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Active Energy: ActiveEnergy: Pittsburgh, Mattress Factory
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ActiveEnergy: Pittsburgh, Mattress Factory. During the summer of 2012 Loraine Leeson took the concept of Active Energy. As developed through her project with the Geezers in East London, to a residency at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh organised by curator Hilary Robinson as part of her Feminist and…. Labels: Mattress Factory - Pittsburgh. Bow Boys School - London. Celebrating the Active Energy turbine. Mattress Factory - Pittsburgh. New Turbine for Lower Lea. Participants United - Preston.
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Active Energy: Celebrating the Active Energy turbine
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Celebrating the Active Energy turbine. On 8th October a new design of tidal turbine was tested for the first time on the River Thames as part of the Active Energy project led by artist Loraine Leeson. Over fifty people attended an event opened by John Biggs, GLA member for City and East, to celebrate this highspot in the five-year project. A small-scale turbine was moored alongside the Tamesis Dock barge to test its functionality. Active Energy Turbine installation October 2013. Bow Boys School - London.
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Active Energy: Turbine on the Thames
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Turbine on the Thames. Join us and Shadow International Development Minister Rushanara Ali MP for drinks and to witness the launch of our innovative underwater turbine on a Thames barge close to the Houses of Parliament. 630pm Tuesday 8th October 2013. Nearest tubes: Vauxhall or Lambeth North. Labels: Turbine on the Thames - Westminster. Bow Boys School - London. Celebrating the Active Energy turbine. Mattress Factory - Pittsburgh. New Turbine for Lower Lea. Participants United - Preston.
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Active Energy: Who we are
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The Geezers Club at AgeUK, Bow in East London has been running since 2006 and aims to counter loneliness and isolation amongst older men through the involvement of members in activities addressed specifically to their needs and interests. Tidal power from the River Thames was the group's own idea to improve the lives of London's older people. Professor of design at Northumbria University with an interest in citizen innovation and social change. She was part of the team that. Fiona is Head of SPACE Learni...
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Active Energy: January 2008
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The Not Quite Yet, SPACE, London. In 2007 SPACE Studios commissioned artists Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel, Loraine Leeson and Stacy Makishi to respond to the research project Democratising Technology led by Ann Light, Lois Weaver and others at Queen Mary University of London. Through this project Loraine met The Geezers at their AgeUK base in Bow and together they embarked on a journey to find a way for renewable energy to support the older population of East London. For The Not Quite Yet.
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Active Energy: April 2013
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Turbine on the Thames. Join us and Shadow International Development Minister Rushanara Ali MP for drinks and to witness the launch of our innovative underwater turbine on a Thames barge close to the Houses of Parliament. 630pm Tuesday 8th October 2013. Nearest tubes: Vauxhall or Lambeth North. Labels: Turbine on the Thames - Westminster. UK tidal power has huge potential, say scientists. BBC News 14th January 2013. Http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20983645. Labels: New Blade Designs.
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Active Energy: October 2007
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Where did it all begin? In 2007, Democratising Technology. DemTech) set out to explore creative aspects of discussing digital technology with groups being marginalised by it. We invited five groups of older people to represent those excluded from discussions of future tools and help design some ways of involving them. Led by researchers in performance and computer science at Queen Mary University of London (Pat Healey, Ann Light, Gini Simpson and. Lois Weaver), the goal was twofold:.
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Active Energy: November 2010
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Active Energy: Gallery
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Below is a slideshow with images from the project. Bow Boys School - London. Celebrating the Active Energy turbine. Mattress Factory - Pittsburgh. New Turbine for Lower Lea. Participants United - Preston. The Not Quite Yet - SPACE. Turbine on the Thames - Westminster. 169; Geezer Power. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Active Energy: Technology
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Slides by Toby Borland for turbine development with the Geezers. The next phase of Active. Providing sealed shaft drives that prevent the generator from getting wet are expensive and cause friction. The solution adopted is to use a long turbine drive shaft angled into the water like a sampan or peque-peque motor. 1] http:/ www.marineturbines.com/Projects. 2] http:/ mhk.pnnl.gov/wiki/images/e/ef/Evaluation of small axial flow hydrokinetic turbines for remote communities.pdf. Bow Boys School - London.
