V - THE NATIONAL YOUNG VOLUNTEERS SERVICE / VOICEBOT
8 September 2009
Working with v - The National Young Volunteers Service, London in an attempt to improve the perceptions of young people in Britain, social innovation company Sidekick Studios, London has created a neat and very special 'Voicebot'... a robot that writes!
- Media Type
- Online
- Out-of-home
- Social Media
- Product Category
- Public Awareness
- Source
- News
- Tags
- Real-Time
- Data
- Social Movement
- Social Networking
The Voicebot forms part of an overall campaign titled Voicebox, a data visualisation project based on online surveys covering attitudes, perceptions and aspirations. http://voicebox.vinspired.com
Contagious was lucky enough to have a meet and greet with the Voicebot yesterday - think Wall-E meets Nike Chalkbot - and see the robot in action. So here is the skinny... messages are submitted online by users aged 16-25 in response to the question 'What do you care about?', these are then moderated and sent to the robot which begins 'writing' with surgeon-like accuracy, even replacing the pen lid at the end of each message! http://vimeo.com/6417494
Once the message is complete, a photograph is taken and sent to the author, is posted on Flickr and online. Tag clouds and filters on the site allow for quick referencing of the responses by age, gender, region and ethnicity. http://voicebox.vinspired.com/results/what_you_care_about
For the week beginning 12 October the Voicebot will be in residence in the Houses of Parliament writing messages in real time, and sharing 1,500 of the best entries submitted to date.
Sidekick Studios Director, Adil Abrar, explains the initiative as 'a modern twist on writing a letter to your MP. Instead of sitting around complaining that young people are lazy and apathetic, our approach is to develop tools that make it easier, more powerful and more exciting for them to express their views and get involved.'
We love the digital to physical aspect of the campaign, in such a cluttered world its great to see something tangible and real come from online media.
Contagious was lucky enough to have a meet and greet with the Voicebot yesterday - think Wall-E meets Nike Chalkbot - and see the robot in action. So here is the skinny... messages are submitted online by users aged 16-25 in response to the question 'What do you care about?', these are then moderated and sent to the robot which begins 'writing' with surgeon-like accuracy, even replacing the pen lid at the end of each message! http://vimeo.com/6417494
Once the message is complete, a photograph is taken and sent to the author, is posted on Flickr and online. Tag clouds and filters on the site allow for quick referencing of the responses by age, gender, region and ethnicity. http://voicebox.vinspired.com/results/what_you_care_about
For the week beginning 12 October the Voicebot will be in residence in the Houses of Parliament writing messages in real time, and sharing 1,500 of the best entries submitted to date.
Sidekick Studios Director, Adil Abrar, explains the initiative as 'a modern twist on writing a letter to your MP. Instead of sitting around complaining that young people are lazy and apathetic, our approach is to develop tools that make it easier, more powerful and more exciting for them to express their views and get involved.'
We love the digital to physical aspect of the campaign, in such a cluttered world its great to see something tangible and real come from online media.
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