Cliff stabilisation / landslips

This week the BBC has been filming the cliff stabilisation project we’re involved with. HASTE is a community group in St Leonards on Sea, who have come together to solve a shared problem, and create a template for many other affected areas in the UK to follow.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has a database of over 17,000 landslides, and estimates 350,000 properties in the UK are at significant risk of land slides. The cliff we’re concerned with affects around £200m worth of property, and the total amount of property at risk across the UK exceeds £100Bn.

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LoraWAN shield for BBC micro:bit

Richard Ibbotson from rLab – Reading’s hackspace – has made a LoraWAN shield for the BBC micro:bit which connects to The Things Network!

You can read all about his excellent project here: https://hackaday.io/project/12164-just-do-iot

Richard's LoraWAN shield next to a BBC micro:bit

Richard’s LoraWAN shield next to a BBC micro:bit