Elena Dreosti
@elenadreo.bsky.social
🧠 Neuroscientist | Founder | Tech Educator 🤖
I connect brains and circuits. As a researcher, I explore how neural circuits shape social behaviour in health and disease. As the CEO of No Black Boxes, I make tech education accessible to anyone.
I connect brains and circuits. As a researcher, I explore how neural circuits shape social behaviour in health and disease. As the CEO of No Black Boxes, I make tech education accessible to anyone.
Super 🤯 excited to announce that our first online course on modern technology is coming soon — open to anyone, anywhere 🌍!
Learn at your own pace + get lifelong access to a network of passionate tech experts.
We can’t wait to meet you online.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social for updates
Learn at your own pace + get lifelong access to a network of passionate tech experts.
We can’t wait to meet you online.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social for updates
👉 It’s finally happening!
Soon, anyone — anywhere — will be able to take our @noblackboxes.bsky.social course & learn what no one has ever explained about modern technology… all in one place.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
Soon, anyone — anywhere — will be able to take our @noblackboxes.bsky.social course & learn what no one has ever explained about modern technology… all in one place.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Super 🤯 excited to announce that our first online course on modern technology is coming soon — open to anyone, anywhere 🌍!
Learn at your own pace + get lifelong access to a network of passionate tech experts.
We can’t wait to meet you online.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social for updates
Learn at your own pace + get lifelong access to a network of passionate tech experts.
We can’t wait to meet you online.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social for updates
💡 Are you a tech-savvy thinker who loves explaining how things work? 🧠
We’re currently expanding the @NoBlackBoxes curriculum, adding new videos, examples, and hands-on material to open even more “black boxes.”
If you’d like to contribute, get in touch!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
We’re currently expanding the @NoBlackBoxes curriculum, adding new videos, examples, and hands-on material to open even more “black boxes.”
If you’d like to contribute, get in touch!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
✨5 billion people are online, sending trillions of socket messages every day.
Wait… what’s a network socket? 🤔
You use one every time you message, stream, or shop online.
👉 Learn how it really works, follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
Wait… what’s a network socket? 🤔
You use one every time you message, stream, or shop online.
👉 Learn how it really works, follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
💡 Are you a tech-savvy thinker who loves explaining how things work? 🧠
We’re currently expanding the @NoBlackBoxes curriculum, adding new videos, examples, and hands-on material to open even more “black boxes.”
If you’d like to contribute, get in touch!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
We’re currently expanding the @NoBlackBoxes curriculum, adding new videos, examples, and hands-on material to open even more “black boxes.”
If you’d like to contribute, get in touch!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
It was a blast to be part of the "AI × Education" panel with Dr. Timo Hannay, Ed Cooke and Rehana Al-Soltane, and talk about our @noblackboxes.bsky.social programme at the "AE Global Summit on Open Problems for AI", hosted by Thinking About Thinking.
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It was a blast to be part of the "AI × Education" panel with Dr. Timo Hannay, Ed Cooke and Rehana Al-Soltane, and talk about our @noblackboxes.bsky.social programme at the "AE Global Summit on Open Problems for AI", hosted by Thinking About Thinking.
There is no better way to explain this!
“I was an ordinary person who studied hard. There are no miracle people. It just happens they got interested, learned the material, and kept practicing, reading and and studying. .” RP Feynman,
👉Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social for info on our courses
👉Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social for info on our courses
October 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There is no better way to explain this!
This is exactly when you know that the work you are doing is not just the best you could possibly deliver, it is the one that makes real impact.
If you still don't know who we are or what we do, start following us @noblackboxes
We develop courses for any curios mind!
If you still don't know who we are or what we do, start following us @noblackboxes
We develop courses for any curios mind!
Let the students speak about our courses!
👉Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social and email us for the syllabus + logistics of our courses.
👉Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social and email us for the syllabus + logistics of our courses.
October 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is exactly when you know that the work you are doing is not just the best you could possibly deliver, it is the one that makes real impact.
If you still don't know who we are or what we do, start following us @noblackboxes
We develop courses for any curios mind!
