As part of
the University of Sheffield’s Festival of the Mind event, Sunday 28 September
will see the Mind
Investors event take place in Sheffield city centre. This event will see researchers pitch their
ideas to an audience who can quiz the researchers on their proposals, make
suggestions and vote for the projects which they think are most interesting,
valuable and deserving of investment.
Dr Jorge
Martins of the Information School will be taking part in this event and will
present several projects which he is currently involved in as part of the
Sheffield Crucible programme:
'If Sheffield stones could talk’
– The
people of Sheffield are
emotionally connected to the buildings in their city. While some of them have been transformed or
disappeared, their memory remains. This
project is developing a mobile application that allows an augmented reality
experience of some the city's disappeared built heritage, enriched with the
living memory of its citizens.
‘Find my migraine' – This project
aims to create a
smartphone app for migraineours to record daily activities and correlate those with their migraine
attacks and migraine relief. The app
will send information to their GP, create graphs, and can be used to monitor
and hopefully help prevent future attacks.
'Demystifying Bitcoin' – If you have
ever wondered what Bitcoin is, how it works and if it is safe, this project
will answer these questions. This public
information project will show
the public how it works, explore the perspectives of business, regulators and
consumers, and expose the pros and cons. The impact on Sheffield businesses will be
examined in the project.
'Research
for the People' – While research
funding ultimately comes from the public, they don’t decide how it is spent. The vision of this project is a social
enterprise that removes the middle man and lets the public set the research
agenda.
'Wonder where are the Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie of our time?' - Gender bias and inequality in the workplace discourage and prevent women from reaching the top professions in science. This project explores how mentoring practices can help reduce the impact of gender discrimination for those who take a career in science.
'Wonder where are the Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie of our time?' - Gender bias and inequality in the workplace discourage and prevent women from reaching the top professions in science. This project explores how mentoring practices can help reduce the impact of gender discrimination for those who take a career in science.
'Life with
stroke' - The experience of living with stroke is unique to each individual stroke
survivor and their family. As a result
of living with stroke, they become experts in their condition. This project aims to understand the uniqueness
of individual experiences of stroke by actively involving stroke survivors as
partners in the project.
The Mind
Investors event is free to attend and all are welcome.
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