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Do you know the UK’s most inspirational technician
Lord Sainsbury, the former Minister for Science and Innovation, his Gatsby Foundation and STEMNET, the charity that gets young people involved in STEM subjects are announcing the launch of a nationwide search for inspirational STEM technicians.
Through the launch of the Inspirational Technician Award they hope to find technicians who can help them fill a shortage in the profession in the UK that the government described as critical to the future of our economy. It is a skills gap that a Kings College study described as hampering the work of UK-based researcher and innovation.
Babbage Analytical Engine designs to be digitised
A project to construct one of the earliest mechanical computers based on sketches by its designer, Charles Babbage, has received a major boost.
The Science Museum in London has agreed to help by digitising the mathematician’s original plans.
Eventually the images will be used to create a full working model of the Analytical Engine.
Conceived in the late 1830s, it foreshadowed the modern computer revolution by more than a century.
Babbage’s many notepads and sketch books are currently held in the Science Museum’s archives, but have never been converted into a form that is easily accessible.
Women can further their careers more quickly by understanding how men communicate and by adapting their style in order to be heard in the boardroom. That’s according to women’s personal development specialist, Jane C Woods. Jane, the founder of Changing People, works with professional women on how to be heard by men without compromising their femininity.
She has distilled the latest research into a practical programme for senior women called Speak Up.
Jane offers Speak Up sessions which can be run in house for organisations where a better gender balance at senior level is required.
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It is hoped that the digital documents will allow researchers around the world to pick apart the many disparate ideas and settle on the definitive version of the machine.
Story courtesy of
bbc.co.uk
Brass numerals from Babbage’s analytical engine
The Addition Carriage from Babbage’s Difference Engine No 2, with carry wheels. The Difference Engine was the first mechanical computer. Original drawings date to between 1847 and 1849.
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