Bob has been away on holiday to the lovely rainy city of Manchester. A bit of a shock to the system from his normal hangout overlooking the truman brewery in sunny spitalfields …(yeah right). This excursion was actually part of the Futuresonic Conference and Exhibtion where Bob was exhibited for the length of the festival. He met and chatted to many people and hopefully spread the word about the great projects that are produced here at Digit’s R+D Lab. Many thanks to the Futuresonic organisers for having us and making us feel welcome.

We have been asked to showcase Bob the Lamp at the Futuresonic Conference and Exhibition in Manchester this May. So if you are going to Futuresonic come over and meet Bob and have a chat. Hopefully see you there.

Bob is finished!! In his new wooden body he curls up when he is unhappy and uncurls when he is happy. He is currently receiving data via USB but we are hoping to make this connection wireless, using either Bluetooth or Zigbee modules.

Bob the Lamp from EllyBee on Vimeo.

Bob the Lamp was presented at the BD4D’s event held at the ICA on the 27th November. Here’s some photos from the event below.

Bob’s new look will be made out of wood and allow the neck to curve up and down.

Desklamp bob - first prototype
The desklamp reads the BBC news feed every 30 minutes and reacts physcially to it’s content, through it’s movements and colour of light. It has also been given a presence online, as a chat bot on an IRC server and so can be cheered up or abused through compliments and criticisms.

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