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Idea Fund Award – An experiment in contactless biofeedback
Our latest ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund award goes to Mitchell Fawcett, an artist and maker in Devon whose interest is in immersive experiences designed to reduce stress, improve focus, and help people feel more connected in workplaces, teams, and shared environments. … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – child-led assistive communication
Our latest ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund award goes to Melissa Elliott of Safeguard Autonomy Ltd. Melissa is interested in simple, accessible technology that gives children another way to communicate a need for support in a classroom situation where attracting an adult’s … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – A Garment Forensics Station
Our latest ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund award goes to WEAR THE FUTURE CIC – a youth-led sustainable fashion organisation connecting circular fashion, practical youth opportunity and community participation. Second-hand garments are individual objects with unknown histories. Unlike newly manufactured … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – whisky waste to biostimulants
Our latest ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund award goes to Biotechnologists, Jude Taylor & Thomas England, joint founders of jutobio.com In their words “We started with a wonderfully Scottish question: what if whisky waste could help grow the world’s crops? … Continue reading
‘gods of our time’ & their questions…
With my other hat on with Larks & Ravens, we are exhibiting at Fringe Arts Festival in Bath for 5 days starting Monday 25th May. Check the link for dates and times of events. Here you may encounter cardboard ‘gods … Continue reading
The psychology of reducing consumption
I just stumbled across this essay I wrote in 2020 during the Covid pandemic. It’s an issue that is feeling increasingly critical and I worry that I don’t hear or read politicians or economists exploring what an economy NOT based … Continue reading
Update on Thermal Insulation Boards project
Back in 2024, we funded Antoinette Oni ‘s project to create thermal insulation boards from a composite based on abundant crop waste material available in the UK. Last week, Antoinette emailed to tell us the impressive story of how things … Continue reading
Update on Tree Hugger project
It’s always delightful to hear from past recipients of our ‘I’ve got an Idea’ Fund’ awards. Suhandan has made amazing progress with his Tree Hugger project – a robot which checks and feeds back data on the disease status of … Continue reading
AI makes you smarter but none the wiser
Really interesting paper here Experimental evidence that: People are less able to accurately assess their performance when using AI. Using Large Language Models levels out the Dunning–Kruger effect (a cognitive bias that describes the systematic tendency of people with low ability in a specific … Continue reading
What will naturally generate here?
I am running an informal natural generation experiment in the field and wood I own here in mid-Wales. Last summer, the forestry along one boundary was harvested leaving that edge of my wood completely exposed to the West. This offers … Continue reading
The Prospectory 