Monthly Archives: April 2012

Designer athletes and catalytic clothing

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

I’d been thinking a couple of science festival talks I’d been to were ‘good but not amazing’ and then I went to Designer Athletes last night and was really surprised to be completely engaged with a really fascinating discussion – … Continue reading →

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Science Tuesday (with some incidental Shakespeare)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Having had a wee day off on Monday (real life getting in the way), it was back to the science festival on Tuesday. I had finally met Juliet Wilson (CraftyGreenPoet) on Saturday (we’d corresponded on our blogs and twitter for … Continue reading →

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My friend the robot

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

So, robot companions.  Not something I’d thought about a whole lot before I went to Ruth Aylett‘s talk on Sunday.  But a tremendously interesting concept. Various stories about robots that will interact with us come up in the media now … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday

Posted on April 1, 2012 by
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