https://www.mattvenn.net/ Recent content on Matt Venn : Science Communication Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Copyright © 2022 Matt Venn Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:36:30 +0100 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/zero-to-asic-course/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:36:30 +0100 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/zero-to-asic-course/ In March 2020 I started getting interested in Open Source ASIC tooling. https://www.mattvenn.net/projects/ecp5-fpga-devboard/ Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/projects/ecp5-fpga-devboard/ I started working with FPGAs in 2015 for a Technology Strategy Board project with Arcola Energy. https://www.mattvenn.net/projects/megadrawbz/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/projects/megadrawbz/ This project started out as a way to bring attention to the amount of energy used in the home. https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/earth-to-mars/ Fri, 01 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/earth-to-mars/ Students will develop their skills in all four STEM disciplines – programming robot ‘rovers’ and deploying them to carry out real missions and take samples in a search for signs of life as they map a replica Martian landscape. https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/hydrogen-challenge/ Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/hydrogen-challenge/ Participants are encouraged to build their models as quickly as possible, then race their cars a number of times in a process of iterative design. https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/cpd-for-teachers/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:50:35 +0200 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/cpd-for-teachers/ From September 2014, the UK required children from 5 to 16 years to be taught a computer science curriculum. https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/solar-moodlamp/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/solar-moodlamp/ Children built solar powered moodlamps to take home, learning about electricity and solar panels. https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/wind_turbines/ Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/wind_turbines/ The wind turbine project challenges groups of children to build the most effective wind turbines from recycled plastic bottles. https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/science-of-snow/ Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.mattvenn.net/stem/science-of-snow/ Science of Snow is an interactive exhibit that starts by illustrating how snowflakes form and ends with a unique snowflake postcard to take away.