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This week, we are revisiting one of our most popular items for schools and makers alike. Our Quartz Clock Mechanism is a complete clock mechanism with all of the fixings so you can make the clock face out of any material possible!

This years creator fair coincided nicely with the launch of the BBC micro:bit website so what better excuse than to pack up some PCs, some boards and accessories and let people get stuck in with the coding?

Following on from the success of showing of the BBC micro:bit at the Leicester Creator Fair, we're excited to announce that we'll be taking it along to the iCSAT National Conference in Bradford on the 21st October.

Following on from the success of showing of the BBC micro:bit at the Leicester Creator Fair, we're excited to announce that we'll be taking it along to the Derby Mini Maker Faire on the 24th October.

We've introduced a large number of boards including a couple Latching Switches, Sewable 5mm LED Holders, a new Sewable Buzzer and an e-textiles battery.

Whether you are starting off in the world of 3D Printing or you are looking for a compact, 3D Printer for your School; the Robox 3D Printer Starter Pack

This Kitronik University course looks at making a slide switch using a piece of metal jewellery.

Whether you're developing your own project, or building one of our project kits, sometimes thing don't go as smoothly as you'd like. Enter our new Digital Auto Ranging Multimeter.

Last week, the newest member of our Team went down to see the guys at CEL Robox for some training on how to use the Robox 3D Printer to its best abilities.

This week, we are powering ahead by introducing 4 new motors. These motors are ideal for a variety of applications that include low current solar power.

We are proud to be bringing you a huge expansion to our Perspex range now including 5mm thickness Opaque and Fluorescent and new 3mm Transparent colours.

This week, we are expanding our Solar cells including new and improved 1.5, 2 and 5V Polycrystalline solar cells. These cells are more efficient in the unpredictable British weather.

This week, we are proud to be sponsoring a MyMiniFactory 3D Printing competition, where prizes include some of our most popular kits and a Flashforge Dreamer 3D Printer.

Learn how to make the Electro-Fashion Cat using conductive thread in our easy to follow tutorial.

Students from from Milton Abbey School and Wisbech Grammar School have been producing these fantastic cases using our FM Radios and MP3 Mono Amplifier Kits.

This year so far has been a year of celebration: we are currently celebrating our 10th Birthday with the added bonus of celebrating the sale of our millionth home produced kit here in Nottingham.

Earlier this month the BBC micro:bit was launched at New Broadcasting House and a couple of days later Geoff took it to show teachers at the D&T Association summer school. We look back at the event here.

Last week we attended the final presentation of the NTU SKE students, a course for graduates with a degree in a subject other than D&T, who wish to train as secondary Design and Technology teachers. They had spent a lot of the last seven weeks working on their projects, and we were excited to see what the four groups came up with.

Our Thread Winding Machine has been designed to measure and wind a piece of conductive thread neatly around an Electro-Fashion bobbin, find out how!

It's been 10 months since the BBC first got in touch with us to ask if we'd like to become a BBC micro:bit partner, and now, we're delighted to announce following todays official launch, we can launch our own ambitious plans.