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Ep.213 - Nous rencontrons Robert Rasmussen, co-inventeur du LEGO Serious Play, qui nous explique comment cette méthode encourage les groupes à réfléchir et à communiquer ensemble. Il souligne l'importance de l'apprentissage constructiviste et de l'expérience personnelle dans le processus de jeu sérieux. Robert Rasmussen discute également des obstacles à l'acceptation du jeu sérieux dans les organisations et met en avant l'importance de maximiser l'intelligence collective pour résoudre des problèmes complexes. Il conclut en offrant des conseils aux décideurs pour favoriser l'engagement individuel dans un monde de plus en plus complexe.Robert RasmussenRobert Rasmussen est né au Danemark et est titulaire d'une maîtrise en éducation de l'École royale danoise d'éducation de Copenhague. Il a passé sa carrière à appliquer des théories et des expériences sur le jeu, l'apprentissage, la créativité et l'enseignement au développement organisationnel. Pendant 15 ans, il a beaucoup travaillé avec des concepteurs et des chercheurs de l'université Tufts à Medford MA et du MIT Media Lab à Boston MA, pour développer et appliquer des outils d'apprentissage pratique. Robert Rasmussen est le principal architecte de la méthode LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® depuis 1999. Après plusieurs années et plus de 20 itérations, son équipe et lui ont développé le concept pour en faire la méthodologie reproductible et robuste qu'elle est aujourd'hui. Il a travaillé pour le groupe LEGO de 1988 à 2001 en tant que responsable de la R&D pour LEGO Education et a notamment dirigé l'équipe de développement éducatif pour LEGO MINDSTORMS - le produit le plus vendu de l'histoire de la société LEGO. De 2001 à 2004, Robert a dirigé Executive Discovery Ltd. qui a développé et lancé le programme LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®.À retenirLEGO Serious Play n'est pas un jeu, mais une technique de communication.Nous sommes conscients de seulement 5 à 10 % de nos connaissances.Le but est de maximiser les insights et la confiance dans les décisions.Les individus doivent se sentir partie d'un tout pour s'engager.Il est essentiel d'écouter les individus pour maximiser l'engagement.Le flow doit être un peu flou pour encourager l'exploration.Le LEGO permet de construire sans stress, favorisant la créativité.Il existe des résistances culturelles au jeu sérieux dans certaines organisations.Maximiser le potentiel collectif est crucial pour résoudre des problèmes complexes.Les décideurs doivent impliquer les individus dans le processus décisionnel.Autres épisodes à écouterÉpisode 132: Les clés des “Serious Games” avec Marie DupontÉpisode 172: Deep Dive sur les objets-médiateurs avec Frédéric RousseauÉpisode 211: L'innovation par le jeu avec Baptiste Sand Épisode 104: Du changement à la mutation des organisations avec David AutissierAccédez aux notes ici: https://www.intelliaconsulting.com/podcastSuivez-nous: Développez votre impact stratégique - Abonnez-vous à notre lettre hebdomadaire Visitez notre page LinkedIn Visitez notre page YouTube
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In this episode, Krish Palaniappan interviews Jake McKee, a consultant specializing in community-driven product development. They discuss the importance of integrating customer voices into the product development process, the three stages of product development, and how community involvement can lead to better products and customer loyalty. Jake shares insights on when to involve the community, how to find the right voices, and the significance of timing in community engagement. A case study on LEGO Mindstorms illustrates the practical application of these concepts. In this conversation, Jake McKee discusses the critical aspects of community-driven product development, emphasizing the importance of defining clear outcomes, engaging the right people, and utilizing effective tools for feedback. He explores the evolving nature of participant roles throughout the development process and the significance of maintaining engagement and expertise. The discussion also touches on the role of AI in facilitating these processes, highlighting both the potential benefits and challenges of integrating technology into community engagement. In this conversation, Krish Palaniappan and Jake McKee explore the intersection of creativity and technology, emphasizing the importance of integrating the arts into STEM education. They discuss cultural perspectives on career choices, the role of creativity in a tech-driven world, and the need for interdisciplinary skills. The conversation also touches on the future of work, the significance of problem-solving skills, and the importance of teaching creative problem-solving to future generations. Finally, they highlight Austin as a unique cultural hub that fosters community and creativity. Snowpal Products Backends as Services on AWS Marketplace Mobile Apps on App Store and Play Store Web App Education Platform for Learners and Course Creators
