Last weekend, the iLinkoln group organised a hack event at the university. Several members of LiSC were able to attend over the event and take part in the hacking and shenanigans. LiSC also sponsored a prize to be awarded to the best mashup of open data and social media. Overall the event was a great [...]
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Hello from a new LiSC team member!
My name is Sue Jamison-Powell and I started working in LiSC as a Research Assistant at the beginning of May. I am a psychologist working on the ENACT Project with Shaun Lawson, Conor Linehan and Andy Garbett. I specialise in online social relationships and social networks. My thesis examined the way that social networking websites [...]
Smart Energy and the Internet of Things
It’s been a while since I last posted so have likely gone overboard with content, but here goes anyway! I recently attended the ‘Smart Energy: generation, supply and consumption’ workshop held by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) which was focused on the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) and what the implications and possibilities are [...]
MashMyGov.Org Government Data Mashup Generator – the next big idea is here, somewhere…
MashMyGov is a brainstorming tool that randomly chooses two open data sources from Data.Gov.UK and automatically suggests provocative web applications that could be made using them. The application allows members of the public to more easily understand, and engage with, the enormous amount of available data that is now made available through EU opendata government [...]
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