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I am a 60-year-old tech lover and self-confessed geek and football fanatic! When I am not playing with the latest gadget you will often find me watching my favourite TV shows including Game of Thrones, Young Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory. Feel free to follow me on Instagram @robbiedunion or Twitter @robbiedunion
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63
DS Team member
Earned 04/01/2018
Community spirit 1
Earned 14/08/2018
Inquisitive
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Author 25
Earned 03/01/2018
All star profile
Earned 03/01/2018
Maker
Earned 24/04/2018
Pete and Greet
Earned 04/01/2018
Social
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Toolbox
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User support
Recognised for helping others in our Support Centre.
Project
Earned 04/04/2018
LeakKiller Challenge Winner
Earned 04/04/2018
Hackaday Ireland
Earned 06/04/2018
RS Partner Day
Earned 06/04/2018
BrightSparks 2018
Earned 08/05/2018
1 week ago
Building and Testing a 3D Printed Brushless Motor (until it explodes!)
Christoph Laimer builds a 3D-printed brushless motor and tests the maximum rotation speed. The destruction of the motor is intended, to work out the safe operating range.
1 week ago
A Student's DIY Enigma Machine
Find out how Beth Cotterell and Tomos Evans from the University of Bristol were inspired to build their own version of the Enigma Machine following a visit to Bletchley Park.
3 weeks ago
Kids Invent Stuff - the Rube Goldberg Challenge
See how the creators of popular YouTube channel Kids Invent Stuff, Ruth Amos and Shawn Brown, took on the Rube Goldberg Challenge with the help of hundreds of their viewers' ideas.
1 month ago
DesignSpark New Year Giveaway
To celebrate the New Year we are offering you the chance to win an exclusive engineers bundle worth over £750, including an RS Pro soldering station, an RS Pro de-soldering station and an igus D1 dryve motor control system.
1 month ago
Oishi Deb awarded £25,000 to develop Machine Learning Programme
EW BrightSparks 2018 winner Oishi Deb has been awarded a £25,000 grant by Sky to work on her machine learning project.
1 month ago
Your guide to discrete semiconductors
Many types of semiconductors are sold as part of circuits, oftentimes on an IC. These circuits are usually capable of carrying out any of a number of different functions in a device, which differentiates them from discrete semiconductors.
1 month ago
The Teen Prodigy Aiming to Revolutionise Aerospace Electronics
Michael Gucluer may be just two months into his Electronics Engineering degree at the University of Warwick, but he already has a clear ambition to play a key role in the embedded electronics revolution within the aerospace industry.
4 months ago
The Mayku FormBox - Just add a vacuum cleaner!
The Mayku FormBox is a desktop vacuum former that brings your ideas to life, using any vacuum cleaner to make molds in minutes with no additional software or digital model manipulation required.
Wearables and Technology Lifestyle
5 months ago
Combining a love of Dogs and Technology
This is sure to make you smile on a Monday morning. Disco Dog is a smartphone-controlled LED dog vest. It is a fun way to keep your dog visible and safe.
Wearables and Technology Lifestyle
5 months ago
The Engineers Who Are Changing Children's Lives
A look at Cerebra, a charity creating solutions in response to direct requests from parents and carers of children with neurological conditions who are struggling to find the piece of equipment to make their life easier, more inclusive and fun.
7 months ago
Report: RS Components 2-1 Sony UK TEC
RS Components took on Sony UK TEC in the Raspberry Pi Derby on Friday evening to raise money for Children with Cancer UK.
7 months ago
Match Preview: RS Components v Sony UK TEC
Employees from RS Components and Sony UK Technology Centre head to the King Power Stadium on Friday evening to compete in the Raspberry Pi Derby, raising money for the Children with Cancer UK charity.