If you still don't know who we are or what we do, start following us @noblackboxes
We develop courses for any curios mind!
Learning how to write a programme that recognises faces, objects and even voices is easy and fun when you have great teachers 😉!
✨Discover what you can learn in 3 weeks!
We’ve just wrapped our 3-week No Black Boxes course for MSc/PhD students. Here are some highlights of their projects.
👉Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social and email us for the syllabus + logistics of our courses.
We’ve just wrapped our 3-week No Black Boxes course for MSc/PhD students. Here are some highlights of their projects.
👉Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social and email us for the syllabus + logistics of our courses.
October 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learning how to write a programme that recognises faces, objects and even voices is easy and fun when you have great teachers 😉!
"How early is too early to learn?". Wrong question. "How early is too early to play?"
Don’t tell kids “Let’s learn robotics” Tell them “Let’s play"
Here’s Albi, 10-year-old, testing a new-built robot. Yes, he had tons of question & fun!
Do you want your kids to enjoy technology without jargon? We make it easy.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
Here’s Albi, 10-year-old, testing a new-built robot. Yes, he had tons of question & fun!
Do you want your kids to enjoy technology without jargon? We make it easy.
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"How early is too early to learn?". Wrong question. "How early is too early to play?"
We had so much fun teaching these PhD students!
Congratulations to all the new SWC & @gatsbyucl.bsky.social PhD students for successfully completing Boot Camp!
We are delighted to welcome you to the community.
Students showcased their robots in our hotly anticipated annual @noblackboxes.bsky.social Robot Competition 🦾⚽💻
We are delighted to welcome you to the community.
Students showcased their robots in our hotly anticipated annual @noblackboxes.bsky.social Robot Competition 🦾⚽💻
September 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We had so much fun teaching these PhD students!
Same smiles. Same excitement. Same fun!
From secondary school students to PhD researchers, the reaction is always the same. What does this tell you?
That we are on the good track of rewriting what everyone should know about technology!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
From secondary school students to PhD researchers, the reaction is always the same. What does this tell you?
That we are on the good track of rewriting what everyone should know about technology!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
🤔 Why do we design and build our own tech at No Black Boxes?
Because most tech around you can’t be opened, at least, not without breaking it.
That's why we created our own custom boards, power supplies, microphones, FPGAs...
Do you want to truly understand TECH?
👉 Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
Because most tech around you can’t be opened, at least, not without breaking it.
That's why we created our own custom boards, power supplies, microphones, FPGAs...
Do you want to truly understand TECH?
👉 Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Same smiles. Same excitement. Same fun!
From secondary school students to PhD researchers, the reaction is always the same. What does this tell you?
That we are on the good track of rewriting what everyone should know about technology!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
From secondary school students to PhD researchers, the reaction is always the same. What does this tell you?
That we are on the good track of rewriting what everyone should know about technology!
Follow @noblackboxes.bsky.social
🎯 Waiting for better MENAL HEALTH DEVICES?
Smart, affordable, accessible?
👉 Real innovation starts with understanding tech.
Like MEMS microphones 🎤, your phone probably has 10!
At @NoBlackBoxes, we teach how tech, and MEMS, works, and how to build it.
Follow @NoBlackBoxes to learn about technology
Smart, affordable, accessible?
👉 Real innovation starts with understanding tech.
Like MEMS microphones 🎤, your phone probably has 10!
At @NoBlackBoxes, we teach how tech, and MEMS, works, and how to build it.
Follow @NoBlackBoxes to learn about technology
May 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🎯 Waiting for better MENAL HEALTH DEVICES?
Smart, affordable, accessible?
👉 Real innovation starts with understanding tech.
Like MEMS microphones 🎤, your phone probably has 10!
At @NoBlackBoxes, we teach how tech, and MEMS, works, and how to build it.
Follow @NoBlackBoxes to learn about technology
Smart, affordable, accessible?
👉 Real innovation starts with understanding tech.
Like MEMS microphones 🎤, your phone probably has 10!
