Babbage Cabbage is a new form of empathetic living media used to communicate social or ecological information in the form of a living slow media feedback display. In the fast paced modern world people are generally too busy to monitor various significant social or human aspects of their lives, such as time spent with their family, their overall health, state of the ecology, etc. By quantifying such information digitally, information is coupled into living plants, providing a media that connects with the user in a way that traditional electronic digital media can not. An impedance match is made to couple important information in the world with the output media, relating these issues to the color changing properties of the living red cabbage.
Trust claims is the first time a charity has used Twitter to fundraise.
accounts for charities. allows unlimited uploads, storage, video uploading, etc.
Speaker: Joe Trippi - the long-time US political campaigner often credited with introducing the internet to US presidential campaigning.
Time: 6.00 - 7.00 pm Venue: Carrillo Gantner Lecture Theatre in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Swanston St, Carlton Topic: Politics and government