Cambridge ink jet technology company Xaar supported St. Peter’s School Huntingdon through its recent STEM education day, with help from the Smallpeice Trust. “The event gave an opportunity for students to engage with Xaar, with practical tasks reinforcing the benefits of STEM subjects and their importance for future career opportunities,” according to the company. 50 year-10 students were two challenges: ...
STEM Education
The latest electronics news related to STEM education in all its forms.
Arduino Cloud for Education builds IoT for STEM
One for those with a STEM interest, maybe - Arduino Cloud for Education aims to help teachers and students collaborate on interactive IoT projects.
STEM: Petoi Bittle robotic dog appears in kit form
A pet isn't for Christmas, but maybe a robotic dog pet is. A Petoi Bittle robotic dog, to be precise, for those wanting to learn about robotics.
Prestwick Spaceport launches educational campaign about space sector jobs
Prestwick Spaceport, along with affiliated aerospace businesses, is launching a campaign to educate young people across Scotland about careers in the UK’s space sector. The spaceport, which is located near Glasgow and is planning to start satellite launches in 2023, is being developed alongside Scotland’s largest aerospace cluster. It has secured multi-million-pound funding through an Ayrshire Growth Deal. The educational ...
Education: Why can’t UK tech companies train and retain?
Everyone agrees that one of the issues facing the UK electronics industry is attracting and retaining a diverse workforce to makeup the next generation of electronics engineers. Imagination Technologies has published a white paper identifying the key challenges facing the UK. Top of the list is a “skills shortage in the technical and professional skills needed to power the knowledge ...
Arduino and Seeed put together the Arduino Sensor STEM Kit
Arduino and Seeed have collaborated to produce the Arduino Sensor Kit. Based on the Arduino UNO, the STEM kit is aimed at those getting started with electronics and sensors easier. It contains a Base Shield and ten Grove modules that can be connected either through the digital, analog or I2C connectors on the shield (there are accompanying lessons for the ...
UK Made: CodeBug educational ‘thing’ gets Wi-Fi, a server, and much more
CodeBug Connect, is the IoT-capable next-generation of the original CodeBug educational board launched in 2015 – which won the Electronics Weekly Elektra Award that year for most innovative consumer product. Retaining the original cartoon animal shape and small (~40 x 50mm) dimensions, the Connect version gains Wi-Fi and enough computing power to make it a wearable server and to host its own ...
micro:bit version 2 : educational computer now runs AI and gets a loudspeaker
Details have been announced of version 2 of the BBC micro:bit educational computer. micro:bit v2 is built around a Nordic Semi nRF52833, which will run application code, Bluetooth stack and handle USB. The core in this chip is a 64MHz Arm Cortex-M4 with a floating point unit – described as “the CPU power to run AI and Machine Learning workloads”, by ...
Nanolumens launches Bright Thinking educational content series
Nanolumens has announced the launch of a content series designed to demystify digital signage. The series will target beginners through electrical engineering experts, explaining specific topics within the digital display industry. Subjects covered by the series will include future technology, systems design, and returns on investment across key segments. It will feature recurring contributions from Nanolumens representatives including vice president ...
Arduino education products
Arduino Education is to announce four new products: CTC GO! Motions Expansion Pack, Engineering Kit Rev2, Arduino Education Starter Kit, and IoT Starter Kit for availability in Q1. These new products complement the existing portfolio which includes the Science Kit, CTC Go!, CTC101, the Arduino Starter Kit, and the Certification program. CTC GO! Motions Expansion Pack Age: 14+ Build on ...