Wearable computers are becoming, well, more wearable!

By embedding tiny sensors and microelectronics within the yarn itself, the Advanced Textiles Research Group at Nottingham Trent University is now developing smart textiles which are soft, flexible and washable, with applications ranging from monitoring patient’s vital signs to flexible displays – there’s even a mention of invisibility… Read more

The draft programme of study for science at Key stages 1-2 unveiled in February contains changes to the current curriculum. These include the inclusion of new topic areas such as evolution and inheritance, and some changes to when topics are taught. There is also an opportunity to link history with history of science, and guidance for finding out about the work of key scientists both contemporary and… Read more

There have been a lot of stories in the news recently about school students writing a whole series of amazing APPS for use on phones, iPods, iPads and the like.

Nick D’Aloisio hit the headlines when his ‘Summly’ app, which summarises news items, was bought by Yahoo for ‘dozens of millions’ of pounds. Nina Dewani designed a password-prompting app and Tom Humphrey launched… Read more