Mobile Monday Adelaide

September 2010 – The Serval Project: Enabling telecommunications, any where, any time

leonieodea — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:01:37 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 20th September, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen of shoe-phone fame will present his most recent work which has culminated in the creation of mobile telephones that can work without coverage, but let you keep your existing telephone number.

Incredibly, it uses existing off-the-shelf handsets, and can be used to deploy a mobile telephone network in minutes using hundreds rather than millions of dollars of equipment.

This revolutionary technology, developed and tested here in South Australia, has the potential to revolutionise emergency and disaster response the world over, as well as the provision of affordable telecommunications and internet access to the poorest and most vulnerable two billion of the world.

The relevance of this technology to rural and remote Australia has been heightened by the recent federal election which promises more focus on exactly this kind of capability.

Congratulations are also in order…

Dr Paul recently appeared on the ABC’s New Inventors show, and managed to win the round he was in! Well done to Dr Paul and the Serval Project Team.

www.servalproject.org/archives/606

For further information, visit servalproject.org

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 20th September 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 17th September 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

August 2010 – Fringe Genie – The World’s Most Ingenious Festival Apps

leonieodea — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:58:31 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 16th August, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

From a chance meeting with the Adelaide Fringe CEO and a spur-of-the-moment unique idea, Formicary Australia, in 2008, created the world’s first iPhone festival guide. Now that the concept has moved from the local stage of the world’s second largest fringe festival – that would be the Adelaide Fringe – to the stages of the world, we’re putting the most convenient festival guide in the pockets of tens of thousands of punters everywhere with Fringe Genie: the world’s most ingenious festival apps.

At Mobile Monday we’ll tell you how we did it and what’s in store for the future of Fringe Genie and an infinite range of other markets for “content-driven apps”.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 16th August 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 13th August 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

July 2010 – 2moro mobile (Your chance to win an iPad!)

leonieodea — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:54:59 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 19th July, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

The team at 2moro mobile have developed over 40 apps in the 2 years since the company was founded. Making 2moro mobile the most experienced app developer in Australia.

2moro mobile have worked on projects around the world and all over Australia. They have worked with Adelaide’s leading agencies on campaigns for local South Australian icons such as:

The Adelaide Fringe
Wendy’s
SA Lotteries
WOMADelaide
The Adelaide Casino
The Adelaide Crows

iPhone, iPad, Android, Nokia – Where is it heading next? Who really knows, but 2moro mobile are happy to predict the future with you.

Come along to Mobile Monday on the 19th July to hear CEO Peter O’Neill make a few exciting announcements and learn more about the state of mobile.

They will also give away one shiny new Apple iPad to a lucky punter. So brave the cold and come along for some chill drinks, warm company and your chance to take home what Steve Jobs describes as “The most important thing I’ve ever done”.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 19 July 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 16th July 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

June 2010 – Never miss your bus again!

leonieodea — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:02:36 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 21st June, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

Never miss your bus again!

Sandora is a mobile based platform that reports the location of a vehicle every 30 seconds (or so) and can be used to predict an estimated time of arrival at a destination. The initial market segment being targeted is the public transport industry, with the dissemination of real time public transport timetables via a web page (computer or smart phone).

Sandora GPS Solutions Pty Ltd was formed in 2009 by Dave Hepworth, Phil Allan and Ramesha Murthy. They started working on Sandora in 2008 as students undertaking the Master of Science in Information Technology program at Carnegie Mellon University, with the aim to satisfy a need and fill an existing gap for information about public transit services in real time, both from commuter and provider points of view. Since graduating, they have dedicated their time and skills to developing the Sandora platform for commercial use.

Sandora is a live demonstration project at this point in time.

They are pursuing a number of business opportunities in the government, education, community and tourism sectors.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 21st June 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 18th June 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

Business Angels in South Australia

leonieodea — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:05:10 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 17th May, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

This Month’s Mobile Monday is sponsored by Innovate SA.

