@lmcunderwood
Maker, Author, Senior RA at Lancaster University, UK. Ireland born, Yorkshire living. I wrote a book! https://tinyurl.com/bdfr2ava My interest is in physical computing and data science for children, especially anything micro:bit
A name badge I've added my own text with social media links
Really need to bring coloured pens with me 😃 In #Barcelona at #microbitlive #microbit @microbit-mirl.bsky.social @microbit.org
wooo, can't wait! I'll be at Hackaday Europe again this year. This time, I'm bringing the husband
I'm running the social media account for MIRL below, for my day job. It's a more casual account of our work with microbit. If you want the official updates, follow our linkedin www.linkedin.com/company/micr... or website lancaster.ac.uk/mirl #microbit
a roller coaster super imposed over a stock image of Raspberry Pi boards.
The #RaspberryPi roller coaster share price, #AI and what the future may hold. The Raspberry Pi share price has soared this week, buoyed by #OpenClaw and many, many transactions on the London Stock Exchange. bigl.es/pi-stocks/
Radisson, killing people's toes since 1909
Packing for #Fosdem @fosdem.org 😂
The box for a thrifty 2350 smart interactive badge
Me holding the badge up, the LCD screen reflect me holding the badge up ..
Is there a prize for fancy boxes?? Cause @pimoroni.com should win it. Also loooook at my shiny badge! Can't wait to boot it up and bring it to @fosdem.org in Brussels this weekend! #making #makers
Pimoroni email "your order is on the way"
Wooo! #making #makers @pimoroni.com
Is the barefoot website down at the moment? The resources aren't loading on this page... www.barefootcomputing.org/primary-comp... @computingatschool.bsky.social @wearebcs.bsky.social
A Pringle next to a ruler measuring 5.5cm
A Pringle in my hand
In Malaysia again for a research trip with work. I haven't had pringles in a while but have they shrunk?? Or are Malaysian pringles just built different??
Can anyone recommend a small portable electric screwdriver? I need to disassemble 50 things quickly and they have 4 screws each.
Ahhh, they're computing teachers. We don't care about grammar!
Almost typed microbit boys 😂 which is also true as two colleagues from @lancasteruni.bsky.social are joining me. They were part of the original team of people who created the #microbit Professors Steve Hodges and Joe Finney.
A microbit attached to a screen showing accelerometer data
Whose going to Bromsgrove tonight for the @computingatschool.bsky.social conference social? I'll be there! And I'll have #microbit toys.
Taking a new plant to work
I was able to run the PixelBlaze Panama Hat with 150 LEDs for over 5 hrs, looking great at 20% brightness, using this small battery that fit under the hat & at 2.2oz, wasn't noticeable:
a.co/d/bbhObkk
youtube.com/shorts/TZBFV...
Omg so shiny! @pimoroni.com
House of Guinness with the subtitle "Irish subs available"
A scene from the show with Irish subtitles
This is really interesting. A new TV series on #Netflix about the #Guinness family advertised with #Irish subtitles! A nice way to read Irish if you're a bit rusty (like me) @netflix.com #HouseOfGuinness
I have - Lorraine
I recently bought a car and it's new new 😍 It has all the safety features including lane assist. Unfortunately where I live lane assist isn't very useful and somewhat dangerous. For example this is a two way road! When lane assist doesn't see a line it keeps trying to pull me into oncoming traffic
A group of people stand outside on a sunny day, smiling and waving toward an overhead camera. On the bottom left text in yellow reads '2025 Device Prototyping Summer School'.
Missed our 2025 Summer School at @lancasteruni.bsky.social? Highlights included:
🍎 expert instruction
💰 prizes!
💡 world-class talks by speakers like Pete Lomas, co-founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation & author Simon Monk
Learn more: lnkd.in/ewrEVrmC
#pro2summerschool2025 @lmcunderwood.bsky.social
I'm back! And I have two robot arms from waveshare, but what should I do with them? Give me your best ideas and tune in tonight at 7pm BST
youtube.com/live/DQPC1Ev...
Looking forward to the @computingatschool.bsky.social conference in October! So many great workshops to choose from, I panicked! Luckily me and two colleagues from the School of Computing and Communications at @lancasteruni.bsky.social are going so we're going to divide and conquer! Who's coming??
Here's a look at some of the code samples. Really friendly
Look at this cool thing by @roboticalltd.bsky.social It's called cog. It has RGB LEDs, several tilt sensors, light sensor, a speaker and you can code it in blocks!
What a weird bug... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
Why is this font like this 😭
The end of a PhD is full of these weird anti-climatic but somehow still exciting and celebration worthy moments. You have: thesis submission moment, viva passing (that's a big one), corrections submission, library submission then finally (I think!) graduation 🎓 All this will take me 11 months!
This week my PhD thesis corrections were accepted and I uploaded it to my university library. You can read it for free, but only if you really really want to (and let me know!)
www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/files...
