DTW 2012

During the Dutch Technology Week 2012 June 1-8, MAD will be involved in various fascinating projects organized by us and our friends!

Come and see:

Science Hack Day Eindhoven

Quiz Night XL: Science and Technology

Internet of Things

Startup Weekend Eindhoven

TEDXBrainport – Making the Future

Hich Tech Discovery Route

Organize your route so you would not skip us and our partners!

See you in Dutch Technology Week!


PULS: Play The Future (DDW12)

“Breath taking ideas, crazy experiments and extraordinary collaborations – that’s what is all about during Dutch Design Week 2012. With the boundless creativity of hundreds of respected designers and young talents, the leading event offers each year a unique look to the future of design.”
(Dutch Design Week 2012)

PULS 2012:

Play The Future

The intriguing interplay between reason and emotion, between science and art and between delusion and reality is an issue in this event.

It takes place during the Dutch Design Week: 20 t / m 28 October 2012.


Upgrade! Eindhoven review DEAF & FutureEverything

If you participated or missed them, DEAF (Rotterdam) and FutureEverything (Manchester) are important milestones to review.
We’d like to share your and our experiences and insights at Upgrade! Eindhoven.

Apply for a talk or presentation, or just come and participate!
mailto:mad@dse.nl

Date: Saturday June 9
Open 19:00 till around 21:00 hours

Location MADlab
Vestdijk 280 Eindhoven


FutureEverything MADbuzz

MADbuzz to Manchester FutureEverything 16 – 19 May

Complete travel arrangement with MADbuzz/NIS

http://futureeverything.org/conference-timetable/

Soon you find the complete arrangement here.

Pre- register by sending an e-mail to: info@madlab.nl


Science Hack Day Eindhoven – Nerds are Cool!

On 1 juni starts the first Science Hack Day in Eindhoven.

Stunning concepts, crazy and breakthrough ideas are being devised, developed and presented in a 32-hour thrilling event.

Here the most creative and smartest teams take challenge together. Thematic prizes are for different topics and applications.

Coders, Technologists, Designers, Hackers, Artists, Nerds and Researchers are ‘teaming up’ to create the smartest multidisciplinary solutions which would amaze the world.

32 hours long, you will find a location, facilities and community for creating, designing and prototyping solutions for the tomorrow’s world.

What is a Science Hack Day? http://www.sciencehackday.com/about/

Science Hack Day Eindhoven is part of Dutch Technology Week.

Do you want to help organizing, become partner or contribute in some way? Contact MADlab.


Make it Work – National Congress Open Data + Exhibition

 

Friday 20 april National Congress Open Data in Eindhoven

It is time to apply Open Data into practice! We know that there is data overflow, so now we have to convert it into usable information. By bringing together vision and practice, usage of datasets visualization becomes a serious business. How? Come to the National Congress Open Data and make a jump into the future of Open Data!

The focus of the conference is on putting Open Data into practice. Besides several great speakers, there will be a varied afternoon program with interactive parallel sessions. Case studies, visual and digital presentations will immediately provide you with instant applicable knowledge, inspiration and dialogue.

More information and registration: www.openeindhoven.nl

Twitter: @MADlabNL #NCOD12

19-22 april Make it Work – Open Data Exposition

National Congress Open Data is an interactive four-day exhibition with presentations, installations and applications of Open Data

Venue: Stadhuis Eindhoven
Opening hours: 13:00 – 17:00 daily


Culture App Eindhoven Quest in beta

The App Eindhoven Quest is published in public beta on Layar.

It is a game for students to discover a number of monuments in the city of Eindhoven.
Anyone, who has a suitable iPhone or Android smart phone can use the application.
The App was developed by MADlab (Oleg Fedorin, Paul Zuurveen) and uses RHCE open data and other sources.
After a trial period, the app will be officially launched in March 2012.
The link to the mobile website is: http://88.159.8.164/layar/monumenten/website/index.html


 Launch at Bushokje van Rietveld.

Update 2.0.12

On January 7, 2012- around the clock-  you can enjoy Update 2.0.12 which is an event in one of the last untouched pieces of industrial heritage that is in Eindhoven.
Together with various artists and performers from Eindhoven, Dommelvallei, Zodiak Commune and Chris de Zeeuw starts the new year in the basement of the monumental Natlab at Strijp S.

   The programs are:
    ART // DESIGN // NEW MEDIA // FILM
    Broet
    Plaza Futura
    Chris de Zeeuw
    Cloud Collective
    Florian de Visser – Animatorium
    Pixybox (Racheal B)
    Gunha3
    Mark van Meygaard
    Michiel van Meygaard
    Nienke Bosma
   

Venue: Natlab / Strijp S. (The Kastanjelaan), Eindhoven.
Opening hours: 16:00-4:00.

You can register at: https://www.facebook.com/events/156689214431771/

Tickets:
The program is free from 16:00 to 22:00u, tickets for the program from 22:00 to 04:00u are 9 Euro.
Tickets are available in presale at Sterk Water (Ketelhuisplein 1 / Strijp S., 5617 AE, Eindhoven) and Doortje Vintage (Smalle Haven 2-14, 5611 EJ, Eindhoven).

See more information on the websites:
http://zodiakcommune.com/ws/showEventList.php?#190
http://dommelvallei.nl/


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Christmas Card click here

 


MAD in motion

MAD is transforming into a project based organization. In the coming years, we will search for collaboration with people, partners and programs to further enhance quality and results.

There are more than eighty unambiguous statements of support for MAD from artists, scientists, businesses, institutions directors, hackers and architects that demonstrate the value and quality of MAD which was collected after the negative advice from the ‘Post committee’ at the end of 2009.

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