D & T S H O W R E V I E W
Members of the Try Teamwho have starred in the television ads with Jamie Oliver were joined by pupils fromMaplewell Hall School in the
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cookery theatre at the D&T show. The Try Teamhas a mission to inspire the nation to cook, shared with visitors to the
show.All the food preparation and cooking equipment was supplied by Space Catering.
Gary Smith, Boxford’s educational project and resource developer, impressed visiting teachers with his approach to D&T at one of the seminars during the show’s full three-day programme of lectures,
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seminars and workshops. Gary is seen here manning the Boxford project and resource stand with his electronic music project.
teaCHeRs COMe IN tHeIR OwN tIMe tO Get tO D&t sHOw
Itwasableak, foggy cold November saturday yet teachers from as far apart as Durham, Norfolk and somerset converged on the NeC. The reason – the annual Design
and Technology with ICT Show and although the show had been running for two days they were using their own time and money to come to see what was new in the world of design and technology. They were rewarded with
perhaps the liveliest show to date, with organisers and exhibitors rising to the challenge of putting on a show which would help the subject to fight its corner against a background of cuts. As the show echoes the national
demand for more pupils taking STEMsubjects and entering STEMcareers, it had a number of exhibits to inspire students that direction, including the presence of the Bloodhound (the car which will attack the world land speed record for Britain next year), F1 in Schools regional event, the 4 x4 Technology Challenge, a display of the Scalextric4Schools competition, Formula Gravity and Greenpower build-and-race real racing models competitions. Lasers were very much in
evidence with the emphasis on delivering value for money including Boxford, CADCAM Technologies, CTR Lasers, Denford, Grafityp UK, HPC
Lasers, Laserite, Solar Laser Systems, Technology Supplies and
TechSoft.At the show a brand new range of Trotec lasers was launched on the Identify (now named Trotec) stand where visitors were being given an opportunity to win a ray-as-you-go laser. Dublin-based Epilog Lasers-CSI was showing lasers ranging from desktops to large format machines. Boxford was offering discounts of between £500 and £300 on the entire range of high-quality Gravograph laser cutters for orders placed by the end of 2010. 3D printers also took a high
profle with the low-cost Rapman attracting a lot of interest on the A1 Technologies, Denford and
Technology Supplies stands. Innovation was the name of the
game with many companies launching upgrades and complete new models. Mega Electronics which supplies everything needed to make printed circuit boards, featured its Rota-Station PCB production unit which produces complete etching circuits in 90 seconds. Keep IT Easy unveiled Flowol4, the new version of the popular control/robotics software. Kitronik showed the latest in their range of electronic kits, while New Wave Concepts were exhibiting their new electronic design software – CircuitWizard.
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Lasers were very prominent at the show. The machines were on the stands of the leading as well as specialist suppliers. Here is the LS100Ex, the high quality laser
Designed to travel faster than a fired bullet, the SSC Bloodhound was one of the many attractions at the show.
The car will reach speeds of 1,000mph in its 2012 bid for the land speed record. It was sneaked into the hall after the first day of the show as part of its project to inspire young people to take up careers in STEMsubjects.
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cutter and engraving systemfrom Gravograph, which was attractively discounted and displayed on the Boxford stand.
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