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The Smart House is a new concept emerged from the information society. It is defined as ´a place where the necessities of the family, in security, control, communications, free time and comfort, environmental integration and accessibility are attended through the convergence of services, infrastructures and equipment´.The Spanish project PLAMSI (Plataforma Multicanal de Servicios Integrados) is set up for the development of a support system in the Smart House for the independent living elderly.

Opened in 1932, the history of the Broadway Theatre stretches back to the mid 1920s. Up until 1924 the current site was occupied by a Fire Station which was relocated to Ladywell, from where it still operates to this day.

Silent movie projectors were ordered but in 1929, Al Jolson’s famous ‘Jazz Singer’ saw the first commercial sound on film presentation revolutionise cinema.

During the 1930s up to the Second World War, the building was primarily used by local organisations, the Utopians being joined by the Eldorado and Lewisham Operatic Societies.

The University of Bologna has always been very active in this sector with initiatives of a high educational and scientific quality, and it has set up a work commission on e-learning with the task of preparing and coordinating an organic intervention project. Initiatives: Completion and management of the electronic catalogue of the e-learning experiences set up at the University. Creation, through CITAM, of a platform (AlmaChannel) belonging to the University of Bologna for the management of e-learning activities and running of training courses Creation of a training course on the problems of e-learning addressed to lecturers, PhD students, people with a research grant, and technical personnel of the University Participation in announcements and research competitions on e-learning subjects on a regional, national and European level Funding of certain courses (Masters, First or Second Level Degree Courses, high education initiatives) to be carried out using "blended learning" o "full distance learning" techniques in order to experiment prototypes and perfect teaching-methodological models that will become assets for the entire University.

Participation - many are no longer satisfied to just consume the thoughts and opinions of professional experts - but want to be involved in the process of discussing and interacting with the news. Beyond this we’re seeing more and more focus upon citizen journalism where millions of people have the means to engage in the reporting of news - simply by getting their mobile phone out.

Relationality - many of the new forms of media that are emerging not only involve readers in the reporting and interpretation of news - but they create spaces where community springs up around the news and information being shared. People are no longer finding meaning in news alone - but together in social networks. Suspicion of Institution - Government, Church, Big Business and other ‘institutions’ are increasingly being viewed with suspicion. I’m finding in my own daily interactions that more and more people have a growing sense of disillusionment and suspicion of mainstream media outlets and are looking for alternative sources of information.

Customization - we live in an age where we have almost unlimited choice in many areas of our lives. New media allows people to customize the information and news that they want to consume. Using tools like news aggregation they can now choose specific topics that they wish to follow and control when and how they consume it. Immediacy - no longer satisfied to wait for tomorrows paper or tonight’s news broadcast - people are increasingly following events in real time online. While TV and Radio have live coverage of some big events with broad appeal - New Media is light footed, nimble, highly targeted to special interests and quick. Whether it be watching Apple release it’s new iPod live via a blogger at the press event or getting reports and pictures of a natural disaster from a blogger caught up in the middle of the action - new media is increasingly ahead of the rest in getting information out.