä.

14.00–14.30 Coffee and general discussion & wrap up.

14.30–16.00 Display of devices.

Finaalitapahtuma
Uneton48 Finaalitapahtuma ei ole pelkästään finalisteille, vaan tapahtuma on tarkoitettu kaikille elokuvantekijöille, muusikoille ja asiasta kiinnostuneille. Kaikki mukaan!
Aika: Perjantai 18.6. klo 17:00 – 21:00
Paikka: Aalto Mediakeskus Lume, Hämeentie 135 C, Helsinki

Ohjelmassa mm.
- Finaalinäytös (10 parasta)
- Palkintojenjako – sekä erikoispalkinnot että koko kisan voittajat
- Leffaideoiden pitchausta
- Rustik-bändi

Liput: Ovelta 6€, etukäteen 4€ (käytä alla olevaa formia)

Media Factory wants to invite you to a morning meeting where we will be informed about EU:s framework programme and its different stages of preparation with an emphasis on ICT and media. In this way we can be part of the development from the very beginning. Senior eu r&d adviser Eija Auranen and senior technology adviser Hannu Nurmi will present the future FP8 and also the ongoing FP7. You can forward this mail to those who you think could be interested in these issues.

Please register by sending an e-mail to me on the 10th of June at the latest

Time: 16th of June 9- 11.00 a.m.
Place: Aalto University School of Economics main building, Runeberginkatu 14-16, Helsinki, room 206

Programme:

Morning coffee
9.00-9.15 Philip Dean, Director of Media Factory presents Media Factory’s activities
9.15-10.00 Eija Auranen, TEKES: Towards the FP8
10.00-10.45 Hannu Nurmi, TEKES: ICT in the Framework Programmes
10.45-11.00 Discussion

Welcome!
Maria Suokannas

Aalto on Tracks short movie produced by Media Factory was shown twice in YLE aamu-tv on Thursday 10th June: at 6:55 and 8:45! At 8:45 there was also an interview with AoT organizers Mikko Ikola and Santeri Everi and Media Factory documentarist Anna Berg. You can check-out the clip in YLE areena: http://areena.yle.fi/video/1050887

Dissertation defense of Jürgen Scheible on Thursday 27.5.2010 at 12:00 o’clock in Sampo hall of Media Centre LUME, School of Art and Design, Hämeentie 135 C.

Creating art with mobile phones in public spaces is an emerging form of artistic expression. This dissertation investigates the design of mobile art applications for creating and sharing interactive art experiences in public spaces. It explores new ways of deploying mobile and ubiquitous computing for art making that foster creativity and community. This is done by developing a series of novel prototype applications, with a focus on multimodal interfaces that are put into use in authentic environments for validation by real people.

The results of this research inform future design of new types of artistic and social activities that may eventually become everyday actions of creative expression and exploration.

Jürgen Scheible’s dissertation defense is complemented by an art exhibition called ‘MobiSpray – Paint My City’ which is on display at the Media Centre LUME Gallery from 23.5. until 4.6.2010. It shows photographs and videos of art works made by Jürgen Scheible using MobiSpray, one of the mobile art applications developed during his doctoral research. The works were created over the last two years during Scheible’s travels around the globe, ‘painting’ more than 130 buildings, places and objects in over 50 cities. The exhibition opening will take place directly after the dissertation defense on May 27th. Welcome.

Jürgen Scheible, Diplom-Ingenieur (FH), is a media artist, researcher and musician. During his doctoral studies at the Aalto University School of Art and Design in Helsinki he ran the MobileHub, a prototype development resource for mobile applications with a strong focus on artistic approaches and creative design. He has previously worked for 8 years at Nokia and in 2006 he was a visiting scientist at MIT, Boston, USA. In 2009 Scheible was recognized as a Forum Nokia Champion for his driving vision to be a bridge builder between art, engineering and research. He is the author of the book ‘Mobile Python – Rapid prototyping of Applications on the Mobile Platform’ (Wiley, 2007). Scheible has been giving innovation workshops on rapid mobile application prototyping in academic and professional settings e.g. at Stanford University, MIT, NTU Taiwan, Yahoo and Nokia.