I was recently asked to help mentor some upcoming graduates with their interviewing skills. Aside from the perfunctory suggestions of showing up on time and bringing extra copies of your resume, the most important thing I stressed was you must, above all else, exude passion. Here’s the reality. Universities are cranking out degree holders at…
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STEAM Power Podcast #72 for August 30, 2015. http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/SPP/2015/STEAM_0072_30AUG15.mp3 This week we cover: STEM Scouts Four Day School Week Boost Math Skills Making Comp Sci Classes More Inviting To All Pentagon Drops $75M for Flexible Circuit Tech Microscopic 3D Printed Fish Could Change Medicine MouthLab: Johns Hopkins Medical Devices Get Mouthy Algorithm Breathing Analysis Gender…
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In life it’s not the destination that matters, it’s the journey that counts. Same thing with making. I enjoy the process, the design more than realizing a final product. Partially because I enjoy simply learning new skills. If there was one thing I could change about undergraduate engineering curriculums is I would make them way…
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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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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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S.T.E.A.M. Power Podcast #3 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/TTMP_0003_10FEB13.mp3 Highlights from this week’s science, engineering, and technology news: –3D Printed Prosthetics on the Cheap –Redbox Instant Video Streaming –Camera module for Raspberry Pi –Killing an Ethernet Controller with a Packet of Death For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog or follow along on Twitter @mbparks. Or listen on iTunes. Music by Halloween,…
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