Reports

Robot Invasion of SXSW: Success

March 23, 2011

Just got back from SXSW in Austin. What an awesome trip – and awesome city! Going there was an experience in itself. I took a ride on the StartupBus – a bus full of entrepreneurs trying to launch a company in 48 hours on the way to SXSW. There was a lot of the same [...]

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The Calm Before the Battle

April 13, 2010

Just finished lighting the arena. I’ve been helping build it since Saturday. It’s a beast. I’ve also found myself living on the roof of the arena for the past few days too. I think I might have been a cat in another life, hoping from beam to beam. Early registration starts tomorrow. Then more registration. [...]

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Obama Supports Bots High (Sort Of)

November 23, 2009

Earlier this morning President Obama gave a speech pushing for better STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) education in middle and high school. Well if you’re looking for a documentary about all of that then look no further because that’s what Bots High is all about. The MythBusters were in attendance (way cool!) and the [...]

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U.S. Teens vs The World in Math and Sci – Not so Hot

October 14, 2009

Not really a surprise that America is getting more uneducated. But how do American teens compare to the rest of the world when it comes to math and science? Not so hot. The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) does a test every three years assessing 15 year old high school students in math, [...]

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