Month: December 2013
-
Unusual Materials – Rochelle Salt, Thermoplastic Starch
Rochelle Salt (Piezo Crystal) Sometime ago my classmate Naama tipped me off to how easy it was to grow piezo […]
-
Science Museums and Science Centres
London’s Science Museum Recently I had a few hours to kill so I went for a quick desultory spin around […]
-
A Walk around Stoke Newington on Boxing Day
Yesterday I decided to walk from Stamford Hill to Stoke Newington via the residential backroads. My plan had been to […]
-
Macro moss and macro conifers with a USB Microscope
I recently acquired a USB microscope on ebay; say hello to hours of endless scrutinizing of small things around the […]
-
How the Coulibiac disappeared, and discovering Egg Nests
Russian Coulibiac – still a mystery on the inside (Image Source: wikimedia commons)Recently I was reading an article in the […]
-
Facial Reconstruction / Anatomy for Artists
Recently I attended a brilliant two day workshop on skull-based facial reconstruction conducted by forensic artist Richard Neave. Here is […]
-
Building a simple two servo walker
School’s out! Its been an extremely crazy few weeks at school so I’m falling behind in all the documentation of […]