http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress A place to share your thoughts... Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:11:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The magic that you know as the IS experience has happened once again...and you should take much of the credit for that.  Because of the foundations you built--with our friends in England and with the 2010 participants--we were once again welcomed enthusiastically and with much love.  This year's group got the royal ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=36 Jamie Oliver has made a positive impact on both England and America. As we came upon his restaurant, we soon found out why he has succeeded. The restaurant is based on the idea of teaching people that need a chance in life how to cook, and now for the first ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=35 Saturday the 29th of May we all had a free day to do most whatever we wanted to do. I sort of talked the group into going to the city of York. York is about a hour north ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=34 While in Cornwall, we went to the Eden Project which is this amazingly beautiful place full of plant life from different regions of the world, housed in bio-domes. The story behind the Eden Project was most interesting. The land sought out and eventually used for the project was a desecrate ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=33 This was a museum where one's inner child could be set loose! We were surrounded by original inventions that have completely changed our world. How was this museum different than the rest? It was interactive. My favorite interactive exhibit was a room called the "Listening Room" where one could "listen" ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=19 Our initial project proposals were due today, and we presented them to our group.  Just to show you how wonderful our group is and the change that we are going to have I am going to share with you what each person's project is going to be.  You will see ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=20 Hello everyone, one of our first experiences that I was looking forward to do was Flemings Lab. We got to Saint Mary’s Hospital to meet with curator Kevin. He gave as the tour and It was amazing to experience the development of penicilin. I found facinating to see how patience ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=17 Hello everyone just wanted to let you know about my travels to the British Museum : It was unbelievably beautiful! I really enjoyed traveling back in time, and going to such places as Greece, Rome, China Africa and so many more. What really enjoyed was looking at the way that ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=15 Westminster Abbey was unbelievably beautiful! Although I enjoyed the architecture, there was much more to be seen there. I really took pleasure in our walk around the Abbey while everyone discussed their innovators that were assigned to them. I talked about Geoffrey Chaucer and Aphra Behn, and why they were ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=13 When I volunteered to blog on our day with John and Marsha Ratcliff, and Walter with the Carmen company, I realized this assignment came with a great responsibility. These are probably the most amazing people in the world with regards to service for humanitarian improvement. John and Marsha are not ... http://innovateiuk.org/wordpress/?p=12