Bionics Bus

31/10/2025

The explainer video has been updated 😎

Here we introduce the Bionics Bus - we tell what it is about, and what we intend to do with it. Space-ship like and innovative ... this is how we want to be ...

13/12/2024

Introducing the Bionics Bus: Promoting Digital Healthcare and STEM Outreach

The Bionics Bus is a groundbreaking innovation set to transform the promotion of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) to younger minds, as well as the promotion and delivery of digital healthcare to those that lack access but that really need it.

It is the brainchild of Professor Christopher James (pictured) and is supported by the EPSRC funded Bionics+ Research Network Plus.

The Bus mission is to excite, it is a converted van, jam-packed with digital healthcare technology, that goes to various venues, and youngsters learn by doing, interacting with the advanced technology and with the young investigators in the Bus. Equally, the Bionics Bus promotes the use of digital healthcare to communities and individuals that might not have ready access to technology or with relevant care providers.

The Bus also promotes and facilitates digital healthcare research. Christopher has plans to involve our own engineering undergraduates through developing group projects to design and build the Bus's power and communications infrastructures.
It was formally launched on 8th November 2024 at the Classic Motor Show, at the NEC, in Birmingham, where over 70,000 people passed through the doors. The Bionics Bus was displayed on a stand and the plans for the project were discussed with many hundreds of potential end-users, whose opinions were collated through a short questionnaire for further analysis and publication.

To find out more, contact Christopher or visit www.BionicsBus.org.

01/11/2024

The launch of the Bionics Bus is drawing near - join us at the Classic Motor Show at the NEC at stand 4-631 (Hall 4).

http://www.necclassicmotorshow.com/

05/10/2024

Our Services

The Bus visits schools, school fairs, science festivals, public events, etc. Schools can compete with projects to run on the Bus. We are looking to setup a week-long Summer School for school children too. The Bus is maintained and developed by our Undergraduates, who’s outputs are assessed as part of their degree programme. Theyl undertake project planning, designing, building and testing, as well as interacting/ co-designing with school-student and the public. They also crew the Bus, this exposes them to public speaking and develops their PR as well as marketing skills.

05/10/2024

I’ll put a few little tidbits of information here about the bus but I hope to use this space just to headline activities and things going on generally with the Bus ….

WHO ARE WE?

Our Mission is to excite! We want to reach people of all ages and spread the word about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). The Bionics Bus is jam packed with biomedical engineering technology, we come to you and you can learn by doing, interacting with the advanced technology and with the young investigators in the Bus.

05/10/2024

Welcome to the Facebook presence of the Bionics bus - more will be revealed as we go along but for now take a look at www.BionicsBus.org to get a bit of an idea of what we are about.

Don’t miss our exciting announcement about our launch coming soon!

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