Dick Sblog

The International Science Grid This Week (iSCTW) sounds like an esoteric publication for grid computing geeks. In fact its offers fascinating insights into the ways in which new computing infrastructures and applications are being brought to bear on a wide range of problems. This week’s iGSTW carries a piece about ‘citizen cyberspace‘, about how, with [...]

[Read more]

iEARN UK recently ran a learning circle in Bristol as part of the Science City Bristol initiative. From the start, the project suffered a few problems – of the 5 participating schools who sent teachers to the briefing sessions, 2 sets of teachers weren’t sure why they were there and one set reported that their [...]

[Read more]

I’m always entertained by peoples’ differing views of what’s valuable in the application of science and technology. For me, this is best illustrated by the resurgence of civil nuclear power in the UK. With the increasing dependency on overseas energy and the entirely [in my opinion] justified concerns about climate change, nuclear power is being [...]

[Read more]

Several good things this week and one bad thing.
The bad thing was seeing the Windows blue screen of death when I started my pc this morning. Fortunately the beast worked when I rebooted it, so most of the day has been spent backing everything up and failing to find out why several error messages have [...]

[Read more]

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has a consultation on Science and Society The consultation closes soon, so make your views known by following this link. It’s a chance to plug the opportunities provided by enquiry based, collaborative processes.
The have a facebook group too – look for UK Science and Society Consultation – join [...]

[Read more]

Sometimes I’m just amazed at the ideas people have. Today I went to two events that had innovation at their hearts. At one, I met Matthew Thurling who has, single handedly and with almost no support, set up science.tv If you are interested in science, as I am, this is a great site – a [...]

[Read more]