Dr Lorraine Underwood

A Pringle next to a ruler measuring 5.5cm

A Pringle in my hand

In Malaysia again for a research trip with work. I haven't had pringles in a while but have they shrunk?? Or are Malaysian pringles just built different??

Can anyone recommend a small portable electric screwdriver? I need to disassemble 50 things quickly and they have 4 screws each.

Ahhh, they're computing teachers. We don't care about grammar!

Almost typed microbit boys 😂 which is also true as two colleagues from @lancasteruni.bsky.social are joining me. They were part of the original team of people who created the #microbit Professors Steve Hodges and Joe Finney.

A microbit attached to a screen showing accelerometer data

Whose going to Bromsgrove tonight for the @computingatschool.bsky.social conference social? I'll be there! And I'll have #microbit toys.

Taking a new plant to work

YouTube video by Build With Prof. G. PixelBlaze Panama Hat - for tutorials see my channel. NeoPixel LEDs arranged in a matrix. #wearables

I was able to run the PixelBlaze Panama Hat with 150 LEDs for over 5 hrs, looking great at 20% brightness, using this small battery that fit under the hat & at 2.2oz, wasn't noticeable:
a.co/d/bbhObkk
youtube.com/shorts/TZBFV...

Omg so shiny! @pimoroni.com

House of Guinness with the subtitle "Irish subs available"

A scene from the show with Irish subtitles

This is really interesting. A new TV series on #Netflix about the #Guinness family advertised with #Irish subtitles! A nice way to read Irish if you're a bit rusty (like me) @netflix.com #HouseOfGuinness

I have - Lorraine

I recently bought a car and it's new new 😍 It has all the safety features including lane assist. Unfortunately where I live lane assist isn't very useful and somewhat dangerous. For example this is a two way road! When lane assist doesn't see a line it keeps trying to pull me into oncoming traffic

A group of people stand outside on a sunny day, smiling and waving toward an overhead camera. On the bottom left text in yellow reads '2025 Device Prototyping Summer School'.

Missed our 2025 Summer School at @lancasteruni.bsky.social? Highlights included:

🍎 expert instruction
💰 prizes!
💡 world-class talks by speakers like Pete Lomas, co-founder of Raspberry Pi Foundation & author Simon Monk

Learn more: lnkd.in/ewrEVrmC

#pro2summerschool2025 @lmcunderwood.bsky.social

2 Robot Arms - what should I do? YouTube video by Kevin McAleer

I'm back! And I have two robot arms from waveshare, but what should I do with them? Give me your best ideas and tune in tonight at 7pm BST

youtube.com/live/DQPC1Ev...

Looking forward to the @computingatschool.bsky.social conference in October! So many great workshops to choose from, I panicked! Luckily me and two colleagues from the School of Computing and Communications at @lancasteruni.bsky.social are going so we're going to divide and conquer! Who's coming??

Here's a look at some of the code samples. Really friendly

Look at this cool thing by @roboticalltd.bsky.social It's called cog. It has RGB LEDs, several tilt sensors, light sensor, a speaker and you can code it in blocks!

What a weird bug... @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

Why is this font like this 😭

The end of a PhD is full of these weird anti-climatic but somehow still exciting and celebration worthy moments. You have: thesis submission moment, viva passing (that's a big one), corrections submission, library submission then finally (I think!) graduation 🎓 All this will take me 11 months!

This week my PhD thesis corrections were accepted and I uploaded it to my university library. You can read it for free, but only if you really really want to (and let me know!)
www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/files...

I also ran for the first time in over a year yesterday morning 💪 I'm doing a challenge at work: whoever doesn't make 10k steps the day before buys lunch 😀

Blue sky and green hills

I have the pleasure of working from home 2 days a week in the summer holidays. I worked late on a piece of work yesterday so I'm taking some time today to blow off some cobwebs.

I would pay for the self service! Human contact? No thank you 😀

A list of emails from hairdressers, travel company, hotel and airport asking for me to review their services.

I got a haircut, bought 2 dresses, some euros, flew to Ireland and stayed in a hotel. And every single company wants a review.
Nope! If they want my time - they can pay me for my time.

picture of some text, there's is an error where it says "dateTimeNow could be a perfect time..."

hehe, live in the {dateTimeNow}

Text on a yellow and navy blue background reads 'Wanted: Research Participants. Designing and Building Digital Devices'. Below the pro2 network+ and EPSRC logos are displayed against a white background.

Do you design and build prototypes of digital devices? If so, we want to hear from you!

Follow the link to complete a brief questionnaire about where you find help when encountering problems (takes just 5-10 mins): lnkd.in/euaprTfX

@lmcunderwood.bsky.social @bristolhci.bsky.social #prototyping

pro2 summer school attendees got a chance to show off their device prototypes today at @lancasteruni.bsky.social.

Ranging from health tech to digital musical instruments and more, learn all about them at prosquared.org

#pro2summerschool2025 #prototyping @lmcunderwood.bsky.social

Pete Lomas stands in front of a desk in a lecture theatre with a laptop before him, holding a Raspberry Pi and looking toward the camera.

What a great start to day three of the Device Prototyping Summer School! Absolutely fantastic talk by Pete Lomas of Norcott Technologies and co-founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Pete spoke on scaling the #RaspberryPi and the challenge of internet success.

#pro2summerschool2025

a clean basement with a desk and workbench. the colour scheme is rainbow

Wow, 5 years ago we finished our basement conversion! Look how clean it was, hehe