Business Angels In South Australia

Nick Foskett

Nick worked in Silicon Valley from 1989 to 2002 in various technical lead positions at NVIDIA (including hardware architect for the original Microsoft Xbox), Silicon Graphics, Adobe and Austek Microsystems before returning to Australia. Since returning he has completed MBA and Master of Commerce (in Applied Finance) degrees. He helped to get the SA Angels business angel group off the ground and is currently part of the management committee of that group.

Mike Richards

Mike Richards is manager of the Innovate SA City Office. Innovate SA has been established as an independent stand alone incorporated body outside of government to deliver programs and services to South Australian SMEs that have the capability and desire to grow.

Mike has extensive experience is assisting high growth businesses in South Australia by helping make them investor ready, globally competitive and innovative. Mike has led the development of the Venture Capital programs delivered by Innovate SA. These programs have assisted many South Australian companies become investor ready. Mike works closely with investors across Australia to facilitate deals with companies and further develop the investment community in South Australia. Mike has been involved in the formation of and is a member of the management committee of the business angels group SA Angels Inc.

Mike was previously manager of Venture Capital SA and Principal Investment Manager with Science Technology Innovation Directorate. Other prior roles have included health industry development manager at the Centre for Innovation, Business and Manufacturing, Manager of the small business program, Corporate Investigator and Corporate Services Manager at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

Mike holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree, is CPA qualified, is Vice President of the CPA Divisional Council and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

SA Angels

SA Angels Inc is an Adelaide (South Australia) based business angel group. They are a group of sophisticated investors interested in investing in early stage businesses based in South Australia in fields other than biotechnology (if you have a biotechnology company, please apply to BioAngels instead). They conduct meetings on a monthly basis to consider such investment opportunities. Entrepreneurs can log on to the Angelsoft website to enter their opportunity to be considered by SA Angels.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 17th May 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 14th May 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

April 2010 – 3D and Video on Mobile Devices

leonieodea — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:28:36 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 19th April, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

Technical Considerations when Developing Real-time 3D Artwork for Mobile Devices

Dan Cormick of Soda Cube (formerly Extra Artists) will be delving into the technical side of developing 3D artwork for mobile devices. He will draw upon his experience from working with companies such as Kvaleberg, a Norwegian mobile OS developer and world renowned Norwegian Massive Multiplayer Online (MMO) developer, Funcom about their involvement with Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, a popular MMO Game. He will also discuss current developments underway with local developer 2moro Mobile and touch on his involvement in Realtime 3D Multi Path Movies by Brilliant Digital Entertainment for delivery over the web in the late 1990′s (the technical restrictions for the web back then are very similar to mobile now).

Some of the technical considerations covered will be: (WARNING: Use of extreme technical language may offend some viewers, but Dan promises not to bore you)

Animated meshes and vertex blending between x number of bones
Polygon count (with an overview of what is considered efficient use of polygons and also mention poly-stripping)
Textures: size limits and tricks to keep texture usage to a minimum by using flat colours and tilable textures where possible (will show how to produce a tilable texture)
Baked in ambient occlusion to give textures more depth using multiple UVW mapping channels (if supported)
Brief overview of the Unity3D Engine which is the software we use when developing applications for iPhone (it also can publish to Android, Wii, Xbox, PS3, Web and of course PC). Considerations such as Draw Calls or Dynamic Lights both of which can heavily effect performance will also be discussed.

Soda Cube offer a flexible and customised 3D design service suitable for a wide variety of projects and industries. With an emphasis on creating a user-friendly experience, their team of highly skilled graphic designers, 3D artists and developers love to create visual solutions that impress. Combining their knowledge of video game production and graphic design, they enjoy the challenge of fusing disciplines to recreate the world as you see fit!

The Changing Video Space for Mobile Devices

Dan Monceaux, director of online video production business Danimations will present a brief overview of the changing video space for mobile devices. Covering developments in cameraphone technology, playback compatibility and the new wave of HD ready devices on the horizon, the presentation itself will be delivered via Dan’s LG Viewty Smart phone connected directly to a desktop projector.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 19th April 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 16th April 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

March 2010 – Focus on Sound – DJ TR!P and The Kojo Group

leonieodea — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:23:07 +0000

Internode and MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 15th March from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

The focus this month is on Sound and is proudly sponsored by Internode.

