Power Up 3.0 – a new smartphone-controlled paper airplane
If, like me, you’ve had unsatisfactory paper plane experiences fear not as there is a new gadget in production that…
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Helping engineering take off
To increase the number of future engineers private sector foundations are taking matters Stephen Holmes finds the work of one…
Barbie: the enemy of engineering?
Is Barbie responsible for instilling gender stereotyping in children? As the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has spent the entire…
Ultimaker aims to bring 3D printing to UK schools
Hot on the heels of MakerBot’s announcement to get a 3D printer in every school in the US, Ultimaker GB…
Where have the Great Inventors gone?
Most of us can reel off past inventions. Does that mean modern day ones are less significant? Tanya Weaver ponders…
Brick by brick
In the search for increasing numbers of future engineers, Stephen Holmes finds how a charity installing LEGO in schools might…
Not just an engineer, but a Marks & Spencer engineer
Structural engineer Roma Agrawal forms part of M&S’s ‘Leading Ladies’ line-up British high street staple Marks & Spencer has today…
Creaform offers free education manuals for 3D scanning
3D scanner company Creaform has launched fee manuals for education staff on how to use the technology Portable 3D measurement…
Brother to brother
Mcor Technologies invented the world's only current paper-based 3D printer. Tanya Weaver reports on how the company's co-founders, two Irish…
The eternal charm of Lego
We all seem to love Lego but what is it about this humble brick that has captured the imaginations of…
