Lately there has been all the rage for the ‘UX’ experts — User Experience gurus. UX expert is a person who specializes in ensuring websites and software is ‘user friendly’. It is more broad than the traditional User Interface (UI) in that UI focuses on a single screen of interactivity whereas UX is more of…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #9 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0009_25MAR13.mp3 Voyager 1 Wants To Know Are We There Yet? The Merlin 1D Engine Who Could Future of Automobiling Cornell Campus 2.0 4D Printing — Now With More Dimensions! For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow along on Twitter @mbparks. Or listen on iTunes. Music by Halloween, available at http://freemusicarchive.org/ Copyright:…
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Seeed Studio Bluetooth shield not shown. I am uploading a reference design for a “reverse geocaching box” using the Open Location app. The design is based on the following criteria: * Arduino Uno (Having the I2C SDA and SCL lines with dedicated pins is a help) * SeeedStudio Bluetooth Shield (TX on pin 6, RX…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #8 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0008_16MAR13.mp3 Living in a Smart City Maker Scouts Get a Job or Tuition is Free Reforming the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Rural Cellular Carriers Push for Phone Unlocking Fashion Recognition in Google Glass DIY Geiger Counters Special Treat in the Sunday Night Sky For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #7 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0007_10MAR13.mp3 Telecommunications in the USA (Hint: Not great) | 1 | 2 Space Invader caught by Hubble 3D Printing Frontiers | 1 | 2 STEM Education Initiatives | 1 | 2 The EVE Chip For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow along on Twitter @mbparks. Or listen on iTunes. Music by Halloween, available at http://freemusicarchive.org/ Copyright:…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #6. http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0006_3MAR13.mp3 Highlights from this week’s science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics news: SpaceX Dragon Makes Second Touchdown Year of the Comets Community Focused Low Power FM Radio Stamping Out Patent Trolls A La Carte Cable TV Pricing Stretchable Batteries and Displays Looking For Life Near White Dwarfs For more tech news and how-to’s visit…
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Here we are in the 21st century. And you know what? We still treat education like we have for hundreds of years. In America, we equate success with the completion of the Bachelor’s degree. For many it is completed in a four year (or 5, or 6 year) sprint at the end of our teenage…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #5 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0005_23FEB13.mp3 Highlights from this week’s science, engineering, and technology news: U.S. Government to Provide Free Access to Taxpayer Funded Research Papers. Higgs Boson and FIreballs of Doom! Apple Patent: A Look At the Future of Wearable Computing First Nationwide EV Charging Network Now Open Deep Freeze Phone Hacking For more tech…
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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #4 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0004_16FEB13.mp3 Highlights from this week’s science, engineering, and technology news: Revenge of CISPA and now TAFTA (more info) Apple Invents ‘Microslot Antennas’ Ferrofluids and the Multiverse Touchscreen T-Shirts Bolides over Russia (more info) For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow along on Twitter @mbparks. Or listen on iTunes. Music by Halloween, available…
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A lot of people like to make claim that they are applying “scientific principle” when trying to prove their point of view. Intelligent Design truthers are notorious. Here, in a nutshell, is how you determine if someone is really trying to understand through scientific pursuit or if they are just another snake oil salesman. Both…
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