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Taking your coding to the next level – Scratch to Python
Following on from my last blog post “How you can begin to Code“, by now you should have been getting to grips with a good level of basic coding using games to help you learn to code. So where do you go from here? Most of the initial links I listed used a scratch type of game…
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STEM Choosing your Subjects
Its easy for the older generations to look at the subjects available at Schools that relate to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and understand the value that they hold in the workplace today, however looking through the lens of young person choosing their option subjects its not so easy. How do I know? Well,…
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Building a Quadruped
I decided to have a go at building a robot for a STEM session last weekend, to show the power of code and how it can be used to control something. A moving robot is a great visualisation to demonstrate this. After some searching I settled on a quadruped shown on thingverse (a 3d printing site).…
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How you can begin to Code
With all the recent STEM activities I have been involved with and blogged about, I have been asked to write some posts around how someone can start learning to code. The school curriculum covers an element of coding with some subjects and pupils may be lucky to get a BBC Micro:bit or Raspberry Pi, however…
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Scout STEM/Science Camp
After some months planning and organisation, at the weekend (17th to 19th March 2017) I ran a Science Camp for around 50 Scouts at a local Scout Camp Site starting Friday night and finishing Sunday afternoon. Also being a STEM Ambassador its another part of spreading the importance of STEM subjects to young people. STEM…
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Rise of the Cobot
Robotics have been around for many years, with the idea of robots helping humans being depicted in Science Fiction in early books, comics and films. Robots have been evolving with design and use as we have been working with them to carry out various tasks. So what is a cobot? Wikipedia defines Cobots as: A…
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Stringing along the Scammers
Its always great when you get a phone call saying “Hello, I’m calling from Microsoft and we have noticed a problem with your computer”. My inner kid springs to life and its time to string on the scammers. Unfortunately my fun was cut a bit short after the first couple of questions when I was…
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Basic Input – Then and Now
I spent part of today helping to run a STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) session with some pupils from a local school. One part of the day involved programming in Python and I set a project of a simple higher or lower game based on a random number generated. Running the session took me back…
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Site Reliability Engineering by Google
Having read this book previously its good to see that it is now available from Google on-line for reading/reference. The book itself is a collection of articles and essays on how Google run and maintain their computing systems by their Site Reliability Engineers. The book can be accessed at https://landing.google.com/sre/book/ List of the Table of…
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Digital Tools- Voice Activated Assistants
Does the Voice Activated Assistant have a place in the business? Yes it does. There are lots of voice activated assistants available to help us with our daily tasks. Some are built into mobile devices and some are purchased as specific items. The key is that they all respond to commands and can interact with…
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Max Hemingway 