I never intended to get into the radio business. However, as with many things in my life, a need to find something just right for my purposes drove me to create something. I wanted to build tiny satellites to make it simple, reliable and cheap for me and others to carry out experiments in space. …
This one neatly encompasses my passion for space engineering and treasure hunting! Mojo Spaceman’s “edge-of-space” flight was an experiment with a “faster, cheaper, better” way to deploy and recover payloads from the stratosphere, in excess of 100,000 feet altitude. It was also a lot of fun! We needed a video test subject for this …
I mean, how I got involved in space engineering. As a child, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut and exploring space. It seemed that the only way to achieve this dream was to design and build my own rocket. With a completed design (ha!), I applied to a couple of companies for sponsorship – Castrol …
As I wrote in my post about ThumbSat, my friends on Dassault Systèmes’ Passion for Innovation programme asked me to help out with another of their projects created by the amazing French artist, Anilore Banon. Anilore’s Vitae Project is going to put a sculpture on the moon – why not?! Not only does Anilore want to …
Sometimes, great ideas seem to just appear from nowhere and in isolation, but that’s rarely the case. To borrow a phrase that Sir Isaac Newton himself borrowed from others: “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” The story of ThumbSat is actually a collection of fascinating interlinked stories, …
For hundreds of years, adventurers including Arab potentates, Napoleon’s forces and the British military battered and penetrated the ancient Egyptian pyramids in search of treasure. Their methods were crude, usually involving brute force and no small amount of explosives. Despite the aggressive attacks, the pyramids gave up few of their secrets. Then, in the 19th …
We’re always looking for challenges. Do you know of hard-to-reach locations that may contain things that are waiting to be discovered? Let us know. There is still much to discover, especially if we are prepared to, and capable of, looking in challenging places. Legislation and attitudes are changing, so that there is a greater need …
Shaun has hidden many treasures and created hunts around them. He has also acted as an adviser to several high profile media treasure hunts including the “helpmefindjon” promotion for Stella Artois and Channel 4’s TV series “The Search”. Samples of treasure hunts that Shaun has set (click pics for more info):
As a relaxing and stimulating pastime, Shaun and his wife Alison have been fortunate enough to locate many treasures hidden by huntsetters who have left clues in books, videos, audio files etc. Most recent finds: The Quercus Circus golden acorn, with Paul Harkin, Will Westaway and the “Shortrounds”: . The Hidden Sun, that Shaun …
We’re pioneers in exploration innovation. Shaun founded Scoutek to create amazing devices for exploration and discovery, but our driving passion is to use these devices to help you. We are proud of our innovative work seeking smart solutions to many exploration challenges. In this post you’ll find a selection of our projects and products, but …