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MacRobert Award finalists announced - Raspberry is selected

MacRobert is an award of innovation in the UK. There are three technologies in the race for this award: Vision RT, Raspberry Pi, Darktrace. Still, the winner has not been announced. In this article, you can get some more information about these three technologies.

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Wednesday 31st October

Today was the official last day of Luminate 2012!

We ended the month on a high note with a symposium at macrobert, Stirling which focused on 'Dementia Friendly Arts'.

Dr Richard Coaten's animated talk, photograph by Colin Hattersley

Chaired by artist and writer Francois Matarasso the day, which explored the affect of art on people with dementia, included talks by Professor June Andrews, the Director of the Dementia Services Development Centre based in Stirling, Dr Richard Coaten, a dance movement psychotherapist, and a discussion between artist Janice Parker and macroberts' Director of Creative Development Alice McGrath which included a screening of the film You Said You Liked The Dancing.

Delegates added their thoughts to the Greenhouse Gallery at lunch, photograph by Colin Hattersley

At lunchtime delegates were invited to get involved with projects run by artists Christine Hilditch and Anita Govan. Christine, whose project Greenhouse Gallery was being exhibited at macrobert, encouraged people to express their thoughts of the day on a blank greenhouse. Anita asked the delegates to write down the three words or phrases that summed up the day to them, which she strung together to form a poem performed at the end of the day.

The afternoon comprised of talks by organisations working within the area of dementia and the arts, and included talks by Hearts and Minds, whose 'clown doctors' perform and interact in care homes and hospitals and Drake Music, who run creative music projects with older people in day centres and care homes.

The symposium was brought to a close with a questions and answers panel discussion with Fiona Evans, Deirdre Nelson, Carla Angus, Mark Butler chaired by Francois Matarasso and a performance of Anita Govan's poem.

Community dance project Ultra Violet, photograph by Colin Hattersley

The delegates were then invited to the final performance of the community dance project Ultra Violet, the performance was described by Doug Anthoney on Age Scotland's blog:

'By turn exuberant and intimate, beautiful and funny, it lived up to its promise of taking the audience on a journey through the cycles of life and a celebration of the joy of connecting across generations.'

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DANNY BHOY TONIGHT

If anyone wants to go(: He's a comedian and has a show tonight on campus @8!

about £15? So $25. Not bad for a show! He's a scottish comedian to boot(;