FIRST Lego League 2009: 14,725 teams from 56 countries
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…
The FIRST Vision: For Science, Technology and Kids
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…
Place To See: Darlingtonia Wayside near Florence, Oregon
While driving on US 101 along the southern Oregon coast with family, we stopped by a very unique attraction – The Darligntonia Wayside, a few…
Review: Black and Decker – Electromate® 400 AC/DC Portable Power Station/Jump-Starter/Compressor
Electromate-400 is a power-pack, jump-starter and air compressor, all rolled into one – a very handy device to carry in your car on road trips.
A Remote-Controlled Ball? It's A Spherical-Robot Based On Mindstorms NXT
Here is an interesting creation using Mindstorms NXT, a Rolling-Orbital-Bluetooth-Operating-Thing (ROBOT) as its creator calls it. Spherical Robot 02 (YouTube) This project uses two NXT…
Predictably More Irrational?
I just read a post in Dan Ariely’s blog about the new expanded version of Predictably Irrational. Ariely writes: Predictably Irrational was first published…
An Interesting Speed Limiting "Nudge"
Here is an interesting “nudge” that I noticed near my local school recently. On one of the bigger streets adjacent to the school, the “School…
Telecommuting, Telepresence And Swine Flu
I read some interesting discussions on Twitter that companies should encourage employees to telecommute (work from home) when they have flu like symptoms if they…
Neighborhood Crime Watch On Twitter
When I wrote these articles on how one could use portals like Yahoo Groups to set up a crime watch site for people in a …
Would This Be Design-2.0 Or Social-Designing?
Have you thought of a feature or an application that you wished your PC or Notebook supported? What if you could design it yourself? WePC.com…