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Take the Big Ideas challenge

 
James with robot car
James with robot car

Laugh at oil prices

Beat the pump price increases: can you make a rocket-powered car?

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If you'd like to explore the technologies from the series in depth, our course selections are designed for taking it further.

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In this interactive, James invites you to explore some of the ways of getting from A to B using a range of transport options, from taking the bus to strapping on a jet pack

For each challenge, be it getting James to a meeting in Australia or lunch in Leeds, you have to find the best solution.

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Launch the challenge

The challenge uses Flash. There is also a simple HTML version.

Content last updated: 18/09/2008

 
 
 

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