Dan Kohn’s Blog

I usually do not get political on my blog, but I have see an anti-science tendency in the USA and it is getting worse……. I think this says it all:

A friend sent me a link to Hackaday’s article “This is the Raspberry Pi Mini Laptop that We Want” and it made me miss my old HP 200LX Palmtop. Take a look side by side:

The one on the left is the Pi and the one on the right is the HP.

Funny what is old is new again!

My department chair suggested this video for all students and I totally agree….

Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

I watched this TED Talk and thought you would find it interesting.

Christoph Keplinger: The artificial muscles that will power robots of the future:

Learn more about watching TED Talks on all of your favorite platforms: https://www.ted.com/about/programs-initiatives/ted-talks/ways-to-get-ted-talks

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/high-school-robotics-students-build-power-wheelchair-for-2-year-old/89-b9219b88-1ba7-4c8e-abff-b3e6b880c16e

https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2019/04/mismatch_between_career_tech_ed_and_good_jobs.html

This is really really scary. This BBC report states that Russians are using strong radio [GPS] signals to drown out reliable navigation data.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47786248

See article at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/technology/google-robotics-lab.html

And here is a TED video on how it was done…..