Lego and Autodesk create iPad & Android app with 3D instructions to build Mindstorms robots
Perplexed by isometric Lego instructions on paper that only show a single angle? These 3D instructions app can help.
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Japanese ad platform offers 'simpler, better' QR code alternative
One of Japan's largest ad agency's services mixes image recognition with GPS and time data from smartphones to link consumers with product information.
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Formlabs Form 1 3D printer uses lasers to create more intricate objects
3D printing enthusiasts will get a lot of laser-like precision for their buck from Formlabs.
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Raspberry Pi to get video camera
A video camera board has been developed for the popular cut-price Raspberry Pi computer.
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Updated: Gove drops EBC plans for using EBacc to grade students and schools
School league tables are also being given a more complex overhaul, but will include creative subjects.
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£16 Raspberry Pi Model A ships in the UK
Just as Henry Ford revolutionized the auto world with his Model A, the scrappy lot at Raspberry Pi are doing the same with the computing world with their Model A.
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Adobe backs #includedesign campaign to get creative subjects into the EBacc
Cites "moral obligation" not to let creative education be downgraded in proposed changes to GCSEs.
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Gove adds Computer Science to the EBacc, creative subjects still left out
Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has announced that computer science will sit alongside traditional science subjects and be added to the English Baccalaureate (EBacc).
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10 new ways to interact with your computer
In the future, you'll be using your hands and eyes rather than your mouse and keyboard to create your work, apparently.
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Google to buy Raspberry Pi devices for British students
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt pledged to provide 15,000 Raspberry Pi model B computers to British schools
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US government announces 'national hacking day'
The White House wants creatives, coders and entrepreneurs to do some good with public data on June 1 and 2.
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Tesco trials 'magic mirrors' and digital mannequins to entice shoppers
Tesco is testing interactive technologies in stores to with the aim of creating a multi-channel shopping experience for customers of its F&F clothing range.
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Dare to be Digital 2013 student game design competition – call for entries
Enter to compete to become one of 15 teams to build a working game prototype in just nine weeks.
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Nokia releases Lumia 820 case specs so users can make their own with a 3D printer
Nokia is embracing the 3D printing community by releasing files that will let smartphone users create their own custom shells.
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Updated: Courvoisier's history projected onto papercraft theatre
Courvoisier has released a new video showing Davy and Kristin McGuire's work, which you can watch here.
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2-metre illustration created by robotic knitting machine for Adidas
Illustrator Damien Weighill has created a two-metre tapestry to promote the Adidas Primeknit running shoe.
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1 million Raspberry Pi hackable mini-computers sold
The Raspberry Pi Foundation estimates that one million Raspberry Pi units have been sold since the $25 credit-card-sized Linux computer launched last year
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In photos: Design Museum Designs of the Year 2013
This year's selection range from the ornately beautiful to the disarmingly simple, and from engaging fun to truly touching social projects.
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Opinion: Gesture-based interfaces are out of control
We really need Microsoft, Samsung, Google, Apple and other heavyweights to get together agree on standard hand gestures and how they work.
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Hackable Lego Mindstorms EV3 robots can be controlled with an iPad
Lego has announced an update to its Lego Mindstorms robot-building kit that enables creators to control their robotic creations with an iPhone or iPad.