- Fabrication technology in the fourth dimension — ScienceDaily
- yet another dimension to the technology: time. 4D printing creates moveable and shape variable objects such as flat components that can be folded into three-dimensional objects at a later point
- Ozobot | Smart toy robots
- “Evo — the smart and social robot — entertains right out of the box with autonomous behavior. Then, app-enabled Evo connects you to the world, bringing updates from friends
- Women in Engineering
- Dozens of links to great sites and articles about women in engineering and stem
- Why Don’t Planes Fly in a Straight Line? | Wonderopolis
- “Why don’t planes fly in a straight line? Why are flat maps of Earth distorted? What are “great circle” routes? Those flight paths that don’t appear straight on a flat map
- This Computer Language Is Feeding Hacker Values into Young Minds
- “At 10, Scratch is a popular tool to teach kids programming. But its real glory is how it imparts lessons in sharing, logic, and hackerism. Scratch is based on doing things.
- All Together – Society of Women Engineers
- “All Together is the blog of the Society of Women Engineers. Find stories about SWE members, engineering, technology, and other STEM related topics. It’s up-to-date information and news
- Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells: Conductivity is highest-ever for thin film oxide semiconductor material — ScienceDaily
- “Conductivity is highest-ever for thin film oxide semiconductor material Scientists have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the highest-ever conductivity in its class.
- How Cold Is Liquid Nitrogen? | Wonderopolis
- “How cold is liquid nitrogen?At what temperature does liquid nitrogen boil?What are some uses for liquid nitrogen?”
- How Can VR be Used for Learning? – DML Central
- “The VR experience created an intimacy with the objects in the museum that normal viewing often loses when objects are so close but so far away when they have to exist behind ropes and glass
- Global opportunity explorer
- “The Global Opportunity Explorer is a platform which offers direct access to the most innovative solutions and market opportunities Rooted in over five years of research
- Google Reveals Its 9 Principles of Innovation
- “what Google’s chief social evangelist, Gopi Kallayil, calls the nine core principles of innovation. Kallayil shared his insights. Here are the nine rules that any enterprise, large or small
- Inventables
- Carvey (a desktop 3D carving machine) and Easel (a simple and free cloud-based app for 3D design to carving). In schools, with an increased focus on engineering and a push to include more STEAM
- Easel
- “One app, from start to finish Traditionally, 3D carving requires a complex software chain: CAD software to create a design, CAM software to set toolpaths, and additional software to send it
- Carving into STEM with Inventables – Lab Out Loud
- Carvey (a desktop 3D carving machine) and Easel (a simple and free cloud-based app for 3D design to carving). In schools, with an increased focus on engineering and a push to include more STEAM
- ‘Nanostraws’ safely sneak a peek inside cells | Science News for Students
- “Nanostraws’ Scientists can use them to sample a cell’s contents — even repeatedly — without causing damage new process to drawing blood with needles.
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