Education

Tasty Science - Edible Education For Budding Scientists

Science kits are a dime a dozen, but Tasty Science stands tongue and buds above the rest – help kids learn about science, then eat an experiment or two. Yum!

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Quantum Big Screen Microscope Brings Great Fun To Small Things

by The Toymaster

The Quantum Big Screen Microscope from Learning Resources helps kids enjoy the craziness of tiny nature while also learning a great deal in the process.

Laparoscopic Feedback Instrument Helps Surgeons Thread The Needle

by Doug Bonderud

Delft Unveristy professor finds a way to give surgeons tangible feedback during delicate Laparoscopic procedures.

China's Confucius Institute Spreads Chinese Culture Around The World

by China.new

Soft power, hard sell: The non-profit Confucius Institute has been promoting China's language, culture and society to people and nations the world over since 2004. Nearly 500 CI's are now open in almost 100 countries and plans are afoot to establish 1,000 Confucius Institutes by 2020.

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Oblo Puzzle Sphere Takes Thinking To The Third Dimension

by The Toymaster

The Oblo Puzzle Sphere is a three-dimensional way to teach kids about hand-eye coordination, motor skills and an appreciation for this crazy multi-dimensional world we live in.

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Snap Circuits Junior Electrifies With Simple Fun

Snap Circuits Jr SC-100 - the safe way to learn about electricity.

by The Toymaster

From Elenco comes the Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100, a great way for kids age 8-12 to learn about electricity without a shocking price tag.

Biotic Video Games Bring Life To The Small Screen

by Doug Bonderud

At Standford University, Assistant Professor Ingmar Riedel-Kruse and his team are developing ways to take real micro-organisms and make them part of video games.

Artz Koffer From Haba – If You’re Thinking “Geshundtiet” You’re Not Far Off

by The Toymaster

Kids love to play doctor, and European toy maker Haba has created an easier-than-ever way for little ones to make house calls: the Artz Koffer.

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Simple Fun - The Shape, Model And Mold Makes It Right

Melissa and Doug Shape, Model and Mold Playset

by The Toymaster

From high-quality toy-makers Melissa and Doug comes the Shape, Model and Mold - a hands-on way for kids to learn about shapes and create just about anything they want.

Bringing Your Inventions to Market in 2011!

by Product For Profit

Today I'd like to discuss the topic of Taking Action and bringing your inventions to market in 2011! I have been in contact with many inventors over the last year and it has been a wonderful experience. However, I've noticed patterns in that many of you start moving toward your goals of bringing your inventions to market, and then somehow get stuck along the way.

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Squawk-Activated Computer Games For Parrots: Robots Provide Treats

by Lady Bee

Nothing surprises me about parrots. They are the most uncanny, confounded creatures that ever brought endless joy, humor, and destruction to a home. Very smart, very demanding, and very active, you need to keep them very busy, or they find a way to keep themselves busy... You want to avoid the latter.

Big Dig Ride On Digger Straigtens Out The Sandbox

by The Toymaster

From Reeves International comes the Big Dig ride-on crane, perfect for budding young construction foremen and women and a ton of fun to boot!

'Social Media First' When Facebook Goes Live With Congressional Changing Of The Guard

by Ron Callari

Incoming House Speaker John Boehner wants his swearing in to catch Facebook fever. Not content to be picked up by just the traditional mediums of TV and radio, Boehner wants to earn some techie cred by being the first Speaker of the House to go "live" on the popular social media Web site covering his first day's floor proceedings and his initial speech as Speaker.

Archeology Find Indicates Original Cretans May Have Been Shipped In

by Doug Bonderud

In an “old gadget” find of the day, US and Greek archeologists have found evidence that humanity may have been tooling around the ocean earlier than imagined.

Repurposing Gives Literal Meaning To Library Information Desk

by Toby

Hello. Welcome to the Delft University of Technology Library. I am the Information Desk and I am full of it. How can I help you?

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Google Digests Travel Software To Fatten Its Travel Search Portal

by Ron Callari

Back in April, I speculated that Google would acquire ITA Software, the meta-search technology that drives online travel agents (OTAs) in addition to Bing Travel, and could throw a monkey-wrench into how online search would function going forward. In my post, titled, "Google & ITA Software Could Be Game Changers for OTAs. . ." I noted industry sources that predicted the buying price could go as high as US $1 billion.

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Kindle Gets Booked On Several Counts Of Free Content

by Ron Callari

As popular as the iPad is for the eBook reader market, there didn't seem to be any slow down in Kindle sales this holiday season. In fact, according to media reports, Amazon was scheduled to ship more than eight million Kindle e-Readers this year - 60 percent up from previous forecasts. And not only are there now more Kindle owners, it is becoming easier to pay for your Kindle with the money you save in receiving free books.

Ridge Around The Moon – The Iapetus Mystery

by Doug Bonderud

In 1671, Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn’s most distant moon, and correctly surmised that it was tidally locked to the planet, always showing one light and one dark face. Now, as the Cassini space mission to Saturn returns more data, it Iapetus is showing a new feature – a ridge covering 75% of its equatorial surface.

Social Media Search Targets Quality Followers Similar To Quality Links

by Ron Callari

"Garbage in, Garbage Out" is an old saw used in the last century that implied inputting faulty data would only produce a output of flawed results. Google countered this paradigm in the early days when developing one its signals for its search algorithm - namely link building - and those that chose to game the system by amassing large number of links to achieve higher search rankings.

A Social Media Retelling Of The First Christmas

by Ron Callari

What if Mary and Joseph gave birth to their baby Jesus in the Digital Age? How would they have used the social media tools available to a world where one out of every 13 people have a Facebook account, and one tweet or YouTube video can catch the attention of thousands or millions if it goes viral. The Portuguese digital marketing company, Excentric not only explores that possibility but has produced a video titled, "The Digital Story of the Nativity" to explain to the world how they see that story playing out in the year 2010.

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