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Virtual Pets to keep children fit

by Clare 16/10/2006 in Bristol

Bristol-based education innovator Futurelab have invented what it hopes could become a revolutionary toy which keeps children healthy as well as entertained. A Fizzee is like a watch in that it straps to a child’s wrist and inside it lives a small digital creature, or pet, which is powered by the child’s movement.

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Independence for older people

by carolhayward 30/05/2006 in People

As posted in the Information & Development Agency’s news bulletin: ‘Telecare’ an electronic device that monitors household behaviour, could be the key to enabling elderly people to keep living in their own homes. By 2050 at least 30 per cent of the European population will be over 80, putting huge pressure on the younger generation. [...]

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Start-up city

by Clare 18/05/2006 in Bristol

Bristol got a good plug in Tom Coates' Blog plasticbag.org. Writing from XTech conference and asking the question how American are start-ups? he cites Bristol as being in the top ten Computer Science departments in the UK and concludes Bristol as a location with great potential as a startup hub.

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