Mechanical Gadgets
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Sculpture
Most of the sculptures featured here are made from metal or mixed materials. I find sculptures inspiration, just because something does not have a pure functional purpose does not mean it does not have value.Sculpture
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He He Helium
One of the things that’s come out of the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is that it is causing a helium shortage.
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Tags: APR1
Look Mum No Computer – Eins, Zwei, Drei
Sam from Look Mum No Computer – Our Entry for Eurovision 2026
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Tags: Music, Synthesisers
Masters of Reinvention
In the spring of last year, I chatted to a TV producer about upcycling and inventing. I heard no more about this until yesterday when Ruth Amos, inventor extrodinare, mentioned a new show on her Instagram feed. The show “Masters
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.Net NanoFramework on a Cheap Yellow Display
I’ve been working with microcontrollers for some time now with a variety of different languages but mostly it has been C and Micropython. And across my career I’ve been working with an even wider range of languages but most recently
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Enrico Miglino – Maker, Musician, Engineer.
I first saw Enrico Miglino in action via the online Element14 community in around 2015, he was working on a “Meditech” project for a competition
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Why do we have fuses in plugs?
Why do the USA have communal laundry rooms and why does the UK have fuses in their plugs?
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Upcycling, Dead Cats and Material Science
I was chatting to a TV producer this week about the kind of things I make in the Workshopshed. The discussion lead to alternate uses of household objects. Reflecting back on the conversation, I was reminded of a paper, I
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Tags: Creativity
Orwell and Suffolk History
Since moving down to Suffolk, I’ve been researching the local area and it seems a lot of things are connected to the river Orwell.
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
