Get ready to tune into ITV4 to watch the first ever season of Formula E electric car racing.
Starts on 13th Sept:
Friday, August 29
Friday, August 22
Visit to South Downs Planetarium
Recently visited South Downs Planetarium in Chichester for one of their public shows. Unfortunately it wasn't impressive, I think the presentation was aimed at school kids and families, so was pretty basic.
Instead of a professionally designed recorded presentation, the narrative was conducted by (I assume) an amateur scientist or a teacher from the local school. He had a really loud and aggresive voice which was disconcerting.
As well as that issue, the images that were projected over the star field were poorly edited (with the exception of a photo of the moon that blended well with the background), in one case a photo of the earth was badly cropped so that the north and south poles were missing, in another example the edge of the film could be seen, complete with sprocket holes.
After about 10 minutes I was thinking I have to sit through another 50 minutes of this and I would have learned more by watching a Horizon documentary on BBC TV.
That's the point really, the planetarium is competing with HD TV and Imax cinemas, it basically can't compete if the presentations are poorly produced by SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), they just don't have the skills to put together an engaging narrative or the skills to produce the media.
If the Planetarium can't afford such presentations, then it needs to seek volunteer designers that can help. People that are happy to spend a little time to improve the quality of the presentations. Even small changes to the images projected would be a huge improvement.
They appear to be spending money on the building, but that seems to miss the point. People go there to be impressed by the presentations, that is the attraction, a better looking building isn't going get me to return.
Instead of a professionally designed recorded presentation, the narrative was conducted by (I assume) an amateur scientist or a teacher from the local school. He had a really loud and aggresive voice which was disconcerting.
As well as that issue, the images that were projected over the star field were poorly edited (with the exception of a photo of the moon that blended well with the background), in one case a photo of the earth was badly cropped so that the north and south poles were missing, in another example the edge of the film could be seen, complete with sprocket holes.
After about 10 minutes I was thinking I have to sit through another 50 minutes of this and I would have learned more by watching a Horizon documentary on BBC TV.
That's the point really, the planetarium is competing with HD TV and Imax cinemas, it basically can't compete if the presentations are poorly produced by SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), they just don't have the skills to put together an engaging narrative or the skills to produce the media.
If the Planetarium can't afford such presentations, then it needs to seek volunteer designers that can help. People that are happy to spend a little time to improve the quality of the presentations. Even small changes to the images projected would be a huge improvement.
They appear to be spending money on the building, but that seems to miss the point. People go there to be impressed by the presentations, that is the attraction, a better looking building isn't going get me to return.
Sunday, August 17
Robert Llewellyn electric car talk at Chichester
Robert Llewellyn - the android Kryten in Red Dwarf - is talking about electric cars at
Chichester Inn, West Street, Chichester on Tues 2nd Sept, at 7.30pm.
The title of the talk is 'Electric Cars Are Rubbish Aren't They?'
Tickets are £5.
More info:
http://chichester.skepticsinthepub.org/
Also watch Roberts videos on Fully Charged
The title of the talk is 'Electric Cars Are Rubbish Aren't They?'
Tickets are £5.
More info:
http://chichester.skepticsinthepub.org/
Also watch Roberts videos on Fully Charged
BAe site development - status
BAe site on 3rd may 2014, so far no trees have been felled...
BAe site on 17th August 2014, note on the right a number of trees have been felled and a big pile of rubble at the centre.
It is unclear at this stage if any of the trees will remain although in a prevous article in The News, an artists impression shows trees at the entrance.
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