by Andrew Maynard | Jul 15, 2009 | Communication, Engagement, Recommended
Okay, so there may be a dash of hyperbole there, but following up on the success of his Exquisite Corpse of Science project (see my previous post), Tim Jones is hatching an ambitious plan to create the world’s largest interconnected montage of drawings...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 14, 2009 | Communication, Engagement
Tim Jones has just posted a video of a new science engagement technique he’s working on over at his blog Zoonomian. I was so impressed with the result that I asked his permission to post it here also. Before explaining what this is, take a look at the video...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 7, 2009 | Communication, Emerging Technology, Engagement, Geoengineering, Nanotechnology
Following up on my last post – Geoengineering the planet with nanotechnology ice-cream? – here’s a short video Zoe Papadopoulou and colleagues put together on The Cloud Project from my visit in June: [flashvideo file=/movies/20090707/ice_cream.flv...
by Andrew Maynard | Jul 5, 2009 | Emerging Technology, Engagement, Geoengineering, Nanotechnology
Scientists and engineers have their moments. But it they are hard pressed to beat art students when it comes to sheer audacious creativity. Earlier this year I received an email so intriguing I couldn’t help but follow up on it. The email was from Zoe...
by Andrew Maynard | Jun 27, 2009 | Civic Science, Communication, Engagement, Public Perception
It’s been a few weeks now since the men’s style magazine GQ launched the “Rock Stars of Science” campaign. I’m a staunch advocate of raising science’s profile, but the whole campaign has had me on edge, and I haven’t quite been able to put my finger on why. Was it...
