• Question: What would you do with the lego that you'd buy with the money?

    Asked by Esme.M to Oliver, Michele, Jackie on 11 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Michele Faucci Giannelli

      Michele Faucci Giannelli answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      Considering that I could buy at least two EV3, probably a quite sophisticated robot to use in a demonstrator during open days in the physics department. Or I could buy the large version of the LEGO ATLAS detector…

    • Photo: Oliver Brown

      Oliver Brown answered on 11 Mar 2015:

      My plan is to build an experiment out of it called a Watt Balance — it can be used to calculate the value of very important number called Planck’s constant. Planck’s constant is the ratio between the energy of a particle of light and its frequency.

      I would buy all the parts needed to make a Watt balance out of Lego, and a small computer to help people record and analyse the data from the experiment. I and my colleagues would then take the experiment to local schools, and science festivals, and get people to try it for themselves!

    • Photo: Jaclyn Bell

      Jaclyn Bell answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      I’d like to get one or two Lego Mindstorms (EV3) kits so I can take them in to local schools in Merseyside and run after school robotics and coding clubs. I thing being able to code is really important and what better way to learn than by building your own robot! 😀 You can check out the kits here: http://www.lego.com/en-gb/mindstorms/?domainredir=mindstorms.lego.com

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