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I am a 31-year-old tech lover, 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
DS Level
87
DS Team member
Earned 04/01/2018
Community spirit 50
Earned 29/05/2020
Inquisitive
Earned 03/01/2018
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
Earned 04/01/2018
Toolbox
Earned 27/03/2018
User support
Recognised for helping others in our Support Centre.
Survey
Earned 17/03/2020
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
Wuthering Bytes 2019
Earned 30/08/2019
What's New In Electronics 2019
Earned 09/09/2019
Published Content
2 weeks ago
10k Face Shields donated to Ghana
RS Components has stepped up its donations of 3D Printed PPE equipment to countries around the
3 weeks ago
How a 14-year-old inventor helped his vulnerable Great-Aunt
When 14-year-old Freddie realised how vulnerable his great-aunt was, he wanted to help. So he came up with two inventions that could make her life safer. As a result, he has won the junior engineering prize at the UK's Big Bang competition twice.
1 month ago
Rebooting a 50 Year Old Computer - Making The Apollo Guidance Computer Work Again
The Apollo Guidance Computer is a pivotal part of computer history, and it was a key part of making it possible for Apollo to land on the moon. See how a team of electronics wizards have been trying to resurrect it.
2 months ago
The Ultimake Social Distancing Bike
Colin Furze is back with another invention. The Highcycle, the ultimate social distance bike makes sure that you can always stay 2m apart, vertically.
3 months ago
Greater Manchester 3D Printing Community Answer The Call
Last week LearnByLayers, a platform to help teachers with 3D printing, launched a call out for teachers and businesses in the Greater Manchester area to support medical workers at this challenging time through 3D Printing.
3 months ago
Oxford University and King’s College develop ventilator to support Covid-19 crisis
An interdisciplinary team of engineers and medics from Oxford University and Kings College London have been working to address ways to increase the UK’s capacity for ventilator manufacture, by producing a prototype for rapid deployment.
3 months ago
Colin Furze: Coronavirus Isolation Box
Our favourite YouTuber and inventor Colin Furze is back with his latest creation... the Coronavirus Isolation Box. This isn't self isolation as we know it... it's been Furzed!!
3 months ago
3D CAD File: Respirator-free reanimation Venturi's valve
Download the ready-to-print Venturi's valve model for respirator-free masks, which have been created as a non-profit project for the Covid-19 pandemic.
3 months ago
How 3D Printing Saved Italian Lives Amid Covid-19 Outbreak
How quick thinking and a 3D printer enabled a Northern Italian hospital to access a replacement valve for a reanimation device when their supplier had run out, saving lives in the process.
4 months ago
Jude's Vacuum Forming Hack - Recycling Plastic Milk Jugs
Jude Pullen shows how he modified a Mayku Vacuum Former (Formbox) to work with HDPE Plastic (recycled from Milk Jugs). Not only does this give a good mould quality, but resulting moulds are food safe, durable and can still be recycled after use.
4 months ago
The First Cryogenic Quantum Computing Chip
Horse Ridge the first Cryogenic Quantum Computing Control Chip has been unveiled by Intel and QuTech
3 months ago
Project nautilUS - Revolutionising Petrochemical Oil Tank Inspections
The Project nautilUS robot will reduce the costs, danger, environmental and health & safety risks involved in inspections required by the (API) industry standard for petrochemical storage tank periodic inspections.