Many thanks to all of you who came along to the talks today at IfM for the 2018 Cambridge Science Festival. A pdf of the slides and some of the videos used are given below. And as a special easter bonus, click here to learn how Cadbury Creme Eggs are made!
Videos from 2017 Cambridge Science Festival talk at IfM
Thanks so much to all those who turned up to the talks at the Institute for Manufacturing this weekend, and special thanks to the enthusiastic volunteers from the audience who did such great job helping out. As promised, here are links to some of the things we covered in the talk:
Building the Boeing 737 in nine days
Unloading a container ship – timelapse
‘Magic arms’ 3D printed for Emma
Wiivv – an example of personalised production
Local Motors’ 3D printed car
Voodoo manufacturing: 3D printing factory in a city centre
SpaceX – rocket launch .. and booster return to earth (amazing)
FieldReady – manufacturing in disaster zones
Will 3D printing change the way we make and consume things?
Videos from 19th March Science Festival talk on “Manufacturing Your Future”
Many thanks to all those who came along today’s events at the Institute for Manufacturing. As promised, here are the links to all the videos shown, plus some we didn’t have time to show. If you’d like to discuss one of us coming along to give a talk at your school, please email tim.minshall@eng.cam.ac.uk.
Carbon3D superfast 3D printing
Emma and her 3D printed ‘Magic Arms’
Local Motors 3D printed car
MakerBot and the ‘Robohand’
Building a skyscraper in 30 days
Subtractive process: CNC milling of aluminium
Additive process: 3D printing
Forming: making a car door
Rolls-Royce: blade-off test
Roma Agrawal: structural engineer at WSP
Tim Peake plays water ping-pong in space .. plus bubbles in bubbles!
Making a smartphone
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX failed landing
SpaceX successful landing
Cambridge University Eco Racing
Building an Airbus A380 in 7 minutes
Videos and links from visit to Swaffham Bulbeck CofE Primary School
I was lucky enough to be asked to give an assembly at the wonderful Swaffham Bulbeck CofE Primary School today, on the topic of ‘Engineers are Amazing’. Here are some of the video clips used (or I planned to use) during my talk:
Tim Peake plays ‘water ping pong’ in the International Space Station
What do Design Engineers do?
If you want to be inspired to become an engineer who changes the world ..
.. you should:
- Look at this webpage
- Watch these videos: Project Daniel | Don’s Voice | DIY Powerchair | Embrace Baby Warmer
This is good engineering: Using technology to improve lives
Great set of videos on what engineers do
Biomechanical Engineering from Emma Carter on Vimeo.
Is there a future engineer in your child?
Great video from the IET:
From Why? to Wow! 