Tyson Hopprich, aka DJ TR!P, is an award winning producer, composer & performer of electronic music based in Adelaide. Over the past 10 years he has built an impressive repertoire of live compositions both for his club sets as well as for a variety of high profile contemporary theatre & dance productions. He will discuss his composition methods for scoring for film, dance, theatre & live performance using obsolete technology & his obsession with video game culture.

DJ TR!P’s melancholy yet beautiful, gritty & grimy signature palette are due to his unique use of obsolete 8-bit computers & video game consoles & his extensive treatment of audio from numerous session musicians. His genre & style shifts effortlessly with each project & collaboration. His music has been released on CD, Vinyl & Mini CD independently & on various independent labels in Australia & overseas.

As a Live Performing Act & DJ he has played at a variety of venues, festivals & events including The Tank [New York], Sundown & Super Deluxe [Tokyo], Game On [Australian Tour] [Video Game Exhibition from the Barbican Art Gallery], The Famous Spielgeltent, Ten Days On The Island Festival, Mona Foma Festival, Adelaide Festival, Big Day Out, and the list goes on and on…. He has also performed along side such acts as Kraftwerk, DJ Krush, John Foxx [of Ultra Vox], Nick Cave, Horace Andy [of Massive Attack], Fuck Buttons, Filastine, James Blood Ulmer, Brian Ritchie [of Violent Femmes], The Saints and many, many more.

As a soundtrack composer he has written for companies including the ABC, State Theatre of South Australia, Vitalstatistix, The Australian Choreographic Centre, Brink Productions, Australian Dance Theatre [Ignition Series], Windmill, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Tasdance, Closer Productions, Restless Dance Theatre, Urban Myth & Kurruru Indigenous Youth Performing Arts. In ’07 &’06 DJ TR!P had the honor of collaborating with Indigenous Elder Auntie Josie for the Adelaide Fringe Festival’s Opening Night Kuarna welcome. In ‘06 he created a Music Score for the Federation Square’s Dream Seed live installation in Melbourne on News Years Eve. In ‘05 The New Pollutants premiered their live re-score to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis at the Adelaide Film Festival, next touring it to Perth’s Revelations Film Festival & Melbourne’s Next Wave Festival at ACMI. He had a strong relationship with choreographer Tanja Liedtke, composing for many projects including Enter Twilight [Tasdance], Award winning Twelfth Floor [Germany '09, UK '09 & Australia ‘06] & Construct [Israel '09, Canada '09, Australia '09, UK ‘07 & the Australian Premiere at the Sydney Festival at the Sydney Opera House ‘08].

Up & coming projects include scores for Windmill’s production of Ted Prior’s ‘Grug’, Restless Dance Theatre’s ‘Beauty’ & Closer Production’s documentary ‘Life In Movement’ about Tanja Liedtke & her life as dancer & choreographer. Also as part of the The New Pollutants he is performing a live re-score to Fritz Lang’s iconic silent film ‘Metropolis’ at the Sydney Opera House in May.

Martyn Zub, Sound Engineer from Oasis Post and Joseph Cassar, Producer from Kojo Interactive, will be talking about sound foley and production for digital media including the SA Lotto iPhone app that Kojo Interactive recently launched, and Beautiful, a feature film created entirely within the Kojo Group.

Oasis Post is one of Australia’s most progressive picture and sound post production facilities; housing the latest technology and some of the best creative talent in the country. They are passionate and driven filmmakers.

Founded in 1995, Oasis Post is an award winning, full service facility offering in-depth industry experience to every production.

Renowned for their work across Advertising, Film, VFX, Design and DVD/Blu-Ray projects, Oasis Post is South Australia’s only totally dedicated HD post facility. They offer the industry standard HD CAM SR mastering format as well as a complete HD/2k/4k pipeline through to 35mm.

Kojo Interactive is a leading rich media agency. They create amazing campaigns that engage audiences and online applications that change business.

Kojo Interactive is a proud member of the Kojo Group – South Australia’s pre-eminent visual communication company; renowned for its work across every facet of the industry – from feature films to multimedia development and events management.

