Science Makers: Colour - science and senses

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This month Science Makers be looking a colour - measuring it, creating it and being creative with it. There will also be a special activity session for children aged 8+, so feel free to bring your child(ren)!*

Science Makers is a monthly event to discuss and build low-cost, DIY and open hardware for science and education. All are welcome for the talks, making or both!

There will also be an introduction to the Biomaker Challenge (http://www.synbio.cam.ac.uk/biomakerchallenge) and a chance to discuss forming teams and proposals.

Talks

• Dr Gareth Rees on sensing plant spectra in the Arctic and artistic collaborations around colour.

• Prof Jim Haseloff on biological pigments and coloured proteins.

• Olimpia Onelli on structural colour in G. Viridula beetles and biomimetics.

• Jeffrey Grey on Cambridge Display Technology's printed organic LEDs and sensors for portable testing.

• Praveen Teleti and Sophie Weeks on protoyping low-cost color sensors.

Learning

• How to set up an Arduino and program a sensor

• How LEDs and colour sensors works

Making

If you plan to participate in the making session, please bring a laptop and Android phone with camera if you have one.

• Build an open source colorimeter