CTL Script/ Top Stories of January 17th Publish Date: January 17th Pre-Roll: From the Ingles Studio Welcome to the Award-Winning Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast Today is Friday, January 17th and Happy Birthday to James Earl Jones ***01.17.25 - BIRTHDAY – JAMES EARL JONES*** I’m Peyton Spurlock and here are the stories Cherokee is talking about, presented by Credit Union of Georgia. Northside Hospital Cherokee Has New Hysterectomy Option Cherokee County Robotics Teams Advance to Super Regionals Service League of Cherokee County Announces Heritage of Hope Finalists Plus, Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on budgeting We’ll have all this and more coming up on the Cherokee Tribune-Ledger Podcast, and if you’re looking for Community news, we encourage you to listen and subscribe! Commercial: CU of GA (06.26.24 CU OF GA FREE CHECKING_REV_FINAL) STORY 1: Northside Hospital Cherokee Has New Hysterectomy Option Northside Hospital Cherokee now offers vNOTES, a minimally invasive hysterectomy technique, with Dr. Michael Litrel performing the first procedure on December 11. vNOTES uses the vagina as the access point, avoiding external incisions, and offers benefits like reduced surgical time, shorter hospital stays, less pain, no visible scars, and faster recovery. This method is used to treat conditions like fibroids and cancer. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends vaginal hysterectomy when possible. Northside Hospital also provides other minimally invasive options, including laparoscopic and robotic techniques, and offers vNOTES at Northside Atlanta. STORY 2: Cherokee County Robotics Teams Advance to Super Regionals Three Cherokee County School District teams advanced to the super regionals in the First LEGO League robotics competitions. Mill Creek Middle School's LEGO Cats – Pink and Gold teams, and Dean Rusk Middle School's Brick Army II team, earned high scores at regionals. Mill Creek's teams also won the Core Values award. The competitions involve designing and building robots with LEGO Mindstorms to solve missions and completing a research project on ocean exploration. Trophies are awarded in categories like Robot Design and Core Values. The super regional event, featuring top teams, will be hosted by Mill Creek Middle. STORY 3: Service League of Cherokee County Announces Heritage of Hope Finalists The Service League of Cherokee County announced the finalists for the 2025 Heritage of Hope Award, honoring individuals committed to community service and supporting children in need. The finalists are Janet Read Welch, Carrie Minicozzi, Buster Cushing, and Courtney Lott, recognized for their significant contributions to Cherokee County. The award winner will be revealed at the Service League’s Annual Gala and Benefit for the Children on January 25 at Timbers on Etowah in Canton. Tickets are $150, with proceeds benefiting Safe Kids Cherokee County. More details and tickets are available at the Service League's website. We have opportunities for sponsors to get great engagement on these shows. Call 770.874.3200 for more info. Back in a moment Break: Drake (Drake Realty (Cherokee County) STORY 4: Cherokee County Promotes Eleven Firefighters Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services promoted 11 firefighters in a ceremony at the historic Canton Theatre. The event, attended by family and department members, celebrated their dedication and leadership. Promotions included Sergeants Heath Weekly, James Laughlin, and Alissa Whetstone; Lieutenants Eddie Barajas, Ron Davis, and RC Vaughn; Captains Chad Wigington and Brad Gravitt; Battalion Chiefs Josh Wilkie and Brady Cornelison; and Division Chief Scott Deal. Family members pinned badges, marking a new career chapter. Fire Chief Eddie Robinson praised their commitment to serving the community and mentoring future firefighters. STORY 5: Public Hearing Set For Medical Complex on Union Hill Road A public hearing on February 18 will address a developer's request to rezone 7.45 acres on Union Hill Road for two medical office buildings. The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to set the hearing, with Chair Harry Johnston opposing. The proposal includes two 25,000-square-foot buildings for office and commercial use. Johnston prefers office/institutional zoning over neighborhood commercial, opposing retail use. The site, near Avery Elementary School, is seen as unsuitable for residential use. The hearing will consider rezoning from agriculture to neighborhood commercial, with potential adjustments to office use. The Planning Commission previously recommended denial, necessitating the hearing. We’ll be right back Commercial: The Mill And now here is Leah McGrath from Ingles Markets on budgeting *** INGLES ASK LEAH 3 BUDGETING*** We’ll have closing comments after this. COMMERCIAL: Ingles Markets 9 SIGN OFF – Thanks again for hanging out with us on today’s Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast. If you enjoy these shows, we encourage you to check out our other offerings, like the Cherokee Tribune Ledger Podcast, the Marietta Daily Journal, or the Community Podcast for Rockdale Newton and Morgan Counties. Read more about all our stories and get other great content at www.tribuneledgernews.com Did you know over 50% of Americans listen to podcasts weekly? 