Coventry University, Coventry Start Up Café
Contact Details: |
Dr Gideon Maas, Co-Director Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship, Institute of Applied Enterprise |
Type of Project: |
The Café is the result of a refurbishment and re-purposing of a restaurant on campus. There were plans to remodel an existing restaurant on campus into a modern coffee bar and it was agreed to use this opportunity to convert it into a start-up café. |
Start/End Date: |
Opened September 2006 |
What technology is being used and how is it being used?
Coventry's Start-Up Café is, as is typical with its sister start-up cafés, equipped with a plasma screen with messages driven from the website and a webcam to provide an interactive interface to the other Cafés via the website links.
It is envisaged that as the virtual platform develops, integrated Skype conferencing will be added together with services for communicating with SMS (Short Message Service) and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).
How does the technology add value?
Wireless access is available to students and staff within the Start-up café on campus, guests can apply for a password for access.
The Start-up Café website is hosted on a server through Kaj-isis Ltd. The website provides links to other global members, providing a facility to network globally.
