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Our Digital City – This is Us in 2010!! 22/07/2010
Cultural Olympiad Weekend – Friday 23 to Sunday 25 July 2010 06/07/2010

The dates for the Birmingham Open Weekend 2010, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, have been confirmed as 23 – 25 July 2010.
As part of Cultural Olympiad, Say Hello, Aston Pride, the BBC and Digital Birmingham will be on hand to showcase the Digital Time Capsule where you, the people of Birmingham, will be able to record and upload your memorable moment in the form of a video, an image and/or audio file etc.
Come and join the team in Victoria Square on Friday 23 July 2010 from 10am – 4pm and be a part of Birmimgham’s digital journey!
Innovation can encourage pessimism 27/02/2009
The Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was a spectacular sporting event, no-one can deny it. China has set the bar extremely high for London 2012, not only in the way they hosted the Olympiad but also the level of sporting achievement.
The “Water Cube” was one of the busiest venues throughout the Games, and the attention that the swimmers created for the sport was none other than amazing - 25 world records were broken, 8 of which by Michael Phelps alone. However, there has been much discussion since the Summer Olympics ended that these world records would not have been broken in such vast numbers without the technological advancement in swimming attire.


