Technology is Great! But there are Negatives, say Scientists ...

Tom Chatfield writes a feature for the Guardian newspaper:-

Why reading and writing on paper can be better for your brain



Meanwhile, iPads can even disturb your sleep, it seems. It's to do with your melatonin levels.  Gillian Mandich writes for the Huffington Post:-

Using an iPad Before Bed May Be Wrecking Your Sleep and Your Health

What has Technology done to Art?, asks Aaron Souppouris

Spotted on Twitter today, an interesting article about what technology is doing to art.  Read it on TheVerge.com:- 

Technology has changed art, and this is what it looks like: A major new exhibition looks at technology's effect on the creative arts, by Aaron Souppouris on July 3, 2014 10:09 am Email @AaronIsSocial     Here's the link!

Bit of a techno geek? MEGA BIG Funding Opportunity

An opportunity for students to receive £5K of funding to develop technology ideas over the summer.

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/student-innovation

Guardian Culture Professionals Network

This is a great network - for example, today there's a piece about embedding digital technology in the arts.

These postings are really useful.  You can sign up so that you receive regular emails
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http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network

Percussionists - do you know Percussion Symphony no.1 and no.2 by Anthony J. Cirone?

We have two percussion symphonies by Anthony J. Cirone.  (See the Whittaker Library catalogue here.)

We wondered if the cassette tape in Symphony no.2 was putting people off - after all, it's defunct technology now!

The composer kindly gave us permission to transfer the tape to CD, so that solves the technological problem.  Now we need someone to come and try the music out!

Intrigued? Come and borrow it!