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A visit to Tesla Motor’s Sydney showroom

January 21, 2015 Evan Predavec 0 Comments Tesla

You would have to be mad, or an inveterate petrol sniffer, not to think the Tesla Motors cars are very cool. And

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Makey Makey takes the cake-ey cake-ey

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 Evan Predavec 0 Comments Makey Makey

Makey Makey is ‘an invention kit for everyone’ and really is wonderful in its simplicity. The core of the Makey

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Machines Science 

In which we make a Gauss gun

September 10, 2013 Evan Predavec 2 Comments Gauss gun, gauss rifle, magentism, magnet gun

We made a Gauss gun in our dining room last night. Take a few bamboo skewers, some blue-tac, some ball-bearings

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Education Gadgets Machines 

How much power does your iPad really use?

May 21, 2013 Evan Predavec 0 Comments cost of charging iPad, iPad, iPad in schools, iPad power usage

So I was at a meeting recently where someone bemoaned the costs of delivering power to iPads. This was in

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Life in general Machines 

Robots need ethics now

November 28, 2012 Evan Predavec 0 Comments Asimov's Laws of Robotics, Ethics, Robots and ethics

Your car is speeding along a bridge at fifty miles per hour when errant school bus carrying forty innocent children

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Balloons to space from NSW

November 26, 2012 Evan Predavec 7 Comments balloons, helium balloons, Space, wotzup.com

You know all those wonderful Youtube videos and TV programs about launching helium balloons to space? You didn’t think it was a

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3D printing without a printer

November 21, 2012November 21, 2012 Evan Predavec 0 Comments 3D printing, Ponoko

It’s like a replicator on Star Trek when you think about it. You push a button on a computer and

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Judging student IT competitions

November 30, 2015March 17, 2016 Evan Predavec 0

Student competitions involving coding and technology are proliferating. They are a fine, fine thing and a great way to incentivise

It’s a crime to be a woman on the Internet
Adults Featured Internet Life in general 

It’s a crime to be a woman on the Internet

June 18, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 2
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Technology and ethics: pretend someone is watching

June 15, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 8
When maps lie, and why it matters
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When maps lie, and why it matters

May 23, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 3
Why LEGO costs more in Australia
Featured Opinion Toys 

Why LEGO costs more in Australia

May 21, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 19
Teach kids to type, and they’ll have all the fish they want
Featured Kids Life in general 

Teach kids to type, and they’ll have all the fish they want

May 2, 2012June 22, 2012 Evan Predavec 5

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