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Danelaw, foresight and a good pen

Danelaw, foresight and a good pen

Feb 21, 2025

In term 2 we are fortunate to have a heart beat of guest coming in to speak to our students....
teaching casa
HRH visits OPS

HRH visits OPS

Feb 21, 2025

This week we hosted a visit from HRH Princess Royal. In her role as Chancellor of the University of London,...
events research
Tinkering with weather + birdboxes

Tinkering with weather + birdboxes

Feb 14, 2025

This week culminated in tinkering with a few projects to get them live. Weather stations are one of the simplest...
research
House Mill 1 year data

House Mill 1 year data

Feb 7, 2025

Timelapse footage from the RPi NOIR Last week have been pulling together a paper for CUPUM summarising the results of...
research
DJI Matrice 4 - demo day

DJI Matrice 4 - demo day

Jan 30, 2025

DJI Matrice 4T and RC2 plus enterprise Really interesting day out this week with Drone Pilot Academy getting demos of...
teaching
Optimism, ethics and lab work

Optimism, ethics and lab work

Jan 25, 2025

(image via nymag.com article “The Trolley Problem Is the Internet’s Most Philosophical Meme” ) Learnt a few things this week...
teaching
Pen Plotter

Pen Plotter

Jan 18, 2025

Finally bought a pen plotter. I have been intrigued by these since spotting Sketchy, a delta robot drawing faces at...
making
LLM 2024

LLM 2024

Jan 11, 2025

We are currently nearing the end of an Innovate UK project called TRUST2 exploring how LLM’s can help us understand...
research
LEGO Sun, Earth and Moon

LEGO Sun, Earth and Moon

Jan 4, 2025

One of my favourite parts of the Christmas holiday is creating time to sit down with a drink, put a...
making
2024 in numbers

2024 in numbers

Dec 28, 2024

This is the time of year when you start to get app notifications reflecting on your use of a service...
photos stuff