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/set/science 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-the-manga-guide-to-the-universe http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-the-manga-guide-to-the-universe#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:00:41 +0000 Motoko http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=19750
The latest “The Manga Guide To..” series brings us the universe. This is the second book from the series I have reviewed and I was looking forward to how this will encompass the vastness of the universe as a topic. As always, the story unfolds in manga form while teaching the reader all the questions [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-the-manga-guide-to-the-universe/feed 0 http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-the-manga-guide-to-relativity http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-the-manga-guide-to-relativity#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:00:20 +0000 Motoko http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=19597
“The Manga Guide To…” series has been reviewed before, but this time we hit the topic of relativit­y. This being a lazy Sunday afternoon, I had several options. Play StarCraft 2, watch anime or put my brain into gear and see how much information I can absorb. I chose the latter, and this being a [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/book-review-the-manga-guide-to-relativity/feed 1 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/set/science/first-female-president-of-the-rsc-shes-scottish http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/first-female-president-of-the-rsc-shes-scottish#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:30:59 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18605
Back when I was still at university (a while ago now) I got invited to a Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) black tie event in London at the National Gallery as a friend of a scientist. The event was interesting but one thing that did strike me there was that there weren’t may female scientists [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/first-female-president-of-the-rsc-shes-scottish/feed 1 http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/first-female-awarded-young-scientist-of-the-year http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/first-female-awarded-young-scientist-of-the-year#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:00:11 +0000 Sarah Lamb http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/first-female-awarded-young-scientist-of-the-year
Every year young scientists and engineers put together interesting and exciting projects in the hope that they will achieve the accolade of national scientist or engineer of the year.  Until now this has always been won by men.  To date there had never been a single female winner, but this year everything has changed!  For [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/set/science/first-female-awarded-young-scientist-of-the-year/feed 1 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/inspiration/bcs-digital-revolutions-winners-announced http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/bcs-digital-revolutions-winners-announced#comments Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:31:23 +0000 BCS Pioneers http://girlygeekdom.com/?p=18179
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: “We set [...]]]> http://girlygeekdom.com/inspiration/bcs-digital-revolutions-winners-announced/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