{"id":668,"date":"2017-03-20T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.eda.kent.ac.uk\/news-ext\/2017\/03\/20\/edas-big-bang-fair-stand-attracts-900-young-people\/"},"modified":"2017-03-20T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T01:00:00","slug":"edas-big-bang-fair-stand-attracts-900-young-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/engineering-news\/2017\/03\/20\/edas-big-bang-fair-stand-attracts-900-young-people\/","title":{"rendered":"EDA’s Big Bang Fair stand attracts 900 young people"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nearly 900 young people learnt about digital manufacturing at the School of Engineering and Digital Arts’ stand at the national Big Bang Fair, which ran from 15-18 March.<\/p>\n

Featuring an interactive attraction known as Grimshaw’s Gadget Mill, the Kent stand at the annual Birmingham NEC event provided an opportunity to gain hands-on experience printing wireless electronics made with conducting inks.<\/p>\n

The brainchild of John Batchelor, Professor of Antenna Technology, the stand featured a steam powered gadget factory which was under attack from two gremlins called Glitch and Bug.<\/p>\n

Young people from years one to 13 were invited to use state-of-the-art printed electronics and manufacturing skills to cast out the mischievous gremlins and upgrade the out-of-date Grimshaw’s factory.<\/p>\n

They were able to employ their design skills to create their own personalised Radio Frequency Identification tags, which they could then keep.<\/p>\n

Professor Batchelor described the 2017 Fair as one of Kent’s most successful yet. The team was also delighted that so many young people had taken the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in learning about modern digital manufacturing, design testing and wireless electronics.<\/p>\n

Grimshaw’s Gadget Mill was funded by a grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).<\/p>\n

The Big Bang Fair UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair event is the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in the UK.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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