This edition of Futureminds has contributions about the future of D&T, novel project ideas, plastic recycling, 3D printing, extraction, food and textiles.

There are also the usual updates from our work, including about our move to the new makerspace.

The spring edition of Futureminds has articles from a range of contributors, with advice about writing assessments, the history of the 555 timer chip, how to use exercise books in D&T, Scalextric4Schools, The Design Ventura challenge, news from the Food Teachers Centre and a guide to LEV testing, plus the usual smallprint, and look out for something a bit different on the last page...

This term, Futureminds has articles about the use of Hydrogen as a fuel, the difficulties for D&T, Equality and Diversity, Design Ventura, virtual F1 in schools, technicians tips, the Tunnock Tea Cake challenge, and, of course, the small print.

The summer edition of Futureminds includes a number of interesting articles from a range of contributors, including, #DATA #technologystudent #foodteacherscentre #techsoft #MSS #gratnells

There is also information about the changes to CE marking and updates about noise and allergies.