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Green Wall Irrigation System live at Avenue School

The green wall irrigation system is a collaboration between UCL CASA, Nuna Studio, and Avenue Primary School to transform how city buildings handle heavy rain.

Celebrating 200 Years of UCL with the Time Telephone

As part of UCL’s bicentenary celebrations, the Time Telephone invites visitors to “call” the past and explore 200 years of shared memories through immersive sound recordings.

Indoor Solar Energy Harvesting with Supercapacitors

This post describes a simple DIY indoor solar‑powered sensor node that uses a supercapacitor and low‑power circuitry to harvest ambient light and send data via LoRaWAN, with notes on performance and possible efficiency improvements.

Wrapping Up Term 2 with Group Prototyping and Pitching

A look at the final week of Term 2  as students present their Across the Miles projects for the group prototyping and pitch assessment

Aqua Clock: Multi-Model Vibe Coding, Boids, and the Fish That Tell the Time

How an experiment in agent-based fish simulation, vibe coded with Claude and Gemini AI Studio, became a clock — and ended up on the Apple App Store.

Two Fully-Funded PhD Opportunities

UCL is accepting applications for the EPSRC Landscape Award 2026/27. 50 fully-funded four-year PhD studentships