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Posted on March 8th, 2011

Written by Steve Lamb

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atmosphere, british, Engineering, mobile, phone, Science, scientists, Southampton University, space, Technology, Windows
Brit geeks take phone to the edge of space!

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 [...]
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Posted on November 8th, 2010

Written by BCS Pioneers

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bcs, competition, Digital Revolutions, film, IT, The Chartered Institute, The Chartered Institute for IT
BCS Digital Revolutions winners announced

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has announced the winners of the Digital Revolutions short film competition at Sheffield Doc/Fest. ‘This chair is not me’ by Andy Taylor-Smith has won the Amateur category. ‘The Scanner’ by Edward McGown has won the Professional category. Elizabeth Sparrow, President, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT said: About BCS [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2010

Written by Sarah Lamb

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awards, Europe, people, RISE, STEM, support, university
RISE with Google!

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 [...]
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Sarah is the founder of the Girl Geek Dinners & GirlyGeekdom. She is a lover of gadgets, geeky things and sport! Find out more about her on her website.
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Posted on May 10th, 2010

Written by Sarah Lamb

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api, dataset, engineer, geek, hackday, Science, scientist, The Guardian, web
Science Hackday at The Guardian

The Guardian have recently announced that they are running a Science Hackday at their London offices. There are already plenty of interesting attendees signed up but I think they need the help of all the geeks out there to get the word out to more girl science geeks! They have a great list of attendees [...]
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Posted on March 18th, 2010

Written by Sarah Lamb

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Engineering, maths, News, Research, Science, Technology, The Sciences
Research: Help Get Girls & Women into SET

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 [...]
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Posted on March 16th, 2010

Written by Sarah Lamb

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digital, Education, flashcards, learning, notes, photoframe, reminders, revision
Studentville: An alternative use for a Digital Photo Frame

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 [...]
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Posted on February 26th, 2010

Written by Sarah Lamb

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ada, ada lovelace, day, Finding Ada, geeky, Inspiration, lovelace, mathematician, parent, role model, Science, student, teacher, techie, Technology
Ada Lovelace Inspirations & Pledge

If you remember, last year brought the very first Ada Lovelace Day, Founded by Suw Charman-Anderson where loads and loads of bloggers, male and female wrote about their geeky, science, technology and mathematical inspirations. Well it’s coming back round again. Keep the 24th March at the forefront of your mind for a blog post about [...]
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