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Neighbourhoodie Gets Noticed

April 30, 2010 | Kimberly Dean | Posted in Alumni Successes > CFC Media Lab

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Neighbourhoodie is being touted as “the coolest gaming accessory for iPhone and iPod touch”.

People have really started to take notice of Neighbourhoodie, a prototype developed by Rose Bianchini, David McCallum, and Kathleen Climie, during the last session of the Telus Interactive Art & Entertainment Program at the CFC Media Lab.

Neighbourhoodie is a hoodie that combines the fun and dynamic of street games like ‘zombie tag’ with the technological experience space young people grow up with today, online or with computer games. The ‘Neighbourhoodie’ has the potential to motivate us to leaving not only the couch but the house by playing hybrid games that partly happen in the real world and partly in our all important virtual world.

Neighbourhoodie has been featured on top wearable electronics and gadget blogs, talk2myshirt.com and gizmodiva.com.

There are no limits to what you can create at the CFC Media Lab! Interested in being a part of our next session of the Telus Interactive Art & Entertainment Program? Click HERE.

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Apply Now for the Knight News Challenge

October 23, 2008 | Ana Serrano | Posted in Calls for Submission > Interactive Industry

Hello, friends, past winners and applicants —

The deadline for the Knight News Challenge is fast approaching! This year’s contest, giving away $5 million to digital news innovators, closes to all applications at midnight on November 1st.

Remember that we’re looking for innovative ideas that use digital experiments to transform community news and information exchange. Ideas should push the edge, whether that involves bringing Web 2.0 tools to local neighborhoods, improving online news or creating publishing platforms to inspire conversations in specific geographic communities.

There are only four rules. Winning entries must:

1. Use or create digital, open-source technology;
2. Use news and information to serve the public interest;
3. Benefit at least one specific geographic community;
4. Be innovative.

Last year’s winners received prizes ranging from $15,000 to $876,000. They included individuals, philanthropic organizations and for-profit businesses, such as The Bakersfield Californian newspaper. Ten winners were from the United States, and six were from Canada, England, Lithuania, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Russia.

To apply, visit www.newschallenge.org today.

Good luck!
Susan Mernit
Knight News Challenge

The Knight News Challenge is an initiative of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

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Apply Now for the Knight News Challenge

October 23, 2008 – 11:13 am

Hello, friends, past winners and applicants — The deadline for the Knight News Challenge is fast approaching! This year’s contest, giving away $5 million to digital news innovators, closes to all applications at midnight on November 1st. Remember that we’re looking for innovative ideas that use digital experiments to transform community news and information exchange. [...]

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