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Design thinking Featuring VideoFeaturing ActivityFree Course External LinkThe Open University

By The LearningSpace team (The Open University)

22 December 2011

Are you ever frustrated with something that you thought you could design better? Design thinking can structure your natural creativity to come up with solutions to all kinds of problems, and have fun in the process too!  Read more : Design thinking

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Building a reconnaissance robot Featuring Audio Creative Commons Image Robotic hand 2 / L D M / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

25 November 2011

An extract from Radio 4's Material World as Open University students try to build robots at the Technology In Action summer school  Read more : Building a reconnaissance robot

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To see or not to see, that is the questionCreative Commons Image Dakkar78 under CC-BY-NC licence

By Ray Corrigan (The Open University)

04 October 2011

Ray Corrigan considers the trade-offs between privacy and security that we face when travelling by air  Read more : To see or not to see, that is the question

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How to damp a wobbly bridge Featuring Video Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The Science Shack team (The Open University)

27 September 2011

Inspired by the Millennium Bridge in London, Adam Hart-Davis investigates how to damp a wobbly bridge  Read more : How to damp a wobbly bridge

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What's the tallest paper structure you can build? Featuring Video Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The Science Shack team (The Open University)

27 September 2011

Can Adam Hart-Davis and his team build a paper tower to support a person?  Read more : What's the tallest paper structure you can build?

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Making the biggest paper balloon Featuring Video Copyrighted Image The Open University

By The Science Shack team (The Open University)

27 September 2011

Is it possible to lift a person off the ground - with a huge paper balloon? Adam Hart-Davis and the team find out  Read more : Making the biggest paper balloon

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Digital Film School Featuring Video Copyrighted ImageUsed with permission

By The iTunes U team (The Open University)

20 September 2011

Have you ever wanted to pick up a video camera and make a short video or film, but felt intimidated by your lack of knowledge?  Read more :Digital Film School

What makes a great school? Oxley Park Featuring Video 

24 August 2011

Success in attracting pupils to Oxley Park has meant design challenges to fit enough classrooms - but pupils are still enthusiastic about their ...  Read more : What makes a great school? Oxley Park

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The power of secrets and life on Islands Of PrivacyCreative Commons Image Lauren Manning under CC-BY licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Dr Christena Nippert-Eng (Guest)

02 August 2011

Our secrets, and how we choose to share them, form a type of currency, which can make loss of privacy an attack on how we...  Read more : The power of secrets and life on Islands Of Privacy

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Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touchCreative Commons Image Swinimal under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Dr Christena Nippert-Eng (Guest), Dr Mirca Madianou (Guest), Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest)

02 August 2011

The Philippines economy relies on emigrant workers; increasingly, those workers are relying on mobile phones and web messaging to keep in touch with their growing...  Read more : Calling home: How mobile phones allow migrant parents to keep in touch

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