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Interacting with ambient displays
Science, Maths & Technology

Interacting with ambient displays

...Open University's Jennie Lee building strives to answer this question. This video takes a look behind-the-scenes of the project, which involves an artistic installation of grey and orange balloons which have been produced in the building to signify the number of people using the lift or taking the stairs. The grey balloons represent the stairs, and the orange balloons,...
Are you an entrepreneur and don't know it?
Money & Business

Are you an entrepreneur and don't know it?

...boost your confidence, or open up new career paths. Find out more by exploring our guide and discover whether you’re an entrepreneur – and what to do next. Launch the guide: Are you an entrepreneur and don't know it? [Laptop and mobile phone with Are you an entrepreneur and don't know it? inteactive on it] [Business Wales and The Open University in Wales logos]...
Why are people superstitious?
History & The Arts

Why are people superstitious?

...Open University's Social Sciences courses and qualifications If so, you are not alone. Everyday superstitions are widespread, with surveys regularly finding at least a quarter of the UK population being actively superstitious. Often, they take the form of harmless habits. But it’s worth considering what superstitions are and how they come about. As we will see, they...
CLA – Hitchiner process
Science, Maths & Technology

CLA – Hitchiner process

...open end at the bottom. This is lowered into the induction melted metal. Vacuum is applied, and metal is transferred uphill, into the mould. [Diagram of Hitchiner Process ] Chandler-Lamb Vacuum (CLV) – Hitchiner Process Similar to CLA process, except that a double vacuum chamber is used, for which it is difficult to balance the control of pressures. Argon is allowed...
OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds Talk: Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”

...Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA In Performing Online Live Experiments 24/7: “An Internet of Laboratory Things”, Professor Nick Braithwaite, OU Professor of Engineering Physics, will introduce the concept of the OpenSTEM Labs, which will in effect form an “Internet of Laboratory Things” that could be open all hours and available in a real distance learning...
How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?
Society, Politics & Law

How far was the Brexit vote "the will of the people" - and what does that mean?

...course of the recent debate Parliament has effectively admitted that it has abrogated its sovereignty to the people on this issue. Who is in charge? With parliament effectively renouncing its sovereignty on this issue in face of ‘the will of the people’, there are essentially two options on who is going to have the final say. Option 1: "Governanny knows best!" The...
Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre
Science, Maths & Technology

Solving the perplexing mathematicians' problem of the spectre

...Open University's Mathematics courses. Periodic tiles Imagine tiling your bathroom with square tiles. Square tiles will fit together perfectly to cover the whole wall. In fact, if you had infinitely many square tiles, you could use them to cover an infinite flat surface. The downside is that the pattern is quite boring. In fact, if you take a copy of the pattern, and...
My experience as a shop steward: British Leyland in the 1960s and 1970s
Society, Politics & Law

My experience as a shop steward: British Leyland in the 1960s and 1970s

...Open University's Open degree qualification. British Leyland bathgate The Bathgate factory was one of several factories established in central Scotland during the 1950s and 1960s under UK government regional policies. The main goal of these was to contribute to the modernisation and diversification of the economy of parts of the UK then facing the decline of ‘older’...