In his final instalment of Donald Bell’s Maker Update for 2020, he celebrates some of the most creative and clever pandemic and social isolation projects of 2020.
Projects include Simone Geirtz’s Proud Parent Machine, Bornach’s incredible Astable Exhalation sculpture, Shane Wighton’s robot barber, and Colin Furze’s Highcycle social distancing bike.
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Pin Lean Lau Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Bio-Law, Brunel University London For millions of people, smartwatches aren’t just a piece of technology. They can use them to take control of their health in ways never thought possible. As you go on your morning run, a smartwatch can monitor
Karl D. Stephan Karl D. Stephan is a professor of electrical engineering at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. This article has been republished, with permission, from his blog Engineering Ethics, which is a MercatorNet partner site. mercatornet.com Back in June of 2023, Apple announced its Vision Pro,
This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in
Alex Dook particle.scitech.org.au Can fiddler crabs and barrel shrimp inspire the robots of the future? Robots are becoming more integrated into our everyday lives. They can vacuum and mop our floors, mow our lawns and even clean our barbecues. Beyond the home, robots are helping scientists find
‘I think it’s my time, I’ve given a lot here, and when you give a lot here it takes away from other spaces’ – Henare
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And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve.
