May 2011

BCS Berkshire May Newsletter – Kinect and Behaviour Driven Development

Welcome to the May Newsletter.

This month we are highlighting some of the events going on around Berkshire:

Networking Social: On the 10th of May (tonight!) we have our networking social with Reading Geek Night at the Copa Bar. Join us from 6.30pm for food and drink and a few talks. Here are the directions to the Copa Bar:http://copareading.sm4.biz/#/where-we-are/4527688126

Kinect: You are the controller: On the 10th of May the IET group are putting on an event about Microsoft’s Kinect for the Xbox 360. This event will talk about how for the first time there is now controller-free gaming through full-body skeletal tracking without the need for a motion tracking studio or a suit covered in ping-pong balls. This event will take place in the Holiday Inn on Basingstoke Road. Online registration is essential. Click on the link for further details.http://www.theiet.org/local/uk/thames/berks/kinect.cfm

Do we need ergonomically designed products in our lives?: On the 16th of May Cafe Scientifique is holding an event in the Deja vu Bar in Reading. Click on the link for more details: http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/newsandevents/about-cafescientifique.aspx

Behaviour Driven Development: On the 18th of May Ian Cooper will talk about the Behaviour in Driven Development in the Copa Bar Reading. For directions to the Copa Bar click on the link: http://copareading..sm4.biz/#/where-we-are/4527688126

Second life: On the 24th of May meet at 7.30 London time at the virtual BCS offices on the Bangor University campus in Second Life. The secret location will be notified to all members of the Second Life group BCS The Chartered Institute for IT and will be announced at the virtual BCS meeting.

There is also lots more including a talk on life skills held by the IET. So take a look through our website for more details on any of our events.

NEXT MONTH: Details about our CV Clinic and talk on redundancy

Hopefully that’s enough to whet your appetite this month, so I hope to see you at some of these events.
Berkshire Branch Committee