Found a wonderful summary of K-12+ competitions at http://robotics.nasa.gov/edu/matrix.php. Check it out.
More for me than general consumption, but the link below is for a series of talks at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Engineering Technology Leadership Institute (ETLI) that I wanted to keep:
With the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming a “big deal”, IEEE has started a big push to get ahead of the game. They created a new IoT Web Portal for the latest news and also started a new IEEE IoT Journal.
There is also work underway to create Standards for IoT communications protocols so IoT devices can talk to each other on ONE standard (maybe we can finally get to that “Digital Convergence” we were prommissed back in 2000 by the CueCat)
You might want to also check out THIS ARTICLE on a Kit for the Internet of Things that IBM and ARM have teamed up to create.
Just ran across an ad for a robot I haven’t seen before: Ozobot.
Looks to be geared towards teaching kids programming.
More info at: http://shop.ozobot.com/
This video explains why we have reached the end of Moore’s Law and what Quantum Computers are and how they work.
Who hid a backdoor in a popular corporate VPN program?
from: The Institute (IEEE)
By KATHY PRETZ 1 December 2015
Members are making it possible for all your appliances and devices to communicate with each other
That once-futuristic vision of a home full of smart gadgets that anticipate our needs, keep us healthy, and save us money is slowly taking shape. Thermostats now learn our preferred settings and schedule, lights turn on and off as we come and go, and refrigerators adjust their temperatures according to how much food they hold.
Such applications make the home a bit smarter, but they’re not really intelligent. That’s because most home-automation devices are loners: They don’t work with each other. They’re made by different manufacturers, and by the way, they lack privacy and security protection. IEEE is working with industry to build an architecture that provides connectivity; simultaneously, it is developing standards and addressing security concerns.
“The smart home is a great example of where many technology and business domains start interacting and leveraging the Internet of Things,” says IEEE Member Oleg Logvinov, chair of the IEEE P2413 Standard for an Architectural Framework for the Internet of Things Working Group. “IoT probably represents the biggest tidal wave in technology development since the industrial revolution.”
Published on Nov 16, 2015
Computer science is a foundational field that opens doors for all boys and girls. Starring Sheryl Sandberg, Jasmine Lawrence, Karlie Kloss, May-Li Khoe, Mia Epner, Alice Steinglass, Jess Lee, Jessica Alba, Paola Mejía Minaya, Malala Yousafzai, and Susan Wojcicki.
Start learning at http://code.org/
Yet another robotic gift guide for 2015, this one done by IEEE, can be found at IEEE Spectrum – 2015 Robot Gift Guide
In short, their list includes:
Drones
Robot Toys and Kits
Home Robotics
