Save The Internet, Save The World

Some people say the free and open Internet is under attack, in reality what is at stake is much greater.  At the risk of sounding alarmist, what really is at stake is Free Speech.  The Internet is the Town Square of the 21st century and the rules the FCC is currently considering will kill free…

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FCC Sells Out The American People Again

S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #41 4 May 2014 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/2014/STEAM_0041_4MAY14.mp3 Samson Go Microphone Logitech C920 Webcam DoD May Get $220M To Ween U.S. Off Russian Space Program 13th Century Multiverse Theory Solving An Ancient Egyptian Puzzle Brain Inspired Computing Gets Real Data Centers Have Intel in the Crosshairs Benefits of a 3D Printed Cast Humanity’s Future is in…

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Akihabara Bonanza!

S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #40 23 March 2014 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/2014/STEAM_0040_19APR14.mp3 Akihabara: Tokyo, Japan Fighting Cancer with 3D Printers Floating Nuclear Reactors The Hunt for Gravitational Waves Documentary Knowable Neil Armstrong Speech on Science, Engineering and the Future Epic Frequency: Sound+Visual Art [Download] For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog, follow along on Google+, and check out our YouTube Channel.  Or listen…

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Surfing The Gravitational Wave

S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #39 23 March 2014 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/2014/STEAM_0039_23MAR14.mp3 FCC Considers Making Broadband Common Carrier Gravitational Waves From Big Bang Discovered Flexible Circuits A Step A Closer Stretchable Antennas Better Building Materials “Our Mathematical Universe” Review EveryCircuit App for iOS and Android Importance of Extracurriculars for Engineering Majors [Download] For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog, follow…

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Big Business Is The Biggest Threat To Free Market Capitalism

There are many industries and markets where monopolies and oligopolies are the norm; and collusion and corruption are business as usual.  These tend to be aged industries where over time the marketplace of competitors has dwindled through buyouts and other mechanisms to eliminate competition.  Old, stale industries resort to all sorts of shady behavior ranginging…

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The Engineering Commons Podcast #50

I just want to give a huge shout out to Jeff, Adam, and Carmen from The Engineering Commons podcast for having me on!  It was so much fun we recorded over 2 nights!  Mostly due to a bad Internet connection on my part.  We discussed art and it’s inspiration for and place amongst the STEM world.  For…

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Science! Now In Extra Dimensions!

S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #38 8 March 2014 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/2014/STEAM_0038_8MAR14.mp3 The Engineering Commons Podcast #50: Art of Engineering Life Abundant In The Early Universe Big Bang Reimagined Dark Matter And Dinosaur Extinction Facebook Modular Data Center Design SpaceX Mars Mission The New ‘Cosmos’ with Neil deGrasse Tyson Launches Sunday Technicians and Electricians:  STEAM Careers Without The Degree…

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Predicting The Next 100 Years

Every now and then I like to to take a shot in the dark and not only make some wild ass future predictions but also the circumstances that will lead to those results.  Because why they hell not?  I’ve never been afraid in being dead wrong when it comes to predicting the impact technology.  In…

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That’s A Wrap…Thanks TEC Podcast!

I just want to give a huge shout out to Jeff, Adam, and Carmen from The Engineering Commons podcast for having me on!  It was so much fun we recorded over 2 nights!  Mostly due to a bad Internet connection on my part.  We discussed art and it’s inspiration for and place amongst the STEM…

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Busting The Intellectual Echo Chamber

You’re smart.  So is everyone else.  Mostly.  The problem with smart people is they like to talk to other smart people in really smart ways.  That has always bugged me.  Perhaps that is why I find this New York Times article from Nicholas Kristof so interesting.  In the article he calls outs the academic profession…

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