Sep
29
2009

New After-School Robotics Lab

PCS Edventures has just launched the After-School Robotics Lab.  It comes equip with over 180 projects using LEGO® building elements, The Cortex Programming Environment and The Brain robotics micro-controller all in a secure furniture unit.  It would be an awesome addition to any After-School program and will get kids interested in robotics (recommended for ages 9-14).
Go to PCS Edventures website to [...]

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Sep
22
2009

Students Developing A Car For The Blind

Driving a car is something that most people take for granted. No group of people know this more than the visually impaired, but CBS News science and technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg reports on a groundbreaking technology that has blind people excited about a future on the road.
Visually impaired and blind people are the first to say [...]

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Sep
17
2009

Political momentum building on STEM Education

As part of the Obama administration’s emphasis on bringing education into the 21st century, it comes as no surprise that policy makers have trained their focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education as a way to give more students, especially girls and minorities, stronger global skills. And with this increased focus, some education [...]

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Sep
02
2009

Robo Cup

RoboCup is an international research and education initiative. Its goal is to foster artificial intelligence and robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be examined and integrated. The goal is to win a robots v/s humans soccer match by the mid 21st century. This past Robocup in June [...]

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