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Google’s Self-Driving Car Test

By editor, on June 25th, 2012

The self-driving car now has . . . → Read More: Google’s Self-Driving Car Test

FIRST Promo Video 2011 Featuring Morgan Freeman

By editor, on May 29th, 2011

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FIRST Lego League 2011: Food Factor Challenge – Keeping Food Safe

By editor, on May 29th, 2011

The theme for FLL 2011 is Food Factor; details of the challenge for the tournament will be released on the 2nd of September, says the announcement on the FLL website.

Here is an abstract of this year’s theme from the website:

Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of food by finding ways to prevent food contamination? In . . . → Read More: FIRST Lego League 2011: Food Factor Challenge – Keeping Food Safe

Google Car That Drives Itself

By editor, on October 10th, 2010

I had posted these “futuristic” thoughts a while ago. But looking at this NY Times article about Google cars that drive themselves, it appears that the future is here.

The article talks about a car project at Google, and Google’s experiments on real roads:

The car is a project of Google, which has been working in secret . . . → Read More: Google Car That Drives Itself

Dan Ariely, the renowned behavioral economist and the author of the widely popular book “Predictably Irrational” has some interesting things to say about the effect of massive bonuses and their true effect on job performance in his New York Times article.

Ariely and his co-researchers use some cleverly designed experiments to study the relationship between the magnitude of . . . → Read More: The Downside of Bonus

Effect of Technology: Are We Seeing More and Thinking Less?

By editor, on May 21st, 2010

An article in Medical News Today asks “Is Technology Producing A Decline In Critical Thinking And Analysis?”

Much of today’s learning and research is relies on computer based search on the internet and multi-media presentations. A lot of information is made available very quickly, and often there is too much to process mentally to find the really . . . → Read More: Effect of Technology: Are We Seeing More and Thinking Less?

Why Schools Should Have A Robotics Team

By editor, on January 9th, 2010

An interesting presentation – How FIRST Robotics can influence students and play a critical role in reshaping school education.

blip.tv . . . → Read More: Why Schools Should Have A Robotics Team

FIRST Lego League 2009: 14,725 teams from 56 countries

By editor, on January 7th, 2010

Over 140,000 children are participating in this year’s FIRST Lego League (FLL) tournament, comprising 14,725 teams from 56 countries. That’s almost a 14% growth over last year’s participation, as the chart on the FLL site shows.

Starting from the pilot tournament in 1998 in which 210 teams from 2 countries participated, FLL has grown steadily across the . . . → Read More: FIRST Lego League 2009: 14,725 teams from 56 countries

The FIRST Vision: For Science, Technology and Kids

By editor, on December 24th, 2009

First things first….

What is FIRST?

FIRST stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. Here are some quotes and pictures from the FIRST website.
FIRST is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization devoted to helping young people discover and develop a passion for science, engineering, technology, and math. Founded nearly 20 years ago by inventor Dean Kamen, the . . . → Read More: The FIRST Vision: For Science, Technology and Kids

Place To See: Darlingtonia Wayside near Florence, Oregon

By editor, on August 30th, 2009

While driving on US 101 along the southern Oregon coast with family, we stopped by a very unique attraction – The Darligntonia Wayside, a few miles north of Florence. This is a small park that you can find to your right immediately as you drive into the marked side-road off the highway. There is a sign-board . . . → Read More: Place To See: Darlingtonia Wayside near Florence, Oregon

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