Jon Wood
@jon-wood.bsky.social
Freelance science performer with a show about ghost hunting tech. Recovering scientist: biomed, neurosci & engineering. 0.6 at @ChemEngBham as outreach and public engagement guy. @BrumSciComm bod. (Outed as a Swiftie since 2020)
http://jonwoodscience.com
http://jonwoodscience.com
Oh I don't think we want him. Can't you send us Taylor Swift again, please?
September 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Oh I don't think we want him. Can't you send us Taylor Swift again, please?
Fabulous finale to my summer tour, ending at @wlvuni.bsky.social for SciFest. Special thanks to @drkhechara.bsky.social and @heatherangellx.bsky.social.
June 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fabulous finale to my summer tour, ending at @wlvuni.bsky.social for SciFest. Special thanks to @drkhechara.bsky.social and @heatherangellx.bsky.social.
@gregdaviescomedian.bsky.social Hey, Shrodinger's Davies.
June 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@gregdaviescomedian.bsky.social Hey, Shrodinger's Davies.
Thanks for the performance space @uclan.ac.uk. Wasn't haunted. You're free to carry on.
May 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks for the performance space @uclan.ac.uk. Wasn't haunted. You're free to carry on.
Just want to thank @uclan.ac.uk for the amazing festival last week. I had incredible audiences. Hope you don't offend the ghost in the Michell Kenyon lecture theatre. I think they know Robert Plant. 😆
May 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Just want to thank @uclan.ac.uk for the amazing festival last week. I had incredible audiences. Hope you don't offend the ghost in the Michell Kenyon lecture theatre. I think they know Robert Plant. 😆
Two eggs, fifteen soldiers, right?
April 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Two eggs, fifteen soldiers, right?
Loved contributing with @geoffreybunting.bsky.social on his fabulous article on ghost hunting tech.
Another rare piece of journalism from me and *another* piece about the Kinect's 15th anniversary. For @theverge.com I wrote how the only people still buying Kinects in 2025 are ghost hunters and why they're seeing what they're seeing through it. With thanks to @andrewrweb.bsky.social.
Ghosts in the Kinect
March 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Loved contributing with @geoffreybunting.bsky.social on his fabulous article on ghost hunting tech.
19:57 Possible Aurora on the UK.
March 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
19:57 Possible Aurora on the UK.
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March social! 18:00, 19th March, The Stable, John Bright Street, Bham. If you're interested in science communication, practice outreach, or want to meet people who can help you get into it, come along and say hello. All welcome.
March 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
March social! 18:00, 19th March, The Stable, John Bright Street, Bham. If you're interested in science communication, practice outreach, or want to meet people who can help you get into it, come along and say hello. All welcome.
It's #WorldBookDay, so I've made a list of some #popsci recommendations that have inspired me in some way. Here you go: jonwoodscience.com/2025/03/06/w...
World Book Day 2025 – Jon Wood
jonwoodscience.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's #WorldBookDay, so I've made a list of some #popsci recommendations that have inspired me in some way. Here you go: jonwoodscience.com/2025/03/06/w...
My tiny contribution to journalism is near the end of this article celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Xbox Kinect.
(...it's the ghost hunting bit, not the, erm, other stuff.)
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
(...it's the ghost hunting bit, not the, erm, other stuff.)
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
Ghost hunting, pornography and interactive art: the weird afterlife of Xbox Kinect
Fifteen years since Microsoft’s motion-sensing gaming camera was released for the Xbox 360, artists, roboticists and more are still finding new ways to use it
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
My tiny contribution to journalism is near the end of this article celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Xbox Kinect.
(...it's the ghost hunting bit, not the, erm, other stuff.)
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
(...it's the ghost hunting bit, not the, erm, other stuff.)
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/m...
Did giggle to myself this morning. Had two major notifications from YouTube. The first alerting me of my channels 14th anniversary. The second told me I'd reached 100 subscribers.
I STILL felt pretty chuffed. 😂
I STILL felt pretty chuffed. 😂
March 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Did giggle to myself this morning. Had two major notifications from YouTube. The first alerting me of my channels 14th anniversary. The second told me I'd reached 100 subscribers.
I STILL felt pretty chuffed. 😂
I STILL felt pretty chuffed. 😂
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BrumSciComm is joining the 'STEM, LGBTQ & You' event for a SuperSocial! We will be at the Goose OVT, Selly Oak, on Friday 21st Feb, from 17:30.
All are welcome.
All are welcome.
February 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BrumSciComm is joining the 'STEM, LGBTQ & You' event for a SuperSocial! We will be at the Goose OVT, Selly Oak, on Friday 21st Feb, from 17:30.
All are welcome.
All are welcome.
