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MIT Machine Shop Videos

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Thes 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

Environment may be why women don't like computer science

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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

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Just the appearance of science fiction memorabilia, computer game boxes and junk food in a classroom or workplace is [...]

This Day in Tech

Wired has a great engineering and technology list appropriate to the day called This Day in Tech.  Check out the site and see a plethora of information from a variety of past years and experiences.

UofW Computer Science & Engineering Distinguished Lecturer Series

The public is invited!  I believe we are going to attend some of these events.  Call us if you are interested in getting together in Seattle at one of these.

CSE Distinguished Lecturer Series

Thursday, 10/01/2009, 3:30 p.m. in the Allen Center Atrium
Charles Simonyi, Intentional Software
Return to the Final Frontier

Tuesday, 10/06/2009, 3:30 p.m. in the Allen Center [...]

Project Draw

Project Draw is a new feature-rich web-based vector drawing application built by the Labs team. Use it to create simple floor plans, electronic-circuit diagrams, network diagrams, user interface mock-ups, and more. Save your work in a variety of formats on our server or yours. No plug-ins or downloads required – if you have a JavaScript-enabled [...]

4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area

Re-Make America

Following on President Obama’s call to “begin again the work of remaking America”, Maker Faire 2009 will be organized around the theme of Re-Make America. Held in the San Francisco Bay Area on May 30-31, Maker Faire celebrates what President Obama called “the risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things.” The fourth [...]