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SUMMARY:Not just Pi in the sky: low-tech solutions for social innovation -
  Catalyst Team (University of Lancaster)
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:Join the Catalyst team from Lancaster University to discuss ne
 w ideas for the use of low cost\, open-source technology\, co-design and c
 o-production methods for social innovation. Organised as a show & tell ses
 sion\, the seminar is an opportunity to see how an interdisciplinary team 
 of academics\, community volunteers and homeless people have co-designed #
 PAT\, a personal appointment system that uses Raspberry Pi and RFID techno
 logies. #Pat is a prototype designed during the course of #Patchworks\, th
 e first Catalyst research 'sprint'. #Patchworks is a collaboration between
  Morecambe-based community support group 'Signposts'\, Manchester DIY inno
 vators 'MadLab' and Lancaster academics from biology\, management\, comput
 ing and sociology.  Catalyst is a three-year citizen-led research project 
 based at Lancaster University and funded by the EPRSC (RCUK Grant EP/I0330
 17/1)\n \nBio:\nThe core Catalyst team is an interdisciplinary group and i
 ncludes: Maria Angela Ferrario (Research Associate\, Management/Computing)
 \, Will Simm (Research Associate\, Computing/Engineering)\, Jen Southern (
 Research Associate\, Sociology/Digital Art)\, Erinma Ochu (Project Manager
 \, Public Engagement) and Jon Whittle (Principal Investigator\, Computing)
 .\n \nMore information about: \nCatalyst: www.catalystproject.org.uk\n#Pat
 chworks & #Pat: http://youtu.be/ydPcxuixhAw \n\nNote that this seminar tak
 es a form of a Show & Tell session followed by Q&A/discussion.\n\n
LOCATION:LT2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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