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DISONANCIAS 2008/09 Catalunya

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DISONANCIAS Catalonia 2008/09 gathers together four research projects to be developed between January 2008 and October 2009. A total of nine months of collaboration to develop a prototype, procedure or idea based on a concept defined by the participating organisations and the preliminary projects presented by the artists.

Results of the developed projects.

Type of participating entities

Two technological companies: GTD Ingeniería de Sistemas y Software and Eidola (research and production of multimedia technological solutions).

A company exclusively dedicated to research and development (Telefónica I+D).

A public media group, TV3.

Research fields

The research for DISONANCIAS Catalonia 2008/09 can be divided into three fields

Research relating to the development of new applications for technology:

  • An assistant based on techniques of artificial intelligence and augmented reality (GTD) 
  • Prototype of a multitouch, multimedia table that can be adapted to diverse application fields (Eidola)

Research relating to the development of new creative work dynamics:

  • New work dynamics and environments (Telefónica I+D)
  • Review of work processes and methodologies through different creative dynamics (TV3)

Options for exploiting results

Each participating company and organisation chooses a legal option to exploit their results. There are three options available for exploiting these results:

  • Option A – Designed for non-profit projects with the proposal of a model based on copyleft.
  • Options B, C, D – Designed for commercial projects with the proposal of additional remuneration for the artist in the event that the research results are exploited.

Options for exploiting results

Researches

organisation GTD Ingeniería de Sistemas y Software Artist Mo Y

The conception of an assistant or ePartner based on artificial intelligence and augmented reality techniques that are capable of guiding astronauts of future manned missions of planetary exploration in interpreting material they are not experts in, such as engineering, medicine or psychology, in the aim of aiding the astronauts in various circumstances or possible crisis situations.

organisation Telefónica I+D Artist Carme Romero

To search for new dynamics and work environments. Management is providing its backing to introduce new ideas, structural changes and activities that may promote collaboration between people and help to make the company more dynamic in order to make it more competitive.

organisation Eidola Artist Jazmin Vasco

The construction of an interactive multitouch table prototype that can be adapted to diverse application fields such as bars, restaurants, children’s playgrounds, old people’s homes, hotels, trade fairs and congresses, etc.

organisation TV3 Artist Diego Soroa

A review of the work processes and methodologies in the Graphics Department of TV3 through the use of various creative dynamics and in the aim of triggering a development of the visual construction strategies of the channel’s applied graphic image.