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Starbot – Miami’s Robotics HQ

January 27, 2011
Students Make Awesome Things at Starbot in Miami!

Starbot is pretty much the nerve center of robotics in South Florida. It’s a center that focuses on enabling high schoolers to create whatever they can imagine. Though it’s usually robots, I’ve seen student work on go-karts, R/C cars, art projects, and even a camera dolly (ok, that was me during some down time). An [...]

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Paul Cottle: Being ‘last in the nation’ won’t spark innovation [Article]

December 14, 2009

“Florida students are pretty much last in the nation for science.” …only 16 percent of Florida’s high-school graduates take physics, about half the national rate. via Paul Cottle: Being ‘last in the nation’ won’t spark innovation | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat.

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