We have published the baseline reports on our first Beacon Projects – the Future of Digital Content, how it will be experience and distributed and Unlocking Knowledge Transfer.
These are a result of a series of activities exclusive to the Creative Industries KTN, including online surveys, interviews with leading industry experts and a number of workshops.
Both reports make great reading and have some fascinating insights and ideas into both of the topics covered.
They are available for free on our web site and are a must read for people in the creative industries and technology community. The reports give details of the methodology as well as the survey findings and material from the interviews.
The next stage is to develop a series of scenarios for the future of the creative industries and what projects, actions or funding needs to be put in place in order to achieve these for the long term benefit of creative businesses.
People can still get involved through the interactive wikis for these projects and we will publishing further updates and reports on our web site.
£3m opportunity in plastic electronics
Plastic electronics is being predicted to be the next big breakthrough technology and the Technology Strategy Board has created a £3m fund to help designers and technology specialists turn ideas for products and services into reality.
A workshop is planned for March to help people get their ideas realised as working prototypes and potentially share in the fund.
The UK is a world leader in plastic electronics, much of the fundamental research is happening here now. We are also world leaders in design and creating excellent products, services and user experiences. This workshop is an opportunity for these two specialists to get together and build projects together.
The Creative Industries KTN held an information day together with the Photonics and Plastic Electronics KTN to share information about this opportunity.
Check out the videos on our web site to find out more about plastic electronics, how designers can work effectively with technology researchers to accelerate innovation and most importantly how to apply to be part of this amazing £3m opportunity.