Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a blimp? NO! It is a robotic air penguin

This is neither a new video or a new technology (I believe the air penguins were first exhibited in 2009)...

...but that doesn't stop it being one of the coolest darn things I've seen this week!

These autonomous penguin robots are able to glide fluidly through the air, avoiding obstacles and each other. I want one as a pet!

Two pieces to indicate timewasting is no good

Deepika Kurup: irritatingly American and brilliant.

Engineers at the University of Warwick combine a thermoplastic with carbon black to make a composite conductive material for 3D printing objects with integrated electronic components.

Design in education

Two of my passions are education and design. Here is a nice little article about how the two might come together to build a better future!

"Education provides the foundation of our global possibilities. We design this well, and the whole world changes."

OpenIDEO: education

I love OpenIDEO. It is an online, open platform created by innovation and design consultancy IDEO to facilitate people from all walks of life and backgrounds to collaborate in solving some of the pertinent social challenges that we face today.
I'm also very interested in education, and the role that technologies might play in facilitating a future of quality, cost-effective and appropriate education for all.
So as you can imagine, I had a great time looking through the OpenIDEO challenge: 'How might we increase the availability of affordable learning tools & services for students in the developing world?'. I hope you find it interesting too!

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Card tricks meet virtual reality

This great TED talk by cyber-magician Marco Tempest is a card trick like no other...

The where the why and the how...

...the most beautifully illustrated science book?

Elektrobiblioteka by Waldek Wegrzyn

Elektrobiblioteka / Electrolibrary from waldek wegrzyn on Vimeo.

MIT medialab

Bear eating toast by Soph Sladen