At @NoBlackBoxes, we teach how tech, and MEMS, works, and how to build it.
Follow @NoBlackBoxes to learn about technology
Reposted by Elena Dreosti
🧠 Neuroscience is evolving. Are you?
Applications are open:
⚡ Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp - Sept 1–5, 2025
Learn tech skills for modern neuroscience: Circuits|Coding|AI.
🌍 Open worldwide|Live support|Hands-on|Certificate
📅 Apply by 1 June:
👉 noblackboxes.org/enb2025
Applications are open:
⚡ Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp - Sept 1–5, 2025
Learn tech skills for modern neuroscience: Circuits|Coding|AI.
🌍 Open worldwide|Live support|Hands-on|Certificate
📅 Apply by 1 June:
👉 noblackboxes.org/enb2025
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🧠 Neuroscience is evolving. Are you?
Applications are open:
⚡ Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp - Sept 1–5, 2025
Learn tech skills for modern neuroscience: Circuits|Coding|AI.
🌍 Open worldwide|Live support|Hands-on|Certificate
📅 Apply by 1 June:
👉 noblackboxes.org/enb2025
Applications are open:
⚡ Experimental Neuroscience Bootcamp - Sept 1–5, 2025
Learn tech skills for modern neuroscience: Circuits|Coding|AI.
🌍 Open worldwide|Live support|Hands-on|Certificate
📅 Apply by 1 June:
👉 noblackboxes.org/enb2025
Can't wait to teach in this incredible venue!
Super excited to teach our 🤖💥 Tech Bootcamp for Life Science 💥🤖 at the Francis Crick Institute next week!
We’re diving into hands-on tech, circuits, AI, to help researchers:
➡️ Build skills
➡️ Run smarter experiments
➡️ Rethink their tools
Follow @NoBlackBoxes for more!
We’re diving into hands-on tech, circuits, AI, to help researchers:
➡️ Build skills
➡️ Run smarter experiments
➡️ Rethink their tools
Follow @NoBlackBoxes for more!
May 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Can't wait to teach in this incredible venue!
Reposted by Elena Dreosti
Congratulations to all the students who completed the ‘Build a Brain’ course 🎊🤖
Their final robots, built from scratch, were on display at the recent London AI Campus showcase.
@noblackboxes.bsky.social, Camden Learning, Google, @elenadreo.bsky.social
⬇️
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/bui...
Their final robots, built from scratch, were on display at the recent London AI Campus showcase.
@noblackboxes.bsky.social, Camden Learning, Google, @elenadreo.bsky.social
⬇️
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/bui...
April 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Congratulations to all the students who completed the ‘Build a Brain’ course 🎊🤖
Their final robots, built from scratch, were on display at the recent London AI Campus showcase.
@noblackboxes.bsky.social, Camden Learning, Google, @elenadreo.bsky.social
⬇️
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/bui...
Their final robots, built from scratch, were on display at the recent London AI Campus showcase.
@noblackboxes.bsky.social, Camden Learning, Google, @elenadreo.bsky.social
⬇️
www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/bui...
One thing I love about teaching: seeing how differently we all learn. 🧠
Some need logic, others images or hands-on examples.
The more varied the teaching, the deeper the learning.
At NoBlackBoxes, we make abstract ideas click. In this clip, we explain what Heat 🔥 really is.
www.noblackboxes.org
Some need logic, others images or hands-on examples.
The more varied the teaching, the deeper the learning.
At NoBlackBoxes, we make abstract ideas click. In this clip, we explain what Heat 🔥 really is.
www.noblackboxes.org
April 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
One thing I love about teaching: seeing how differently we all learn. 🧠
Some need logic, others images or hands-on examples.
The more varied the teaching, the deeper the learning.
At NoBlackBoxes, we make abstract ideas click. In this clip, we explain what Heat 🔥 really is.
www.noblackboxes.org
Some need logic, others images or hands-on examples.
The more varied the teaching, the deeper the learning.
At NoBlackBoxes, we make abstract ideas click. In this clip, we explain what Heat 🔥 really is.
www.noblackboxes.org