http://girlygeekdom.com Science, Engineering and Technology news and reviews, for women, girls, students and teachers! Tue, 22 May 2012 09:35:38 +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/news http://girlygeekdom.com/news/how-smart-is-your-energy http://girlygeekdom.com/news/how-smart-is-your-energy#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 09:00:15 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20499
British Gas have committed to providing Smart Meters in all homes by 2019. They are starting this roll out now, with 160,000 homes in the UK already having a Smart Meter, but what does this mean for you? Traditionally, meters sit under your stairs or in the garage and are only disturbed when the meter [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/how-smart-is-your-energy/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/uk-photo-girl-geeks-competition-to-celebrate-social-sciences http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/uk-photo-girl-geeks-competition-to-celebrate-social-sciences#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 09:00:29 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20423
Are you a keen photographer? Can you capture the meaning of ‘social sciences’ and ‘society today’ in a single picture? If so, the ESRC Portraits of Britain photographic competition could be for you. We are launching this free competition to capture images of what life in Britain means today. There are eight categories to enter, [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/technology/uk-photo-girl-geeks-competition-to-celebrate-social-sciences/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/parents-teachers-bafta-to-livestream-young-game-designers-workshop-thurs-17th-may-from-1pm http://girlygeekdom.com/education/parents-teachers-bafta-to-livestream-young-game-designers-workshop-thurs-17th-may-from-1pm#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 07:30:59 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20496
Teachers and students are invited by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to watch a live-streamed workshop aimed at teaching young people more about video game-making and inspiring them to make a game of their own. The workshop, taking place at Bradford’s National Media Museum at 13:00 on Thursday 17 May, is [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/parents-teachers-bafta-to-livestream-young-game-designers-workshop-thurs-17th-may-from-1pm/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/education/itu-seeks-next-generation-of-social-entrepreneurs http://girlygeekdom.com/education/itu-seeks-next-generation-of-social-entrepreneurs#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:00:47 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20415
Would-be young innovators can win chance  to pitch their ideas to industry leaders at ITU Telecom World 2012. ITU has launched the second edition of  its Young Innovators Competition, giving young, talented social entrepreneurs  the opportunity to attend its key global networking and knowledge sharing event,  ITU Telecom World 2012, and the chance to win [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/education/itu-seeks-next-generation-of-social-entrepreneurs/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/news/competition-moo-giveaway-in-association-with-girlygeekdom http://girlygeekdom.com/news/competition-moo-giveaway-in-association-with-girlygeekdom#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 09:00:01 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20336
We’re delighted to have MOO.COM provide us with prizes for our lucky readers in an exclusive giveaway! If you have not come across MOO before, they love to print – whether it’s creative business cards, Postcards, unique MiniCards, StickerBooks, Greeting cards, and much more!  I’ve been using Moo cards for ages now! They are one [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/competition-moo-giveaway-in-association-with-girlygeekdom/feed 30 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/sharing-the-the-love-on-a-friday-afternoon-with-lovethis http://girlygeekdom.com/news/sharing-the-the-love-on-a-friday-afternoon-with-lovethis#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:24:37 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20297
We don’t often do iPhone app reviews and to be honest it’s not something I am really into but this one was a bit different and it is useful.  It’s a recommendations app with a twist called LoveThis and the app is now downloadable in iTunes for those of you who are on those fruity devices! I [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/sharing-the-the-love-on-a-friday-afternoon-with-lovethis/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/news/competition-news/competition-are-you-a-lego-geek http://girlygeekdom.com/news/competition-news/competition-are-you-a-lego-geek#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:00:51 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20168 This competition is open to LEGO geeks of all ages based in the UK that would like to win a family ticket for any 1 day of The LEGO Show, a 3 day event running in Manchester EventCity near the Trafford Centre from the 5th – 7th May 2012.  Before we tell you how to [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/news/competition-news/competition-are-you-a-lego-geek/feed 7 http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/nominate-a-female-entrepreneur-who-inspires-you-now http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/nominate-a-female-entrepreneur-who-inspires-you-now#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:31:00 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=20196
The nominations for the EveryWoman awards are now open.  These awards have been going for a few years now and the winners are a really inspirational bunch including Karren Brady, Hilary Devey, Dame Mary Perkins, Chrissie Rucker and Cath Kidston.  We want to add some inspirational technology entrepreneurs… Who springs to mind for you? Want to find out what these [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/nominate-a-female-entrepreneur-who-inspires-you-now/feed 0