Kojo Interactive, in collaboration with 2moro Mobile, have developed a unique and interactive iPhone application for SA Lotteries. It has already proven to be a success – in the three weeks since its release there were already over 600 happy users.

iPhone application development adds another offering to the capabilities of the Kojo Interactive team. If you’d like to talk to us about mobile application development opportunities for your business drop us a line.

Internode are proud sponsors of this month’s Mobile Monday.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 15^thMarch 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 12^th March 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

February 2010 – GIS for the mobile marketplace

leonieodea — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:35:16 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 15th February, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

Given the current trends in Location Based Services, particularly the significant growth in GPS equipped and location aware mobile phones, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are playing an important role in the management of spatial data, and providing better knowledge to field workers and the public.

ESRI Australia will be providing a presentation on the latest GIS products for the Mobile marketplace. Their technology has been used across a wide range of industries and a vast array of applications, from managing road signs in the City of Adelaide to the emergency efforts in the Victorian Bushfires. They will also be providing details of exclusive software deals available to organisations and developers who are looking to extend the capabilities of ESRI Mobile GIS.

ESRI Australia is the source of astute professional services and GIS technology. They are experts in location intelligence, with over 32 years experience in implementing GIS solutions in dozens of different industries.

Their unique combination of quality services underpinned by proven KnowledgeWhere® methodology, and world-leading ESRI GIS technology, means significant advantage for their clients.

ESRI’s passion for technology and considered approach gives their clients the power to see more and do more. With their expertise, knowledge, vision and technical capability, ESRI Australia turns ‘possibility’ into ‘reality’.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 15th February 2010
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 12th February 2010 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

November 2009: Get Smart – Mobile Phone

leonieodea — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:15:12 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 16th November from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

Maxwell Smart, the bumbling comic spy in the 1960s television series Get Smart, frequently used his ‘shoe phone’ to report his latest predicament to The Chief at CONTROL.

Now a Flinders University computer scientist has combined the latest telecommunications components to produce the real thing!

This months presenter is Dr. Paul Gardner-Stephen from the School of Computer Science, Engineering & Mathematics, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.

Paul’s doctoral research focused on creating time and space efficient genomic database and index formats.

The shoe phone project aims to create shoe phones inspired by the Get Smart television series that support remote patient care.

Hear Paul’s story of how the shoe phone is becoming a medical device!

This is the final Mobile Monday for 2009 – then we are back again in February 2010.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 16th November 2009
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 13th November 2009 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/

October 2009: Get the inside scoop on Trade Delegations and a new iPhone game is launched – Wheeler’s Treasure

leonieodea — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:57:32 +0000

MEGA invite you to
Mobile Monday
in Adelaide

Come and join us on Monday 19th October from 6pm to 8pm at The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000.

This month we have a panel discussion on trade delegations and the launch of the new iPhone game from Two Lives Left.

Have you ever wondered about trade delegations? What goes on? How useful are they? Adelaide mobile and digital media companies Katalyst, Monkeystack and Enabled recently went to Korea on the Children’s TV and Digital Media delegation – please join us for a panel session to find out what it was like, whether it was useful for them, and what surprised them (pleasantly and otherwise?)

Two Lives Left is all about creating games. With our first offering, Wheeler’s Treasure, to be released for the iPhone App Store.

Wheeler’s Treasure is a 2D side scrolling Piratey Platformer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Follow the cursed wheel of lost Pirate Captain Wheeler as it leads you treasure and more. Features collectible items, varied enemies, dynamic procedural world, and online high scores.

Learn about the technology and art behind Wheeler’s Treasure, and what’s involved in the design and management of a large scale iPhone game project.

It should be a great evening so please come along and remember to bring your business cards.

Numbers are limited so please RSVP to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net

Click here and add your mobile number and we will send you a free text message with a link to the Mobile Monday Adelaide mobile website, reminding you of the upcoming events.

Mobile Monday Event Details
Date:	Monday 19th October 2009
Time:	6pm to 8pm
Venue:	The Brunswick Hotel, 207 Gilbert St, Adelaide SA 5000
RSVP:	By Friday 16th October 2009 to Leonie O’Dea at rsvp@mobilemondayadelaide.net
Website:	http://mobilemondayadelaide.net/