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In this captivating interview, David Fuller, Co-founder and CEO of Artificial, takes us on a remarkable journey through his life, tracing his passion for technology from the early days of playing computer games on CPM to his groundbreaking work in revolutionizing life sciences. With a wealth of experience spanning National Instruments, Lego Mindstorms, Kuka Robotics, and now Artificial, Fuller shares his insights on the power of abstraction, the impact of AI and quantum computing, and his mission to digitize and standardize scientific experimentation. Get ready to be inspired by his unwavering pursuit of purpose and his vision for transforming drug discovery, cell and gene therapies, and beyond. 00:08- About David Fuller David is the CEO of Artificial. He has a 25+ year professional background in business and technology spanning Measurement, Automation, and Robotic Systems. He has worked as a developer, Head of Engineering, CTO, Managing Director, and Board Member for global multi-billion dollar tech companies. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support
In this Insights Unlocked episode, UserTesting's Andy MacMillan talks with David Rose about designing our augmented realities and what UX designers, product leaders and others should consider as they take on that challenge. David Rose's Journey in Tech Innovation David discusses his wide-ranging experiences in industries from healthcare to toys and tech, highlighting his award-winning entrepreneurial journey and his role as the CEO of Lookout—an AI-powered maritime navigation system. Seamless Integration of Technology Explore how David has successfully embedded technology into everyday objects to enhance user experiences without intrusion. Learn about his projects like Lego Mindstorms and GlowCap, which seamlessly combine functionality with simplicity. The Role of AR in Everyday Interactions Dive into the transformative potential of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in making everyday interactions more intuitive and engaging. David shares insights from his books and discusses how AR can reduce social isolation by enhancing real-world connections. Practical Applications of AR in Safety and Navigation Gain insights into Lookout, the AI camera system for boats, which David developed to improve maritime safety by providing navigational aids through augmented reality, showing how AR can address practical challenges in unstructured environments like open waters. Future of UX in Spatial Computing David discusses the future of user experience design in the context of spatial computing, offering advice for UX professionals on adapting to new tools and thinking paradigms to design more engaging and useful digital and physical products. Ethical Considerations and Social Impact of Tech The conversation also covers the ethical implications of technology, particularly the risks and benefits of AR and VR. David highlights the importance of designing technology that respects privacy and promotes social engagement.
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Ralph Hempel spoke with us about the development of Lego Mindstorms from hacking the initial interface to running Debian Linux as well as programming Mindstorms in Python. Happy 25th birthday to Lego Mindstorms! Pybricks is a MicroPython based coding environment that works across all Lego PoweredUp hubs and on the latest Mindstorms elements. The creators are David Lechner and Laurens Valk. Ralph was the first person to boot a full Debian Linux distro on the brick, see EV3Dev, a Debian Linux for Lego Mindstorms EV3. BrickLink was originally a site for third party resellers of new and used Lego sets and elements. The site was purchased by the Lego Group a few years ago. It's still a great place to buy individual parts - for example a 4 port PoweredUp hub to run the new PyBricks on :-) ReBrickable is a site dedicated to taking off-the-shelf Lego sets, and creating something new with the set. In particular see the MOCs Designed by LUCAMOCS, fantastic Technic vehicles as well as interesting designs for vehicle subsystems. Yoshihito ISOGAWA - YouTube is an absolute genius at coming up with practical applications of new LEGO Elements. Ralph recommends his books as “awesome to read”. LEGO uses 18 Cucumbers to build real Log House Ralph highly recommends Test Driven Development for Embedded C by James Grenning (who has been on the show: 270: Broccoli is Good Too, 109: Resurrection of Extreme Programming, and 30: Eventually Lightning Strikes). Origami Simulator and Elecia's origami generating python code on github Transcript Nordic Semiconductor empowers wireless innovation, by providing hardware, software, tools and services that allow developers to create the IoT products of tomorrow. Learn more about Nordic Semiconductor at nordicsemi.com, check out the DevAcademy at academy.nordicsemi.com and interact with the Nordic Devzone community at devzone.nordicsemi.com.
