Author: John
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MIT Machine Shop Videos
Image via Wikipedia These are a great series of instructional MIT videos on “Machining Skills for Prototype Development.” Quite a nice little introduction to basic machine shop skills. MIT TechTV — Machine Shop 1
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More Robots – The Big Picture
Image via Wikipedia http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/08/more_robots.html Scientists, students and corporations continue their work around the world in the field of robotics, persistently improving and redefining their capabilities, interfaces and roles in society. Unmanned vehicles fly above war zones, telerobotics give humans a broader virtual presence and humanoid robots gain more parity with humans, refining their movements and…
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Environment may be why women don’t like computer science
Image via Wikipedia This was an interesting piece from the University of Washington about the environmental factors which subtract female students from Computer Science and I would suggest Engineering as well. Joel Schwarz joels@u.washington.edu Photo by Sapna Cheryan Just the appearance of science fiction memorabilia, computer game boxes and junk food in a classroom or…
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You Have to Be Able to See the Screen
I was interested in extending my “computer” glasses, the ubiquitous reading glasses of yesterday set for the focal length for computer screens and I wondered what everyone else was finding now that computer screens are finally commonplace. I ran across this article “To Work on the Web, You Have to Be Able to See the…