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Last night was Bristol’s first official Dorkbot evening.  The event - dubbed as “people doing strange things with electricity” - was a relaxed affair of drinks and a few people showing off their gadgets.

It’s purpose was get an idea of interest and gather ideas for future events.  This seemed to go well with the next few months already booked in.

We’re looking forward to future events where we can expect more projects and more conversation. Although if they just bring back the remote control car covered in Play-doh I’ll be happy.

Future events will be advertised on http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotbristol/

Submerge and a number of other Bristol’s creative technologists are going to meet up next Tuesday to discuss how we get ourselves our very own festival of digital ‘real world’ gaming. Focusing on City Wide Gaming (CWG’s), where the basic premise is running around the city - usually carrying some kind of digital device, but not always - we’ll be attempting to put together a realistic plan to set up a one day event of general digital antics.

Bristol’s home to so many digital researchers and companies, while it also supports the UK’s largest open wi-fi coverage. So why let the Valley & New York have all the fun?

More news after the event.

SubSub is proud to support Bristol’s bid to become the Uk’s top digital city. Having recently been shortlisted as one of ten finalists, Bristol’s bid to ‘connect the city’ extends to much more than technological solutions. We’re looking at “embedding connectivity and digital media skills within all of the city’s communities”. So, the next step is to work closely with the councils and the communities to help  understand the problems and them generate the solutions. Of course SubSub will endeavor to be there with any technical know how we can add to the mix.