Category: News

Something unforgettable is about to happen in Liverpool as a highlight of the Liverpool European Capital of Culture celebrations. Vast in scale and spectacular in execution, this breathtaking new commission…

It’s hard to believe but we have finally redesigned our website after almost 10 years! Most of the old information is here, but there are lots of new and exciting…

We are continually amazed by the diversity of our readers, and it was exciting to find out that Dr John Bonnell at Space Sciences Lab, (UC Berkeley CA) has been…

We greatly enjoyed the visit to Maker Faire last weekend! It included picking up an Editor’s Choice award for our Designing Automata Kit (no longer available, see below). Richard Garriott,…

A fantastic new children’s book from Cabaret fan Brian Selznick is launched in the UK this week. Set in Paris, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, is an enthralling 526-page book…

Join us at the fantastic Maker Faire this October in Austin, Texas where you can get the chance to play with our great Designing Automata Kit. If you are in…

A new work by the Colombian automata maker Carlos Zapata is currently being exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in London. In the piece, a man protecting a small…

This Saturday, 19th May, sees the opening of our USA touring exhibit at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas. A great place for a day out this summer,…

You can listen to this morning’s BBC Woman’s Hour interviews broadcast if you missed it live. Three generations of women were interviewed – Sue Jackson, myself and my daughter Max.…