Twycross Zoo

Elephants at Twycross

Visited Twycross Zoo with Ashley Bryant, to meet elephant keepers and discuss the best location for an acoustic enrichment device.  Ashley's research involves testing a new behavioural analysis tool developed by the Elephant Welfare Group (EWG) and we're planning to work together at Twycross, using one of my elephant audio systems.

Beltane Fire Festival

Basket weaving with grass and rafia

Learning how to weave with grass in the Woodland Workshops at Beltane Fire Festival.

I've never camped in such cold conditions before - all the tents were covered in ice every morning.

Came back with a didgeridoo...

Global Game Jam 2016 returns to Londonmet

48 hours of game production as part of the Global GameJam 2016, streaming live on twitch

Read about the weekend here: http://www.thinkmakeplay.co.uk/?p=688
and here: http://kavitakapoor.org/2016/02/game-jam-2016/

See pix here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkmakeplay/albums/72157663983583452

See what the kids came up with here: http://goodomensgame.blogspot.co.uk/

Play our jam games here: http://globalgamejam.org/2016/jam-sites/london-metropolitan-university/games

Valli and vibrotactile buttons

Valli explores vibrotactile button

Finished knitting another elephant button in Carmarthen last night.

Details at: http://toys4elephants.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/vibrotactile-controls.html

Skomer comes to London

Skomer

Skomer (named after puffin island off the coast of Pembrokeshire) arrived today.  Her mum's a Jack Russell and her dad's a Yorkshire terrier so we assume she'll keep the ubiquitous rats on their toes.

Probably a good squirrel chaser too...