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London – family friendly computing-themed shows for 7-11 year olds at Centre of the Cell in August (18th and 20th)

The Centre of the Cell has a series of events for children which include two with Paul Curzon of CS4FN and Teaching London Computing. These are both 2.5 hours long with a break and cost £10 for accompanying adults and £7.50 for children and concessions. Under 3s go free.

The address: 4 Newark Street, Whitechapel, London, E1 2AT
What3Words: global.degree.leans
More location info here.

Artificial Intelligence, but where is the intelligence? Tue 18th August 2026, 1pm

A friendly cartoon robot supported by a rocket flame flies next to a colourful neuron and gestures towards it.

Help us build a working brain to explore how AI works
Explore artificial intelligence, the field of science that tries to build ‘thinking machines’. How are they built? Are they really intelligent? What is intelligence anyway? We will also ask questions about a well-known ‘thinking machine’, you! Along the way we will play some games, including building a working brain to play Snap out of rope, tubes, and you.

Tue 18 August @ 1pm, duration: 2.5 hours inc. break
Most suitable for: Ages 7 – 11 Years
Register for a place.

Medical Machine Magic – Thu 20th August 2026, 10am

A pink rabbit in a black top hat with an ace of spades card poking out from the hatband next to a glowing green electrocardiogram trace on a black background.

Learn magic tricks to learn about medical device design
When you learn to be a magician, you learn other important skills too. In this workshop you will learn how to do real magic tricks and then we will use the tricks to teach you important lessons about how to make sure medical devices save lives.

Thu 20 August @ 10am, duration: 2.5 hours inc. break
Most suitable for: Ages 7 – 11 Years
Register for a place.

All of the other family events in August can be found at Centre of the Cell | Events.

Image credits
Top: A friendly cartoon robot supported by a rocket flame flies next to a colourful neuron and gestures towards it. Created by Centre of the Cell from ‘Cipy‘ the robot by Schade on Open Clipart and a colourful neuron by geralt on Pixabay.

Bottom: A pink rabbit peeking out from a black top hat with a playing card (ace of spades) in the hatband next to a glowing green electrocardiogram trace on a green grid on a black background. Created by Centre of the Cell from Magic Rabbit by bogdan from Open Clipart and Electrocardiogram by Clker-Free-Veector-Images on Pixabay.