Engineering

The White Diamond

Werner Herzog follows aeronautics expert Dr Graham Dorrington to the Guyanan rainforest.

Festo AirPenguins and AirJelly Q&A Session

Meet the makers of the marvellous mechanical Festo AirPenguins and AirJelly.

Bee inventive! - building the perfect bee house

Students from Stroud High School and Marling Sixth Form are working with the University of Gloucestershire and the Global Bee Project to create the perfect bee house.

A water mill for Water Mill

Year 5 and 6 students from Water Mill Primary School are creating a working water wheel to illustrate forces, and generate power to drive a bird scarer and harvest rainwater for irrigation.

Biobots

Students from Sittingbourne Community College are learning what it takes to become an Olympic athlete.

Perfection of the Mind, Body and Machine discussion series

Perfection is a fascination across science and the arts, with implications of interest to all; from philosophers to designers to anyone who strives for it.

The Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition

Meet the minds behind some of the UK's most exciting scientific advances at the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition. From machine intelligence to green energy, try out the interactive exhibits and question the expert scientists themselves about the discoveries you make.

Explore the exhibits online and plan out your visit.

The Builders Association: Continuous City

The entire world really does become a stage in the UK premiere of Continuous City, a new multi-media theatre experience by New York's critically acclaimed The Builders Association.

Perfection Machines

Do machines express the human ideals of perfection? This event explores the essential nature of the machines we have created, from cars to mobile phones to robots. We ponder the extent to which human desires and needs are mapped onto our personal and political ideals through the expression of 'The Machine'.

The panel includes: