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14/03/2025

Have you sometimes felt alone in your STEM career journey because there was no one else who looked like you and the support was not always readily available.

This is another STEM Positive Disruptor: MIA conversation, with special guest, Associate Professor Corey Tutt OAM, a Kamilaroi man from Nowra on the New South Wales south coast Australia. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a zookeeper and in high school he developed a love of STEM subjects. But unlike the arts and sport, he found there was little encouragement for Aboriginal people to pursue careers in STEM.
Corey had to find a way to change the narratives that society had of Aboriginals and this was not easy. He started talking about science to young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids and got them excited about science. He went to a school that only had 15 books in the whole school, he invested his money but found the problem was wide spread and could not sort this problem by himself, so he set up a GoFundMe page to do something about it, this attracted the attention of Professor Brian Cox of CERN, in the process educated him on indigenous knowledges and this changed the dynamics for the better and raised the profile of Deadly Science that also resulted in Corey been the first Aboriginal to win the Eureka Prize and other accolades followed ...
Deadly Science has gone from sending STEM books and resources to these schools in remote areas to making them.
Please listen to our conversation in full, https://youtu.be/MaDowkQq8ds

His advise to young people - Be a good person, be passionate and have a purpose.
For more information about Deadly Science and also support them
Deadly Science - https://deadlyscience.org.au
Books by Corey Tutt
First Scientist - https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Scientists-Inventions-Innovations-Australias/dp/1741177529
This book contains deadly reptiles - https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Corey-Tutt,-illustrated-by-Ben-Williams-Caution!-This-Book-Contains-Deadly-Reptiles-9781761181030
This Book Thinks Ya Deadly! - A Celebration of Blak Excellence - https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-gb/books/this-book-thinks-ya-deadly-by-corey-tutt/9781741178159

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07/03/2025

The STEM Positive Disruptor Disruptor celebrating the International Women's Day

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28/02/2025

Happy Friday from the STEM Positive Disruptor

As the International Women Day 2025 approaches and will be celebrated on the 8 March 2025 across the world

IWD 2025 campaign theme is 'Accelerate Action'

So, on 6 March 2025 in the UK, the House of Lords is to hold a debate marking International Women’s Day focused on the steps being taken to promote women’s participation and leadership in science and technology, the debate is been sponsored by Baroness Gustafsson, the government minister for investment.

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On 6 March 2025, the House of Lords is scheduled to hold a debate marking International Women’s Day focused on the steps being taken to promote women’s participation and leadership in science and technology. The motion for the debate is sponsored by Baroness Gustafsson, the government minister f...

21/02/2025

Happy Friday - Electric Buses (lithium) Batteries
Engineers needed to resolve this persisting problem with electric public transportation batteries
The batteries for electric use a lot of lithium, the lightest metal and the lightest solid element under normal conditions.
The benefits of electric transportation are huge such as reduction of carbon emission but there is also a downside
In London, Transport for London have 3,826 hybrid buses, 1,397 battery electric buses, and 20 hydrogen fuel cell buses operating in London, as of March 2024, out of a total bus fleet of 8,776 – this is around 60% of the bus fleet.
The electric bus plugs into the electricity grid to get charged, and stores the electricity in batteries (often located on the roof). The batteries power an electric engine. Since an electric engine has fewer parts than an internal combustion engine, it requires less maintenance.
I use public transportation a lot because of its convenience and reliability to get me around, but recently I noticed since the introduction of electric public transportation, in this cold weather that the public transportation was not as reliable as it once was.
Two main reasons were highlighted
There aren’t enough charging points
The colder the temperature, the slower the reactions in the batteries needed to generate power.
This is not just a UK centric problem but experienced across the globe.
In the Euro News, in Dec 2023, according to Anna Stefanopoulou, at -12 Celsius, a parked EV can lose up to 30-40% of its range before it even starts its route.
In Science Direct, an article called “The influence of inclement weather on electric bus efficiency” by S Corbet · 2023 - Extreme cold and hot ambient temperatures have been shown to reduce the efficiency of Battery Electric Buses BEBs, as well as age their batteries.
I am aware that Transport for London have equipped bus stops to boost batteries wirelessly when the hybrid buses arrive and they are also increasing the number of charging stations.
So, engineers what solutions can help improve the efficiency of these types of (Lithium) batteries in extreme weathers or are there alternatives that can do the same thing and maintain or improve the benefits that it offers.
Happy inventing, innovating
STEM Positive Disruptor

07/02/2025

Happy Friday - the STEM Positive Disruptor
Cybersecurity
As engineers it is important for us to make ourselves relevant and meet the demands of the industry. You are needed in the Cybersecurity space.
The changing landscape of how we work and live is evolving rapidly and with all the benefits that emerging technology such as artificial intelligence, cloud storage, quantum technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) offers, there is also a downside to this.
The world is becoming highly interconnected, the threat opportunities for hackers and cybercriminals have increased rapidly. The attack surfaces the interconnected devices and networks offer present a wide range of vulnerabilities that must be protected. Not just at the individual level but within the organization and government as well.
According to Statista, “The global indicator 'Estimated Cost of Cybercrime' in the cybersecurity market was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 6.4 trillion U.S. dollars (+69.41 percent). After the eleventh consecutive increasing year, the indicator is estimated to reach 15.63 trillion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. “
Also, in the recent Government Cyber Resilience report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has painted a stark picture of the UK government’s cyber resilience, identifying deep-rooted vulnerabilities in critical IT systems, widespread skills shortages, and inadequate funding structures.
The world of cybersecurity is evolving at an unprecedented pace. As digital transformation accelerates, the need for cybersecurity professionals is skyrocketing. Cyberattacks are becoming more sophisticated,
The demand for cybersecurity professionals is growing for a number of reasons:
• Increased Cyber Threats: With ransomware, phishing, and AI-driven cyberattacks becoming more common, organizations need to be more vigilant than ever.
• Data Privacy Regulations: Governments worldwide are enforcing stricter data protection regulations like GDPR and CCPA, making cybersecurity a top priority.
• Digital Transformation: As businesses embrace cloud computing, remote work, and IoT devices, the attack surface for cybercriminals continues to expand.
Essential Skills for Cybersecurity Professionals in 2025
Here are the top skills employers will be looking for:
1. Automation and Scripting
2. Threat Intelligence
3. Cloud Security
4. Zero Trust Security
5. Incident Response
6. Communication and Collaboration
Finally, there is a huge demand for cybersecurity professionals and it pays well
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31/01/2025

Happy Friday - Space Industry is booming!

30/01/2025

As an engineer, have you ever felt sometimes vulnerable and isolated because you are female, an ethnic minority and a mother, here comes Daniella Sladen who used these attributes as a positive driver to bring change in her industry.
This is another STEM Positive Disruptor: MIA conversation, with special guest, Daniella Sladen, Co-Founder and CTO Zulu Pods, company was started nearly 5 years ago and provides precision fluid delivery for the Aerospace and Defence Industry in the USA.
Danielle is a great role model and an inspiring leader
In our conversation we talked about a few things including
The importance of mentors / role models.
How as a business owner, engineer and a mother was able to implement and introduce an 18 week paid parental leave at Zulu pods
Why it is important not to be intimidated or uncomfortable to speak up because your experience maybe unique to others and help provide the right solution to a business problem
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Thanks again for all your support, very much appreciated
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Show the diversity of people and roles within STEM and we want our industry to be more inclusive and accessible
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24/01/2025

Are we ready for the disruption AI is bringing to our doorstep?
Governments across the world such as in the UK, China and US are investing heavily in AI infrastructure and want to become one of the AI superpowers in the world by 2030.
Davos 2025: The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting being held at the Promenade in Davos, Switzerland. AI is a hot topic. They say progress in artificial intelligence is advancing at a rapid pace, according to LinkedIn, AI will push 70% of job skills to change by 2030 but regulators are struggling to keep up and opting for a lighter touch – thereby leaving the risks and collateral damage of AI unchecked.
The Pope warns Davos summit that AI could worsen ‘crisis of truth’
Have we opened a Pandora's box where AI is concerned while it is creating new opportunities and we are already enjoying the benefits and there is more to come, are we at the same time ignoring the ugly side of AI and hope it will all go away?
In 2024, Bill Gates said his first concern is "that bad people with bad intent will use AIs for cybercrime, bioterrorism, nation-state wars." "In that case you think, okay, let's make sure the good guys have an AI that can play defence against those things, and that makes you want to move ahead and not fall behind," he said.
So, engineers as creative problem solvers, we have an opportunity to innovate, provide solutions that can identify and potentially deal with the unforeseen situations that could create risk now and in the future.
Happy Friday from the STEM Positive Disruptor
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17/01/2025

Happy Friday from the STEM positive Disruptor
Engineers are you relevant and fit for the engineering and manufacturing needs for 2025?
Engineers! You know, we are UNSTOPPABLE this year 2025. We are at the forefront of innovation. So, with the pace of technological change, the need to move to a green economy and global shifts in manufacturing and production means the engineering landscape is evolving continuously.
These are key engineering and manufacturing trends for 2025 by experts who say this is where the demands are
1. Smart Cities and Infrastructure Development
2. Renewable Energy Integration
3. Green and Sustainable Engineering
4. Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, i.e., Additive Manufacturing
5. Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, i.e., Data Analysis and Big Data
6. Quantum Engineering
7. Engineering for Space Exploration
8. Cybersecurity Engineering
So are you ready and prepared to enjoy the success awaiting you this year
Is your skills and technical knowledge up to date, retrained or upskilled to ensure you are relevant and fit for the demands and needs for 2025?
A combination of these skills will help you to stand out
1. Technical and mechanical aptitude
2. Project Management
3. Creativity and Innovation
4. System design and integration
5. Testing and debugging
6. Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking
7. Communication and Collaboration
8. Health and Safety Knowledge
9. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Awareness
Go standout – it is a great year!
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14/01/2025

Novel nanocrystals that switch from light to dark could speed up AI, computing

The race for faster, more efficient computing is on. And now, scientists have taken a significant leap forward with the discovery of a unique type of nanocrystal.

Oregon State University researchers have found luminescent nanocrystals with fast light-dark switching capabilities. “The extraordinary switching and memory capabilities of these nanocrystals will one day become integral to optical computing – a way to rapidly process and store information using light particles, which travel faster than anything in the universe,” said Artiom Skripka, assistant professor in the OSU College of Science.

This resonates with a conversation I had with Sathvik Redrouthu, co-founder & CEO of Procyon Photonics, they build optical hardware for AI systems which was set up in 2021 and its entire team at the time of our conversation was made of high school students.
Sathvik predicted that Optical (chip) computing is the future … is this becoming a reality sooner than later? See link to our full conversation MMIA Conversation withSathvik Redrouthu
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Oregon State University researchers have found luminescent nanocrystals with fast light-dark switching capabilities.

31/12/2024

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06/12/2024

14/11/2024

Transforming Learning: Part 4 - Costs, Politics and why Guy think it will happen sooner rather than later.

Politics is what drives everything.
Politically IMPOSSIBLE becomes politically INEVITABLE

“Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive and available until the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable.” ― Milton Friedman

For the past eight years, Guy Huntington has been thinking, writing, and searching for new pieces with which to rethink both human and AI System/Bot legal identities. Guy has used this to create a new learning architecture. All built on privacy by design.

Please listen to our full conversation to hear what Guy says about this and much more besides.

WHY SHOULD GOVERNMENT FUND the architecture – competitive edge, national security
Rethink learning and training

Guy wants to bring Ken Robinson vision to life - Ken believed schools kills creativity and wanted the education system to nurture rather than undermine creativity
Bring on the learning revolution – a radical shift from standardised schools to personalised learning by creating conditions where children natural talents can flourish

Sir Ken Robinson -The fact is that given the challenges we face, education doesn’t need to be reformed — it needs to be transformed.

This conversation requires you to have an open mind!

• "Why Should Your Government Fund The Architectures?" - https://hvl.net/pdf/Leaders/WhyShouldYourGovernmentFundTheArchitectures.pdf, laying out six reasons why they should:
• "National Security –Reduce Risk By Instantly Determining Entity Friend From Foe" -https://hvl.net/pdf/Leaders/NationalSecurityDeterniningEntityFriendFromFoe.pdf
• "Give Your Industries A Significant Competitive Edge" –https://hvl.net/pdf/Leaders/CompetitiveedgeONDC.pdf
• "State/Provincial Leaders - A Major Problem Is Heading Your Way" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/stateprovincial-leaders-major-problem-heading-your-way-huntington-eljac/
• "An Identity Day in the Life of Jane Doe" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/identity-day-life-jane-doe-guy-huntington/)
• "Sir Ken Robinson - You Nailed It!" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sir-ken-robinson-you-nailed-guy-huntington/
• "Kids, Creativity, Learning & Sir Ken Robinson" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/creativity-guy-huntington-a1iqc/
• "Vision: Learning Journey of Two Young Kids in a Remote Village" -https://hvl.net/pdf/LearningJourneyofTwoYoungKidsInARemoteVillage.pdf
• "National Security, Co-Design & People With Disabilities" -https://hvl.net/pdf/Leaders/NationalSecurityCoDesginPeopleWithDisabilities.pdf
• " "Why Should You Read The 500 Page Cost Centre Document?" -https://hvl.net/pdf/Leaders/WhyShouldYouRead500PageCostCentreDocument.pdf
• "Budgetary Costs to Deploy a New Learning Architecture Leveraging a Rethought Legal Identity" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/budgetary-costs-deploy-new-learning-architecture-legal-guy-huntington/
• "Cost Centres – Rethinking Legal Identity & Learning Vision" -https://hvl.net/pdf/CostCentresRethinkingLegalIdentityLearningVisionCoDesignVersion.pdf
• "AI Agents & Kids" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-agents-kids-guy-huntington-vmhhc/
• "Kids, National Security, S*x, Learning, Privacy, Disabilities & Laws" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/kids-national-security-sex-learning-privacy-laws-guy-huntington-vodqc

08/11/2024

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Happy Friday from the STEM Positive Disruptor - Let us be the ones to bring the change we want to see

07/11/2024

HAS SCIENCE FICTION MERGED WITH REALITY🤔

Criminals are using AI powered tools and techniques to conceal their identities and it is now proving very difficult to investigate and prosecute a cybercrime when there are no suspects or evidence.

For the past eight years, Guy Huntington has been thinking, writing, and searching for new pieces with which to rethink both human and AI System/Bot legal identities. Guy has used this to create a new learning architecture. All built on privacy by design.

In this Part 3: Transforming Learning - MIA Conversation with Guy focuses on security and privacy of Mary Doe's legal identity, credentials and learning data, including the evil Incs out there 👀

Remember in 1996, the famous Dolly, a female Finn-Dorset sheep and the first mammal that was cloned from an adult somatic cell although not the first (in 1950 a tadpole was the first cloned animal recorded). Do you think humans have been cloned and you are interacting with them unknowingly

Can AI systems read our minds?

Please listen to our full conversation, https://youtu.be/nrdi9lq5Xfs to hear what Guy says about this and much more besides.

This conversation requires you to have an open mind!

Our conversation is only a taster to the 8 years investigative work Guy Huntington has done, so for more detailed information, please see links. Guy has well over 100 articles available via LinkedIn https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ghuntington, but most importantly contact Guy: [email protected]

Useful links
• "Fighting cybercrime – what happens to the law when the law cannot be enforced?" - https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/02/fighting-cybercrime-what-happens-to-the-law-when-the-law-cannot-be-enforced/
• "Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake 'chief financial officer'" - https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html
• "Deepfake explicit imagery is creating risks for children and challenges for law enforcers" - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-26/deepfake-imagery-and-ai-generated-pornography-are-creating-risks/103457214?trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_little-text-block
• "Synthetic Identity Fraud - 1 Million Kids a Year" - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/synthetic-identity-fraud-1-million-kids-year-guy-huntington/
• Pat Scannell's tech change curve -https://hvl.net/pdf/PatScannellHockeyStickShapedCurve.pdf
• Sir Alex Jefferies - https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography https://le.ac.uk/dna-fingerprinting/biography
• "World's largest factory for animal cloning to be built in Tianjin, China" - https://www.thefuturescentre.org/signal/worlds-largest-factory-for-animal-cloning-to-be-built-in-tianjin-china/
• "Chinese Scientist Discusses Human Cloning, Lays Out Plans for Massive Cloning Factory" - https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a18373/chinese-scientist-discusses-human-cloning/
• Ruud Bolle "Anonymous Biometric Identifiers – Revisited" -https://hvl.net/pdf/BolleAnonymousBiometricIdentifiersRevisited2015.pdf
• Dr. Anil Jain – "Infant-Prints: Fingerprints for Reducing Infant Mortality" -https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/International%20Relations/files/Publications/MSU%20Infant-Prints%20Fingerprints%20for%20Reducing%20Infant%20Mortality.pdf
• India's Aadhaar - https://uidai.gov.in/en/
• "Aadhaar Data Breach — How Sensitive Data Of 1.3 Billion Indians Was Compromised" - https://medium.com/thedeephub/aadhaar-data-breach-how-sensitive-data-of-1-3-billion-indians-was-compromised-cb01d0c2d7d3
• AI's ability to literally read our minds - Skim to the 19 minute 30 second mark of "The AI Dilemma" - https://vimeo.com/809258916/92b420d98a. A woman is shown a pic of a giraffe. The AI system, which doesn't know what she's been shown literally reads her mind and displays a pic of a giraffe.
• Divya Chander - https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyachander/