Challenging convention and wisdom: a day in the life of a Meet the Algae guide
Author: Howard With visitors ranging from Stage 3 and GCSE pupils to teachers and retired professors, each engagement brought their distinct challenges. For young or old, "Have you eaten sushi?" was...
View ArticleFour days left
Author: FatBodySlim We are still very busy on the stand and still engaging greatly with the public. The days are starting to all merge into one and it's nearly the last weekend. The sad realisation...
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When nothing is sure, everything is possible!
Author: John John Guiver - Research Software Design Engineer @ Microsoft Reseach Cambridge, UKWhen nothing is sure, everything is possible! This wonderful quote from Margaret Drabble could be a tag...
View ArticleAlgae- Fit enough for a Queen. Don’t miss your chance to meet the team this...
Author: Elena Meeting the Queen as she met the algae was quite an experience. It was at the Royal Society’s 350th Anniversary Convocation, a full day event organised for Fellows of the Royal Society...
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Fulcrum / Writing a World
Author: Jonathan Dawes Our exhibit is one of the few to include poetry. I'd been meaning to write about this for a while, but time has flown by, and the day-to-day running of the exhibit stand has...
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The beginning of the end!
Author: Jonathan Dawes So, we're exhausted and have collapsed into Wagamama. Here's a pic of the team finishing the final session: From left to right: Jon, Melina, Chris, Euan and Karin. With the...
View ArticleBack home (and to school)
Author: Rose So we're back from the exhibit, and it is true to say that all of the team thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It was tiring but well worth it! We made over 500 bee houses for the...
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Sweeping up, blog-wise.
Author: Jonathan Dawes In this post I've collected together comments and links following on from earlier posts: principally, the singing lift, the Festo flying penguins, and more press coverage we've...
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We embraced uncertainty and now we are certain – it was a great experience!
Author: Microsoft Research We embraced uncertainty and now we are certain – it was a great experience! Many months in the planning, the whitest and brightest, home to thousands of dice and the...
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The end of the end, or perhaps The Last Post ?
Author: Jonathan Dawes One final piece of news in which both of the regular readers of this blog might be interested. I thought I should end on a forward-looking note. The latest issue of...
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