Very excited to be performing #GhostsInTheMachines tomorrow at the #NorwichSciFest. Shows at 1pm and 3pm. Last few spaces available for the later show.
February 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Very excited to be performing #GhostsInTheMachines tomorrow at the #NorwichSciFest. Shows at 1pm and 3pm. Last few spaces available for the later show.
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What pipes are the pipers piping? @jon-wood.bsky.social has a look at how the materials that a pipe is made from can actually slow things down tinyurl.com/mpcvn3v5
#12MaterialsOfChristmas2024
#12MaterialsOfChristmas2024
January 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What pipes are the pipers piping? @jon-wood.bsky.social has a look at how the materials that a pipe is made from can actually slow things down tinyurl.com/mpcvn3v5
#12MaterialsOfChristmas2024
#12MaterialsOfChristmas2024
Triggered by conversations with a journo about the #Kinect, I've finally written about why I wrote a science show about ghost-hunting tech. It started technically, but became more personal as it progressed. You can read it here: jonwoodscience.com/2025/02/06/c...
Conversations About Ghosts – Jon Wood
jonwoodscience.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Triggered by conversations with a journo about the #Kinect, I've finally written about why I wrote a science show about ghost-hunting tech. It started technically, but became more personal as it progressed. You can read it here: jonwoodscience.com/2025/02/06/c...
Our first anniversary warrants a flashback to the wedding day. We didn't want posed photos, so we escaped the guests for a wander around the city of Lichfield, acting like kids. Our brilliant photographer just documented our journey and caught some unbelievable moments.
December 28, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Our first anniversary warrants a flashback to the wedding day. We didn't want posed photos, so we escaped the guests for a wander around the city of Lichfield, acting like kids. Our brilliant photographer just documented our journey and caught some unbelievable moments.
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Day 1 of #12MaterialsofChristmas24 is brought to you by @jon-wood.bsky.social and burning steel tinyurl.com/mvca8n3k
December 25, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Day 1 of #12MaterialsofChristmas24 is brought to you by @jon-wood.bsky.social and burning steel tinyurl.com/mvca8n3k
@dralistruthers.bsky.social please feel free to add me to your outreach and WP list. Thanks.
November 18, 2024 at 2:16 PM
@dralistruthers.bsky.social please feel free to add me to your outreach and WP list. Thanks.
There was a moment, many years ago, I asked my university to create a scicomm and outreach role for me. They did, but then didn't give me the time to do it out of my full time role. Today I return as a visiting lecturer to talk to students about the value and journey of my scicomm career. 😝
October 28, 2024 at 12:01 PM
There was a moment, many years ago, I asked my university to create a scicomm and outreach role for me. They did, but then didn't give me the time to do it out of my full time role. Today I return as a visiting lecturer to talk to students about the value and journey of my scicomm career. 😝
And to accompany it, I've been posting resources about how to make and code the tech you can use. Is it because I want you to go ghost hunting? If it helps you develop scientific and practical engineering skills with tech... sure, why not.
Note: any ghosts you may find sound like a 'you' problem.
Note: any ghosts you may find sound like a 'you' problem.
October 27, 2024 at 1:06 PM
And to accompany it, I've been posting resources about how to make and code the tech you can use. Is it because I want you to go ghost hunting? If it helps you develop scientific and practical engineering skills with tech... sure, why not.
Note: any ghosts you may find sound like a 'you' problem.
Note: any ghosts you may find sound like a 'you' problem.
And I'm a scientist who specialised in creating entertaining and engaging shows and workshops to reach audiences who weren't interested in science; hence the 'Ghost Hunting' show. If you want to know more about that, then I blogged about I here: jonwoodscience.com/2024/03/21/g...
Ghosts in the Machines – Jon Wood
jonwoodscience.com
October 27, 2024 at 1:04 PM
And I'm a scientist who specialised in creating entertaining and engaging shows and workshops to reach audiences who weren't interested in science; hence the 'Ghost Hunting' show. If you want to know more about that, then I blogged about I here: jonwoodscience.com/2024/03/21/g...
So this is my wife. We've know each other since school and both lived lives prior to coming together. It's always a long story. So, I have two stepkids/adults too.
Oh, the picture is the Queen's seat at Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Big thanks to the rando, Euro-teen that took it.
Oh, the picture is the Queen's seat at Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Big thanks to the rando, Euro-teen that took it.
October 27, 2024 at 1:00 PM
So this is my wife. We've know each other since school and both lived lives prior to coming together. It's always a long story. So, I have two stepkids/adults too.
Oh, the picture is the Queen's seat at Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Big thanks to the rando, Euro-teen that took it.
Oh, the picture is the Queen's seat at Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Big thanks to the rando, Euro-teen that took it.