science museum – Terence Eden’s Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog Regular nonsense about tech and its effects 🙃 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 08:29:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://shkspr.mobi/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-avatar-32x32.jpeg science museum – Terence Eden’s Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog 32 32 <![CDATA[Soldering At The Science Museum]]> https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/06/soldering-at-the-science-museum/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/06/soldering-at-the-science-museum/#respond Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:57:21 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/?p=6004 Last night, Google held its second "Luvvies and Boffins" event at The Science Museum. Part of the Science Museum Lates - an adults-only evening event.

As well as tours of the museum exhibits, there was a chance at some hands-on science.

We were led by an excellent team from Technology Will Save Us. A group whose mission states:

Technology Will Save Us is a haberdashery for technology and alternative education dedicated to helping people to produce and not just consume technology.

So, after a brief tutorial on safety, we got cracking.

I'm not sure who did the risk assessment, but I am told that it is totally safe to be supping Mojitos while playing with soldering irons.... cocktail soldering LJ Rich Cocktail Soldering

Here, I have an awful confession. I have never soldered before! I'm mostly a software geek - my hardware experience is mostly around plugging things in.

So, this is my first attempt at soldering... My First Solder

After a few misshaps - but no burnt fingers - I had a fully working Lumiphone! Finished Lumiphone

It was a thoroughly entertaining evening. Technology Will Save Us sell a variety of kits at very reasonable prices and run regular classes for adults and children.

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