http://girlygeekdom.com Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! Thu, 17 May 2012 13:45:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! GirlyGeekdom no Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! http://girlygeekdom.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://girlygeekdom.com/category/set/engineering http://girlygeekdom.com/education/stem-facts-in-a-room-of-25-engineers-only-3-will-be-women http://girlygeekdom.com/education/stem-facts-in-a-room-of-25-engineers-only-3-will-be-women#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:30:10 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20189
There are lots of facts around women in STEM but it’s very rare that you find many of the more interesting ones all in one place and in such a comprehensive way. I’ve been doing a fair bit of research to find the facts and it appears that I’m not the only one. Take a [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/stem-facts-in-a-room-of-25-engineers-only-3-will-be-women/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/wise-awards-2012-open-for-nominations http://girlygeekdom.com/news/wise-awards-2012-open-for-nominations#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:30:07 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20248
Nominate Girl Geek Dinners founder Sarah Lamb for the Diversity WISE Award for her work with Girl Geek Dinners in the UK.]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/wise-awards-2012-open-for-nominations/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-automatic-lover http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-automatic-lover#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:00:15 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=8446
Not so long ago I got sent Automatic Lover by it’s author Ariadne Tampion. She called it a steamy love story for geeks. Now one thing I will say before I go any further, this is not a book for young children. Personally I’d give it an over 16 age limit. The story line is [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-automatic-lover/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/brit-geeks-take-phone-to-the-edge-of-space http://girlygeekdom.com/education/brit-geeks-take-phone-to-the-edge-of-space#comments Tue, 08 Mar 2011 09:15:53 +0000 Steve Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18436
The incredible team at the University of Southampton successfully launched a Windows Phone 7 handset into the stratosphere as a testbed for a series of experiements to further atmospheric research into pollution. Friday’s launch utilised a helium filled balloon to elevate a small package to an altitude of 18237 meters/59832 feet. The package contained a [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/brit-geeks-take-phone-to-the-edge-of-space/feed 1 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/rise-with-google http://girlygeekdom.com/education/rise-with-google#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:30:08 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=17784
Google have just announced the RISE awards!  These awards are aimed at rewarding people with good ideas that support anyone from a minority group into the STEM subjects.  Rather than me giving all the details I’ll let Google do the talking this time!  But I will say if you have a project that can make [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/rise-with-google/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/mef-castle-windsor http://girlygeekdom.com/education/mef-castle-windsor#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:16:19 +0000 Sara Stephens http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=13929
Sara Stephens talks about how to use MEF at Windsor Castle. Video and code available to play with Also!]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/mef-castle-windsor/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/computer-energy-saving-start-pc-faster http://girlygeekdom.com/education/computer-energy-saving-start-pc-faster#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:00:27 +0000 CalissaLeigh http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=8334
When trying to save on energy costs, leaving a PC on overnight for a full year can cost $360 in energy, depending on where you live. That’s a new netbook, or the price of an energy efficient monitor. So it is of interest to most people to turn off their PCs (not just the monitor) [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/computer-energy-saving-start-pc-faster/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/geek-green-energy-saving-tips http://girlygeekdom.com/education/geek-green-energy-saving-tips#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:00:23 +0000 CalissaLeigh http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=6525
Geek girls are probably some of the highest users of energy. I don’t known about other geeks, but I like to keep my energy bill low. There’s more money to spend on games that way. Perhaps you’d like to contribute a little bit to saving energy for the sake of the planet as well as [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/geek-green-energy-saving-tips/feed 1 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/aauwresearchse http://girlygeekdom.com/education/aauwresearchse#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:21 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=5771
Next Thursday, March 25, 2010, AAUW will release a new report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, which focuses on innovative ways to help girls and women succeed in these fields. In an era when women are increasingly prominent in medicine, law, and business, why are there so few women scientists [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/aauwresearchse/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/studentville-alternative-digital-photo-frame http://girlygeekdom.com/education/studentville-alternative-digital-photo-frame#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:30:00 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlgeekdinners.com/girlygeekdom/?p=566
Some years ago I got a Digital Photoframe, and recently it’s just been used for pictures but it got me thinking about how I used to use it.  So far this is what I’ve come up with: Photoframe FlashCards – help you to remember stuff! HowTo Video’s (as that one does video playback too with [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/studentville-alternative-digital-photo-frame/feed 2