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STEAM Bots July update (ish)

Work is under way to prepare the venue being used for STEAM bots for events over the summer. I am just re-using the photos I took, for now at least.

The Lego Robots and Arena are the OFFICIAL builds have gone on Tour. The video below is from a previous event run by previous owners of the kit Mike has obtained.

STEAM Café is NOT affiliated with Warrior bots

If you would like more information on what is being planned, Please CONTACT STEAM Café & Discovery Centre DIRECTLY

STEAM Café & Discovery Centre 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.

This is my personal blog, where I am just sharing some information as I am involved but cannot speak for the STEAM Venue or provide additional information.

arena 1

steambots 2

steambots 3

steambots 4

steambots 5

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#STEAM,#Lego,#Robots,#BattleArena,#Bots


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Lions vs NSW Waratahs

05/07/2025 NSW Waratahs v The Lions Sydney Allianz Stadium 8:00pm 11:00am

Waratahs 10 – Lions 21

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Potential Ozone Depletion From Satellite Demise

Potential Ozone Depletion From Satellite Demise During Atmospheric Reentry in the Era of Mega-Constellations

Interesting paper that was published in Geophysical research letters looking at potential damage to the Ozone layer from Satellites re-entering the Earths atmosphere and burning up. The specific issue seems to be related to the Aluminium Oxidizing, and then this travels down to the Ozone layer and causes a chemical reaction.

Give the number of Satellites in orbit and the importance of the Already fragile Ozone layer, this is not good news.

You can read the research here

There is a Fediverse discussion here that is quite interesting, I have also started a Science Forums discussion

Update : 2/4/2025: To give an idea what is up in orbit, this graphic is an interactive representation of all the satellites that are up there.
Update June 29 – Satellite collisions cause a chain reaction

Update June 25 – Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery

Update July 3rd – More re-entry stats

Update 3rd July Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate

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#Science,#Space,#Satellite,#ReEntry,#Aluminium,#AlumiumOxide, #Ozone,#Damage,#Research


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Honda’s hopper

Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry

Posted to the Fediverse, so also sharing here as it is really cool. Honda, the car firm, is now building reusable rockets.

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Lions vs Queensland Reds

02/07/2025 Queensland Reds v The Lions, Brisbane, Suncorp Stadium, 8:00pm, 11:00am

Queensland Reds 12, British & Irish Lions 52 at full time

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Can evolution save ash trees from dieback?

Interesting from Kew. Ash trees are developing their own resistance to Ash Dieback.

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#Trees,#Adaptation,#Disease,#AshDieback,#Resistance


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EmacsConf 2025

Emacs Conference 2025 has been announced

EmacsConf 2025 | Online Conference December 6 and 7, 2025 (Sat-Sun)

EmacsConf is the conference about the joy of GNU Emacs and Emacs Lisp.

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New tachyon study

New tachyon study could unlock the secrets of time travel and reality

Interesting article published on Europe Says. I have asked on Mastodon where the link to this was posted, that if Tachyons have mass, if this should be factored in to the missing mass, which I think we are suggesting is filled with Dark Matter. So, another part of the hidden universe that has some mass. We are trying to account for where all the mass is located.

I don't fully understand the physics behind all this though.

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Lions vs Western Force

28/06/2025 Western Force v The Lions Perth Optus Stadium 6:00pm 11:00am

Update : 14:30 Western Force 7, British & Irish Lions 54

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Tinkerers Meeting – June 2025

The next meeting of the Tor bay Tinkerers group will be on Saturday 28th June 2025 from 9:30am

We meet at:-

STEAM Café & Discovery Centre 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.

We usually start off in the café, then move in to the back room, where the discovery centre is. However, we may also visit the Tea Shed which is in the Hyperspace café, this is located a short distance away in Victoria Square.

We will let the staff at the café know where we are, please ask.

Possible topics

  • Dragster Race Car update
  • Obstacle Robot update
  • Update : Arduino CNC Control updates
  • Arduino LCD
  • Lego Robots
  • What ever else comes up

If you would like to ask any questions, please message Helen via our Facebook page

Or message Paul via the DCGLUG Matrix Room

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