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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: July 2016
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Wednesday, 20 July 2016. Recycling is the reel thing for Ravi. Ravi Toor, founder of Filamentive. Finding the gap in any market is crucial to the success of any business proposition. Finding it in an emerging technology or market is something of a holy grail. Young businessman Ravi Toor has managed to do both! All this before he has even graduated! We caught up with him recently to find out a bit more about Filamentive. So Ravi, what was your original inspiration for Filamentive? Production wise, state-o...
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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: November 2016
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Tuesday, 15 November 2016. The Time, according to Turing, is . The 'Gemini in Tempore' clock. No one makes clocks quite like Paul Parry. The only modern parts Paul uses are the microprocessors, microcontrollers and components that actually control the electronics of each clock. It has been a whirlwind 18 months or so since Rapid last met Paul. He has been shortlisted for the 2016 Arts and Crafts Design Awards and earlier this year won a Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday award. With these I then complet...
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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: August 2015
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Thursday, 20 August 2015. Jam-packed with Pi fans. The first-ever Ipswich Raspberry Jam was held on Saturday 8th August. Organised by the Ipswich Makerspace. Guest speakers included Clive Beale, Director of Educational Development at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, and Andy Proctor, an entrepreneur and e-commerce consultant who has used the Raspberry Pi in the haulage industry. Be doing it again, so please join our mailing list. To keep up to date with announcements", said Chalkley. And Kev from @Maplin IPS.
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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: April 2015
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Tuesday, 28 April 2015. Ten years: a lifetime in electronics. By James Bell, Managing Director, Rapid Electronics. They say a week is a long time in politics. Well, ten years is a lifetime in electronics. It is only when you look back at an old catalogue or web page that you realise how much has changed about the way we sell our products. To see what it looked like back then), but online orders represented barely 20% of overall sales. The way we were. 8212; Nigel Booth (@m0cvo) June 18, 2014. Everyone in...
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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: May 2016
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Tuesday, 17 May 2016. Shirley the sensational sugar spinning robot: Part 2. In the second part of his blog about building 'Shirley', his Big Bang Fair robot, Rapid's Education Manager Chris Calver (right) concludes the build and hands it over to Stefan Gates for its starring role in the 'Quantum Mechanical Chocolate Factory'. Shirley was starting to take shape in the last blog. The sugar spinning and thermal imaging parts were done. Now I needed to come up with a way to fire a Malteser - as you do. Now a...
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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: January 2016
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016. Coding, programming, 3D printing and robot dancing - the Rapid stand at Bett 2016 was a hive of activity once again. We did brisk business throughout the four days of the UK's biggest educational technology show, showcasing the very best in new STEM resources at our stand. We also shared our space with the people behind some of our new products, such as the MeArm robotics kit. A popular feature was the VEX IQ coloured ball sorter. Stealing the show, however, was the NAO robot.
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<Stuff about="code" />: Adventures in Minecraft
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If (strcmp(stuff, "code") = 0) about = 1;. Is a book written especially for 11 - 15 year-olds which will teach you new programming skills while having fun with Minecraft. You will learn how to create your own mods, utilities and games. Written by. Myself, Martin O'Hanlon. Its a fun way to not only get into programming but also learn how to do amazing things with Minecraft. Be sure to check out the companion website. Which has got loads of extra's and video tutorials. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Except wh...
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Miss Philbin's Teaching and Learning Journal: Running a Raspberry Pi Workshop for Young People
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Miss Philbin's Teaching and Learning Journal. Education Pioneer at Raspberry Pi Foundation, Google Certified Teacher, Vice Chair of CAS #include, Creator of the Geek Gurl Diaries, Moodle Admin, CEOP Ambassador, Nerd, Tea expert, Londoner, and so much more. Friday, 1 November 2013. Running a Raspberry Pi Workshop for Young People. During the summer holidays I contacted my local libraries to see if they would be interested in running a Raspberry Pi workshop. Havering Libraries. There are a number of activi...
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Miss Philbin's Teaching and Learning Journal: November 2013
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Miss Philbin's Teaching and Learning Journal. Education Pioneer at Raspberry Pi Foundation, Google Certified Teacher, Vice Chair of CAS #include, Creator of the Geek Gurl Diaries, Moodle Admin, CEOP Ambassador, Nerd, Tea expert, Londoner, and so much more. Thursday, 7 November 2013. Ticking that ICT box! My hope is that they remix what I do and make it way better in their chosen subject areas. Monday, 4 November 2013. Free CPD for teachers from Teen Tech. To inspire young people. To grab a spot. We have ...
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Rapid Electronics and Education Blog: January 2015
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Wednesday, 28 January 2015. And so to Bett. Last week Rapid's Education team exhibited at Bett 2015. The UK's largest educational technology show. A trade expo, networking event and conference combined, Bett attracts an international audience and significant national media interest. Speakers at this year's show, held at London's ExCel, included founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, Sir Bob Geldof, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan and teenage science prodigy Jack Andraka. Taking our NAO robot for a walk!