Category Archives: Computing

Moonshot: How Apollo Launched the Digital Revolution

Posted on July 19, 2019 by dkohn96

WSJ’s The Future of Everything Podcast The Apollo program to go to the moon marks the only time humans have left our home planet to set foot on another world. The biggest effect of this voyage was transforming the civilization … Continue reading →

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How things have changed

Posted on July 19, 2019 by dkohn96

I was doing some searches on the internet and ran across a pdf of an old Radio Shack Catalog from 1989. This oldie but goodie just shows how much technology has changed in 30 years. Page 2: Fax machine, page … Continue reading →

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First Picture of Black Hole

Posted on April 12, 2019 by dkohn96

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

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Innovation boot camp empowers Marines

Posted on March 19, 2019 by dkohn96

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/innovation-boot-camp-empowers-marines-to-improvise-and-solve-problems/

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Think the floppy disk is dead?

Posted on March 19, 2019 by dkohn96

Great story on how the disk is not dead…..click here

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STEM Instruction: How Much There Is and Who Gets It

Posted on February 5, 2019 by dkohn96

From: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2019/01/survey_gives_new_insights_into.html By Sasha Jones on January 8, 2019 3:55 PM Despite a push for greater STEM instruction, students and teachers continue to experience inequitable access to STEM-related classes and resources, according to a new survey of 1,200 schools and … Continue reading →

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Pocket Science Lab Dev Board

Posted on January 17, 2019 by dkohn96

What is Pocket Science Lab All in One Device. PSLab is a small USB powered hardware extension for your Android phone or PC that lets you measure all kinds of things. PSLab comes with a built-in Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Wave Generator, … Continue reading →

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Amazon To Make Its Engineering Training Courses Available For Free.

Posted on December 21, 2018 by dkohn96

TechCrunch (11/26, Loizos) reports that AWS announced Monday “it has made available, for free, the same machine learning courses that it uses to train its own engineers.” Paraphrasing Amazon GM of AI and Deep Learning Dr. Matt Wood, TechCrunch says … Continue reading →

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Robotics engineer Barbie joins the girls who code

Posted on December 21, 2018 by dkohn96

From: Reuters June 26, 2018 Video Link LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Barbie, the world’s most iconic doll, is venturing into coding skills in her latest career as a robotics engineer. The new doll, launched on Tuesday, aims to encourage girls … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Coding School Training Young Adults As Software Engineers.

Posted on August 19, 2018 by dkohn96

The Memphis (TN) Commercial Appeal (8/4, Lopez) reports Code Crew Code School in Memphis, Tennessee “is training 16 young adults to become entry-level software engineers, earning $60,000 a year, for free.” The paper says that four years of training are … Continue reading →

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