MakerLegoBot is a 3D printer made of LEGO bricks that can print LEGO bricks using LEGO bricks. Here, watch it construct a simple LEGO house.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso can join an exclusive group later this weekend if he wins his third world title. Other triple world champions are Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1991), Nelson Piquet (1981, 1983, 1987), Niki Lauda (1975, 1977, 1984), Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971, 1973) and Jack Brabham (1959, 1960, 1966). If Alonso does win this title, […]
After Study Block 1, taught session 2, we were given a reading to look through and digest. We were given Chapter 5 (pp. 79-104) from “Children’s mathematics 4-15: learning from errors and misconceptions” by Julie Ryan, Julian Williams. (McGraw-Hill International, 2007) The mistakes children make in mathematics are usually not just ‘mistakes’ – they are […]
The discussion at our last MaST meeting about parallel axes of reflections lead me to think about this a lot. And it wasn’t until I sat down with some paper and drew things that I could see it clearly. At the last meeting, we looked into exploring reflection using a skipping rope and children mirroring […]
(The rogue apostrophe in the title is ironic… honest.) I am a hater of the apostrophe – but only its misuse. The apostrophe is used to denote missing letters in words that over the years have been dropped to ease pronunciation. The commonest examples are the auxiliary verbs and the word ‘not’. Thus I am becomes I’m […]
Many things excite me about the title of this post. Ayrton Senna is one of the most thrilling Formula One drivers of all time. The Honda NSX is a wonderful piece of machinery. Suzuka is a fabulous circuit. In this video, all three are combined. Brazilian Formula One World Champion Ayrton Senna, for whom Honda had […]
New (ish) Labour leader Ed Miliband bears an uncanny resemblance to Beaker from the Muppets. That is all.
10×10 is clearly one hundred. However, 10×10 (tenbyten.org) is a wonderful website, presenting 100 images as a snapshot of our world at any particular moment. Every hour, 10×10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale and presents them as single image. 10×10 is ever-changing, ever-growing, quietly observing the ways […]
John Lennon’s wire-rimmed glasses appeared on Google’s homepage early this morning. The tribute is about his birth – Lennon died on Dec. 8 in 1980. He was born on Oct. 9 in 1940. The image is Google’s way of saying “happy birthday” to Lennon, who would have been 70 years old Saturday. Press that play button […]
Having just finished my work with a bunch of Year 3 – who are far fussier than I remember – I feel quite pleased. They were able to build and complete the secret construction quicker and more accurately than I first hoped, they used a good range of language – next to, on top of, […]