Tim Hunkin: Illustrator, Engineer, Cartoonist, and Maker

In his presentation at the the Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire last month, Tim Hunkin, an illustrator, engineer, and cartoonist, talked about the homemade amusement arcade he has built over the past 15 years and his work at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. It's a great talk. Have a look.

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Form follows functions

Functions are fun to play with. Just watch kids sitting around a graphing calculator. The more math you know the more fun you can have. Even better with the power of computers you can play with ideas that you do not (yet!) understand. Especially when you can engage actively so get to it…(click below to […]



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Rock out to Wikipedia

In the spirit of today’s euphonious talk from Beardyman, and our companion piece of the weirdest sounds to grace the TED stage, celebrate all-things-music with this incredible audiation of Wikipedia. The world’s largest crowd-sourced encyclopedia got a little more melodious this week, when Stephen LaPorte and Mahmoud Hashemi of Hatnote turned the cacophony of information […]



via TED Blog http://blog.ted.com/2013/08/02/rock-out-to-wikipedia/

Lego Mindstorms EV3 Source Code Available

Hackers are chomping at the bit to tinker around under the hood of the new Lego Mindstorms microcontroller brick, the EV3, which packs an ARM9-based processor running Linux.

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August Timetable

The August timetable is here! Call us on 07450252039 to book your place on workshops.



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