Tag: Science Museum
Eric, Britain’s first robot unveiled at Science Museum through Kickstarter campaign
Built less than a decade after the word robot was first used, Eric was everything we now imagine a robot to be – a talking, moving mechanical person, says curator Ben Russell, and amazed crowds across the UK, Europe and… Read more
Science Museum acquires Georgian clock used in world’s first urban climate studies
A rare Georgian clock, capable of recording changes in air pressure and used at the dawn of climate science, has been acquired for the nation by the Science Museum. The barograph clock is one of only four… Read more
Science Museum’s new exhibition Wounded commemorates 100th anniversary of Battle of the Somme
On that first day of the Battle of the Somme (which would rage until 18 November) 57,000 casualties were sustained by British Forces creating huge and unprecedented medical challenges. At the centre of Wounded: Conflict, Casualties and Care is a… Read more
Fox Talbot: Dawn of the Photograph exhibition opens at Science Museum
Fox Talbot: Dawn of the Photograph, which opens in the Science Museum’s Media Space will present the birth of photography as it happened in Britain within its industrial and social context, and reveal the extent of Talbot’s… Read more