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Latest Idea Fund Award
We are are pleased to announce the ‘BLCK BOX’ project as the latest winner of an ‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund award . BLCK BOX is the idea for an innovative tool that uses granular data from sensors to create … Continue reading
Keeping the elderly warm this winter……
Over the past 3 years, I have been researching the problem of how to keep people warm in our wide diversity of UK housing without wasting energy and keeping costs manageable. My studies have included conventional central heating, heat pumps … Continue reading
‘I’ve got an idea’ Fund – braille project news
Great to hear update news from one of our 2023 fund winners on their experimental development of a digital Braille Reader to include graphics to enable blind people to play digital games. Ed has sent us 2 short videos of … Continue reading
SEA Talk on my Thermal Comfort Study
Slide set from my presentation to the Sustainable Energy Association is now available here. Interesting questions and discussion ensued.
‘Creating gods for our time’ – Invite to a workshop
‘Creating gods for our time’ – 3 day residential workshop https://larksandravens.com/an-invite/14th-17th October 2024.Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Wales, SY20 9AZ A Visual artist & Experimental psychologist duo (a.k.a. Larks & Ravens) are looking to bring together 6 diverse creative practitioners … Continue reading
Idea Fund Award – Thermal insulation from crop waste
We are delighted to announce our latest ‘Ive got an idea’ Fund award to Antoinette Oni – an architectural designer, materials researcher and artist. Antoinette is working on how to create thermal insulation boards from a composite based on abundant … Continue reading
Thermal Comfort Study Report – Now available
I have just completed a study exploring the main factors which affect individuals’ thermal comfort in their everyday lives at home. This is in contrast to the majority of thermal comfort studies which are carried out in controlled lab conditions. … Continue reading
Thermal Comfort Study underway
As the core part of my thermal comfort study, I am currently polling 86 participants from 65 different UK households every day for 30 days at different times of day with a quick survey of how warm they feel at that … Continue reading
Progress on our ‘Ive got an Idea’ fund projects
It’s always inspiring to hear from our various ‘I’ve got an Idea Fund’ projects on challenges they have faced and progress they are making in developing and testing their very different technical ideas. Turning ideas into reality is never straightforward! … Continue reading
Do you have a Heat Pump? – I’m looking for participants for a Thermal Comfort Research Study
I am an experimental psychologist researching how we can stay comfortably warm at home without wasting energy (or money). Our houses, heating and budgets all vary and so does our individual physiology, health, heat preferences and lifestyles … even … Continue reading
The Prospectory 