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Ideas Studio

  • 13 and over
  • Engineering

Construction Innovation with Morrison Construction

Take a virtual tour of a construction site to see how the latest innovation and technology can be used in building design and how to build sites with very low environmental impact.
  • 13 and over
  • Engineering

Jet Engine Evolution with Rolls Royce

Join Rolls Royce to follow the manufacturing journey of compressor aerofoils and explore the evolution of the jet engine.
  • 8 and over
  • Engineering
  • Materials
  • Our Planet

Your Rock Powered Smartphone

What’s the connection between a volcano and a touch screen? Learn about the rocks and minerals that make up smartphones and how things need to change so we can keep up with the growing demand.
  • 11 and over
  • Design
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Our Planet

Solar Powered Roads

The amount of sunlight that hits the Earth’s surface is huge! But are the possibilities of what we could use that amount of sunlight for even bigger?
  • 11 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Our Planet

Salt Water Lamps

Salt + Water = Light! Ok it might not be that simple, otherwise saltwater lakes would be glowing all day, but see how simple chemistry could provide safe light sources.
  • 11 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Our Planet
  • Transport

The Future of Transport: Driving Change in the Next 10 years

How is transport being revolutionised with technology to tackle pollution and banish congestion? From artificial intelligence to super-speed trains, what will the transport of our future really look like?
  • 13 and over
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

The Innovation Podcast: Robotics and AI

Join James from the Innovate UK podcast as they explore the way robots could revolutionise our work, with help from industry experts already using this technology.
  • 13 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Engineering
  • Our Planet

BladeBUG

BladeBUG Limited is developing a unique walking robot to remotely inspect, maintain and repair wind turbine blades, helped by funding from the #ISCF​ Robots for a Safer World challenge.
  • 13 and over
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

Innovate UK Predictions: The Future of Robotics

In the future, robots with artificial intelligence will help make life easier for us. How will they transform our industries and working lives, or help us tackle climate change?
  • 8 and over
  • Climate Change
  • Engineering
  • Our Planet

Dynamic Earth – Innovation and the Climate Crisis: Science or Fiction?

From space umbrellas to hard working hamsters, can you sort the science from the fiction when it comes to creative solutions that could help solve the climate crisis?
  • 13 and over
  • Engineering
  • Space

Space: What is a Satellite?

Ever wondered what a satellite is? What they do? How some of them are useful to use every single day? Wonder no more, we have the answers! 
  • 13 and over
  • Engineering
  • Space

Space: Spaceports in Scotland

Find out about the forces that get rockets into space, the difference between vertical and horizontal launches, and how Scotland might be the next Cape Canaveral...  
  • 8 and over
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Materials

Glasgow Tower Uncovered

Join us for a tour of the Glasgow Tower, part of Glasgow’s unique skyline since 2001. It is the tallest tower in Scotland, and it holds the Guinness World Record for the only tower in the world that can fully rotate.