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
Textiles, Technology and Tattoos
Posted by Karen Hornby on 14th May 2013
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Inspiring scientists
Posted by Rachel Jackson on 1st May 2013
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
Celebrating the discovery of the structure of DNA
Posted by Allan Clements on 23rd April 2013
Sixty years ago this month on 25 April 1953 a paper published in the journal Nature by James Watson and Francis Crick described the now famous and well known double-helical structure for one of the most important biomolecules deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). I was nearly one at the time and I’m not sure my parents were aware of the significant impact that this work would have in the next 60 years.… Read more
The Voice of STEM Education
Posted by Steve Lyon on 16th April 2013
I don’t usually like reality TV shows, and generally avoid watching ‘Big Brother’, ‘I’m a Celebrity, ‘X factor’ and the like. Yet I sat down, with the rest of my family, eagerly anticipating the new series of ‘The Voice’.
I’m not sure why I like watching the Voice, but I do - there I’ve said it! One reason is that I like the judges.… Read more
Home-grown graduates in STEM
Posted by Tom Lyons on 19th March 2013
A think tank report reveals that there is a 40,000 per year shortage of home-grown graduates in STEM.
The Social Market Foundation’s report, In the Balance: The STEM human capital crunch, uses the latest industry figures to analyse the mismatch between the future employment requirements and the supply of home-grown skills in the STEM sector.
The study notes that there has been a long-running… Read more
York CAS Hub, Raspberry Pi with a good dollop of Jam
Posted by Steve Lyon on 14th February 2013
Blizzard conditions were not enough to deter teachers of computer science from attending the first Computing at Schools York Hub meeting, run in association with the National STEM Centre. After initial welcomes and introductions teachers got stuck into a variety of workshops; discovering how to set up a Raspberry Pi from scratch with our very own Ian Miller, experiencing how the Raspberry Pi can be… Read more
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