OCTOBER CARL HEATH INVITED SPEAKER AT THE 2012 STORYWORLD CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD Carl Heath, researcher at the Interactive Institute, was one of the invited speakers at the 2012 StoryWorld Conference that was held in Hollywood, California, in October.
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RESEARCH RESULT FROM INTERACTIVE INSTITUTE INTRODUCED TO THE SWEDISH MARKET In October, Bixia opened its first store in Linköping and also launched a new smart energy clock, Aware Clock. The Aware Clock is developed by the Interactive Institute and can easily measure electricity use in the home and visualize our energy related habits. The clock is commercialized by Pike Solution.
NOVEMBER VISUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY FROM INTERACTIVE INSTITUTE REVEALED A 5,500 YEAR OLD MURDER MYSTERY Interactive Institute and Norrköping’s Visualization Center C provided a virtual autopsy table to the British Museum in London in November 2012. This groundbreaking new technology allowed a virtual autopsy to be undertaken on one of the British Museum’s most well-known mummies and revealed that he was probably murdered. The table was on display at the museum from November 2012 to March 2013, giving the visitors to the Museum a unique opportunity to use the new non-invasive technology and discover new ways of looking at life and death in Early Egypt. MEDIPAD PRESENTED AT RSNA 2012, THE WORLD’S LARGEST MEDICAL MEETING Medipad, a new concept for interacting with radiology workstations developed by Interactive Institute, was presented at RSNA in Chicago, the world’s largest annual medical meeting, attracting more than 60.000 visitors. INTERACTIVE INSTITUTE GRANTED FUNDING FOR OPEN INNOVATION AND LEAD USERS Interactive Institute was granted funding by vinnova for two projects within the call ‘Open Innovation and Lead Users’. The projects are ‘Lead User Innovation Lab’, where Interactive Institute has teamed up with VeryDay and ikea, and ‘Product Development through Inclusion of Lead Users’ where Interactive Institute works together with Monki and Lindholmen Science Park. Collaborating with lead users is an increasingly important factor in contemporary product development, and these two projects will develop the way in which we help companies to work with and engage in user involvement.
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