Fast Car

The past few weeks have certainly been busy - where do I even start?!

At the beginning. I'll start there.

In November, I attended the Emerge Conference at Saïd Business School in Oxford. For those of you who haven't heard of it, it's one of the best social enterprise conferences going - certainly in the UK -"Where students, professionals, and sector leaders connect to learn about
and develop businesses with a social impact". This was an amazing experience and something I've wanted to attend for the past few years but only finally got around to it this year. I had the opportunity to hear from all kinds of inspirational people, ranging from Paul Rice (CEO of FairTrade USA) to representatives from places such as Google.

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, I took a trip to Noble Cars which provided an interesting insight into how the company ran and the manufacturing process, but more importantly - photos of fast cars. Yes.

Another major achievement this month was learning the trick to time travel. I'm sure you'll be pleased to learn that it is in fact possible, I've done it, and I can always show you, if you'd like? Now, not being one of the world's leading physicists, I obviously didn't discover this all on my own - I had a little help from Prof. Brian Cox and The Doctor [see "The Science of Doctor Who, BBC"]. All you really need to do is one of two things. Either move and have a friend stay absolutely still, and you'll be a time traveller. Or - and this one is ever so slightly trickier - simply travel faster than the speed of light, then you can break out of your time cone and eventually travel backwards or forwards in time and space to your heart's content. Simples. Whilst I was on my own adventures, I took this series of photographs of the late Freddie Mercury.

Professor Oak reigning in Freddie's bicycle obsession

Once I returned from my adventures (needless to say, no time had passed in your timeline), I knuckled back down to my main field of study. As part of my "Final Year Project", I've been doing some research into 3D Modelling and Animation, specifically with regards to Facial Modelling. As well as having to read up on the 'Uncanny Valley' - the point at which the realism of CGI causes a response of 'revulsion' - I was playing around with generating faces and I'm pretty certain I stumbled right into the valley. Close friends and family can expect a postcard from my stay here.

Generic female face - comfortable outside of the Valley

Welcome to the Valley, I'll be your guide

And on that bombshell.

"We were laying in a blender, now we’re saving lives… what?!"

Ben