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“The Swing” – a dynamic urban space installation "Ånd og Vidensfestivalen" at Roskilde is a completely new winter festival. A two-day cavalcade of activities and experiences taking place in February 2010 which will light up the streets, buildings and residents of Roskilde. It will focus on scientific knowledge and spiritual breathing space, to create a festival with an ambitious complex program of activities and experiences for all residents. Interactive Spaces has developed the installation "The Swing" - an interactive installation that comes into play at the visitor's physical activities. The installation invites people into an activity which most of us know from our childhood; to swing. [more] Feb 5th, 2010, 08:52

"Ekko af byen" - en interaktiv installation i Roskilde bibliotek Interactive Spaces forvandler et lidt forudsigeligt Roskilde Bibliotek til et oplevelsesrum, som dykker ned i den informationsstrøm, der flyder mellem bibliotek og omverden. Puls, stemning, lyde og bevægelser fra byen omsættes til levende, interaktive installationer. Ekko af Byen kan opleves 10. - 24. feb. i bibliotekets åbningstiderÅbning: 10/2 kl.17, i Roskilde bibliotek [more] Feb 5th, 2010, 08:44

Galileo paper accepted at Pervasive The paper: Kjærgaard, M.B., Blunck, H., Godsk, T., Toftkjær, T., Christensen, D.L., Grønbæk, K. 2010, "Indoor Positioning Using GPS Revisited", has been accepted for the Eight International Conference on Pervasive Computing. [more] Jan 11th, 2010, 11:30

Locusts paper accepted for PerCom 2010 A full paper entitled "Scavenger — Transparent Development of Efficient Cyber Foraging Applications" by Mads Darø Kristensen will be presented at IEEE PerCom 2010(acceptance rate 12%) in Mannheim, Germany. [more] Dec 21st, 2009, 15:33

Bright Green succes - Nu også på VTU I weekenden bidrog Alexandra i samarbejde med CISS, CSI og en lang række private firmaer med en stor udstilling på Bright Green Expo i Forum i København i anledning af COP15, se www.swkorridor.dk/en/the_energy_aware_house. [more] Dec 16th, 2009, 16:12

Galileo Platform project featured in DR2 Viden Om November 10, the research activities from the Galileo Platform project were featured in the DR2 Viden Om broadcast about the "GPS Revolution". The Viden Om broadcast can be found on dr.dk/videnom. The main focus of the clip was on our research into indoor positioning and in particular the FireSafe system being developed in collaboration with Systematic. The Galileo Platform project is supported by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation and it is managed by the Alexandra Institute. [more] Nov 10th, 2009, 22:36

RETHINK – Contemporary Art & Climate Change RETHINK - Contemporary Art & Climate Change is an art exhibition that thematises climate changes through 26 art works created by Nordic and international contemporary artists working in the intersection of arts, climate changes and culture. The Alexandra Institute Ltd. has been the initiator of the exhibition which opened October 29th at Moesgård Museum in Århus, and on October 30th in Copenhagen at the National Gallery of Denmark, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art and Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center. [more] Nov 9th, 2009, 14:00

HIKUINs Vendetta - a public Mobile Urban Drama developed by the Center for Interactive Spaces "HIKUINs Vendetta" premiered on August 31 2009. HIKUINs vendetta is a Mobile Urban Drama developed as part of the mobile, urban activities in the center for Interactive Spaces and the Alexandra Institute. The Mobile Urban Drama is developed to run on the users' own mobile phones and utilizes a QR-code based infrastructure to provide the digital-physical links between the drama and the real-time city. [more] Oct 1st, 2009, 14:45

BannerBattle explained on P4 radio Martin Ludvigsen was interviewed for P4/østjylland about the BannerBattle prototype. It was installed for a couple of Superliga matches at Aarhus Stadium where AGF - the local football team - played against Esbjerg and Brøndby. The interview is a very short explanation of the BannerBattle prototype (in Danish) and a discussion about how we added an extra layer to the spectator experience and the potentials for installing BannerBattle nationwide. Hear the clip here, see the clip here - and on facebook here (thanks to Mikkel Skovsgaard, host of Hedeslag P4, for the clip) [more] Jul 3rd, 2009, 09:02

Participation in VTU GreenIT Delegation in Shanghai In the period June 7th to June 13th, Kaj Grønbæk and Marianne Graves Petersen participate in a delegation sent to Shanghai, China, by Danish Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation’s. The purpose of the delegation is to start export and exchange of knowledge on Green IT between China and Denmark. [more] Jun 10th, 2009, 02:38

Opening of Hasle Interactive May 25, the outdoor school and physical training facilities in Hasle Bakker, Århus N, were officially opened by the three supporting aldermen from the Municipality. Interactive Spaces and The Alexandra Institute have developed the mobile location based systems used for learning and physical training in Hasle Interactive. The learning application is based on the AudioDrama concept develop by Theatre Katapult together with Interactive Spaces. See pictures from the opening and the clip on Danish TV - DR News. Articles in the local newspaper Århus Stiftstidende. Article 1 and Article 2. [more] May 25th, 2009, 19:00

iSport Interactive BannerBattle Test Sunday May 24, the iSport Interactive BannerBattle was succesfully tested for the second time at the Århus Stadium, where the local team AGF won 1-0 against Brøndby IF. The iSport Interactive BannerBattle measures spectator activity from the different fan groups and creates the possibility for the fan groups to have a friendly battle with each others from their chairs based on their noise activity, singing and waving of flags. See the pictures.The first test was at the previous home match were AGF won over Esbjerg.The story from the Esbjerg-match was posted on the fan-news on AGF's homepage and both Brøndby's and AGF's fans were looking forward to the match outside the match againt the AGF fans. [more] May 24th, 2009, 23:03

Marianne Graves Petersen nominated for the Pasteur Award Marianne Graves Petersen, who is the project manager for the Mobile Home Center Project supported by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, was nominated by the foundation for the Pasteur Award. There were three nominees and the winner was announced October 30th 2008 to be Arnd Baurichter from Danfysik A/S. [more] Oct 29th, 2008, 22:29

Interactive Spaces receive Best Paper Award at ACM MM 2008 At October 29, the paper entitled "Interactive Spatial Multimedia for Communication of Art in the Physical Museum Space" by Karen Johanne Kortbek and Kaj Grønbæk, received the best paper award in the Interactive Arts Track at the ACM Multimedia Conference 2008. [more] Oct 29th, 2008, 22:00

Smart Space conference The Alexandra Institute, Center for Interactive Spaces is co-hosting a conference on Smart Spaces December 11th. To read more. [more] Oct 26th, 2008, 13:45

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