Andrew Probert – A STEAM Second

I get asked all the time why a large number of my personal projects seem to be based around futuristic technology found in film and television. It is no surprise that I have had a lifetime love affair with cinema, especially films in the science fiction genre. There...
Mini Make Day 3 – Wearable Art Show

Mini Make Day 3 – Wearable Art Show

Mini Make Day 3 – Wearable Art Show – Library at The Dock Library at the Dock was host to the third Mini Make Day on the last weekend in August. As part of Melbourne fashion week, the theme for this Mini Make Day was Wearable Art and concentrated on...
A US visit to the Makerspace at LATD

A US visit to the Makerspace at LATD

Today I had the pleasure of hosting Danielle Wishka at Library at The Dock. Danielle is the media specialist at Saint Andrew’s Middle School in South Carolina USA, and has travelled down to Australia to see how the Maker and Teaching communities do things down under....
NAO – The little humanoid robot

NAO – The little humanoid robot

It is no surprise that I love robots. Growing up in the seventies, all I saw on the movie and television screen were representations of robots interacting and helping their human counterparts with skills and strengths that far exceeded mortal man. Essentially walking...