Jason Bradbury

Four years ago I built a hoverboard for The Gadget Show - this week we’re unveiling version 2.0 of the original design with two, more powerful hover engines and, yep, a jet engine!! Check out this cool trailer:

Yep, that’s me, threading a needle, using DaVinci, one of the world’s most advanced surgical robots. With Suzi at the helm we filmed a game of Operation with DaVinci, then I had a go. ‘I’ll start you on something easy,’ said Omar, DaVinci’s surgeon operator. ‘You can thread a needle!’. I asked the photographer to include a five pence piece, so you can see just how small DaVinci’s hands are. During the week we filmed for The Gadget Show, DaVinci & Omar performed five operations on real people!

I want to be a pupil at Bacons College in Rotherhithe! What an awesome school. From the moment I arrived, the sense of fun and enthusiasm from teachers and pupils (and their ace librarian) hit me like a tractor beam. As with so many of the schools I’ve visited with Dot Robot, the children were mad for the tech and the reading. Thanks for having me (Robonova says ‘Hi!’)

Pictured with the kids, are some of the Dot Robot Roadshow robots: Rovio (Who I operate via the net with my iPhone), Robonova (who has just finished his Tai Chi routine) and Punk (from my book)

Another school, another Dot Robot Roadshow. As you can see from the bottom picture, it was mayhem during the robot race at Walworth - I even got some stern looks from the teachers for being a bad influence (^_^) Big hello to all of the kids (and teachers!) from Walworth Academy who made me and the robots feel very welcome.

Dot Robot is the Blue Peter book of the month!!! And even better, I was invited onto the show to chat about it and review some seriously cool tech - like the new Microsoft smart table and a really nice augmented reality encyclopedia.

And yes! I got a badge! That’s another life box ticked!

The Dot Robot Roadshow hit Harris Academy of Peckham. It’s a HUGE school!!! And wow, what a great bunch of kids! The hall was jam packed! I thought my signing hand was going to fall off. I based the fictional school in Dot Robot on Peckham Academy, so it was kinda like coming home. And here’s a thing, this picture of me taking my fictional robot, Punk, for a walk, was shot on the road next to the school. A big thank you to the pupils and teachers for accepting me into the home borough of Dot Robot’s hero, Jackson Farley.

Photos by Jed Leicester

My first school visit with the Dot Robot Roadshow was to the boyZ & girlZ of Preston Manor High School, Wembley, London! What a crazy bunch they were. SOooo many autographs! My ears still haven’t recovered from the shouting during the robot race.

To all of you who came to Gadget Show Live… did we rock or what?! B-) What a blast! U were all awesome. I thought my hand was going to seize up with all those autographs. The main stage rocked. But the book signings blew me away! See you all next year?

The top photo features Suzi, Ortis and I live on stage..  testing the Panasonic Toughbook! The Second pic is the queue to have copies of Dot Robot signed. Incredible!

The photos and this link were sent to me by some of the audience members. A big thank you.

I found this video on Vimeo. I just love it!

Don’t be surprised if a fortune telling robot turns up in the Dot Robot trilogy  b-)

The Dot Robot Roadshow starts SATURDAY 4TH APRIL, 12.30PM.  BLUE BOAR MARQUEE, CHRISTCHURCH COLLEGE OXFORD. I’m so excited to be at the Oxford Literary Festival for my first date. With just two days to go, if you want to come it’s best you turn up at the venue - but the Box Office number is 0870 343 1001 if you want to call. Dot Robot Roadshow isn’t your average book reading. I’m bringing a bunch of really cool robots including the model of Punk from my book. They’ll be a robot race and a chance to WIN one of two robots on the day!!! And of course, I’ll sign any copy of Dot Robot you like!

Other Dates include: 27th May - Hay Festival. 19th August - Edinburgh International Book Festival. 20th September - Bath Festival of Children’s Literature.