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Vale LEGO MINDSTORMS with Special Guest: BrickJournal's Joe Meno In the final week of October, the LEGO Group announced that the 51515 Mindstorms Robot Inventor set will be retired at the end of the year, a little over 2 years after its release. The App will also enter its sunset phase - with the development team deployed throughout the LEGO group. Jay and Richard are joined by BrickJournal's Editor-In-Chief Joe Meno, who among other things is involved with FIRST LEGO League. He helps us learn more about the history and significance of the Mindstorms brand, what he thinks of this announcement, as well as what lies ahead for robotics and programming. https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-is-killing-mindstorms/ https://ramblingbrick.com/2022/11/07/cancelling-lego-mindstorms-is-a-sad-thing-but-is-it-a-bad-thing/ You can find out more from BrickJournal at Brickjournal.com But the real joy is from the print edition, full of news from events, profiling builds and builders and more. You can subscribe at https://twomorrows.com/brickjournal
Episode 374 avec Xavier et David. Sommaire : • E comme Espace (00:02:15) : Constellr: des satellites pour aider le secteur agricole. La startup Constellr veut aider le secteur agricole à lutter contre la famine grâce à des satellites. (source) • I comme Intelligence Artificielle (00:09:12) : Réaction furieuse de la communauté "anime" face à l'art IA. L'art généré par IA déclenche une réaction furieuse de la part de la communauté "anime" Japonaise (Manga. (source) • L comme Lego (00:18:52) : Lego annonce la fin de toute une gamme après 24 ans. Lego met fin à la gamme Mindstorms après 24 ans. (source, source) • O comme Openssl (00:25:29) : Faille majeure corrigée. OpenSSL corrige deux vulnérabilités à très haute sévérité. (source) • R comme Roulettes (00:33:12) : Avec les moonwalker vous marcherez 250% plus vite. Des chaussures motorisées Moonwalker augmentent fortement la vitesse de marche. (source) • S comme Smartphone (00:38:13) : Samsung dévoile un mode maintenance pour ses smartphones. Samsung dévoile un mode maintenance sur les smartphones pour lutter contre les réparateurs indiscrets. (source) • T comme Twitter (00:43:05) : Devenez un Seigneur pour 8$. Elon musk, propose de payer 8$ pour être un "seigneur" vérifier sur Twitter. (source) • W comme Wemenon (00:53:37) : Bientôt la guerre dans l'espace? La Chine envisage les armes nucléaires pour lutter contre Starlink. (source)
Episode 374 avec Xavier et David.Sommaire :• E comme Espace (00:02:15) : Constellr: des satellites pour aider le secteur agricole. La startup Constellr veut aider le secteur agricole à lutter contre la famine grâce à des satellites. (source) • I comme Intelligence Artificielle (00:09:12) : Réaction furieuse de la communauté "anime" face à l'art IA. L'art généré par IA déclenche une réaction furieuse de la part de la communauté "anime" Japonaise (Manga. (source) • L comme Lego (00:18:52) : Lego annonce la fin de toute une gamme après 24 ans. Lego met fin à la gamme Mindstorms après 24 ans. (source, source) • O comme Openssl (00:25:29) : Faille majeure corrigée. OpenSSL corrige deux vulnérabilités à très haute sévérité. (source) • R comme Roulettes (00:33:12) : Avec les moonwalker vous marcherez 250% plus vite. Des chaussures motorisées Moonwalker augmentent fortement la vitesse de marche. (source) • S comme Smartphone (00:38:13) : Samsung dévoile un mode maintenance pour ses smartphones. Samsung dévoile un mode maintenance sur les smartphones pour lutter contre les réparateurs indiscrets. (source) • T comme Twitter (00:43:05) : Devenez un Seigneur pour 8$. Elon musk, propose de payer 8$ pour être un "seigneur" vérifier sur Twitter. (source) • W comme Wemenon (00:53:37) : Bientôt la guerre dans l'espace? La Chine envisage les armes nucléaires pour lutter contre Starlink. (source)
Welcome to episode 273 (“TikTok for News”) of the EdTech Situation Room from October 26, 2022, where technology news meets educational analysis. This week Jason Neiffer (@techsavvyteach) and Wesley Fryer (@wfryer) discussed recent Apple hardware and software update announcements, media literacy articles, artificial intelligence powered article / content creation tools and photo manipulation software, and an exciting videoconferencing announcement involving Zoom and Google Meets. The open source announcement of podcasting software Pocketcasts and the end of Lego Mindstorms were additional highlighted articles. Geeks of the Week included Storyblocks, a Michael Wesch conference podcast from 2013, Novel AI, and a free collection of 12,000 vintage cooking recipes. Our show was live streamed and archived simultaneously on YouTube Live as well as our Facebook Live page via StreamYard.com, and compressed to a smaller video version (about 100MB) on AmazonS3 using Handbrake software. Please follow us on Twitter @edtechSR for updates, and join us LIVE on Wednesday nights (normally) if you can at 10 pm Eastern / 9 pm Central / 8 pm Mountain / 7 pm Pacific or 3 am UTC. All shownotes are available on http://edtechSR.com/links. Stay savvy and safe!
In this episode, we speak to Shawna Young and Mitchel Resnick of the Scratch Foundation, which runs the largest creative computing community in the world around the Scratch programming language. Recommended Resources:Mitch Resnick and Ken Robinson, Lifelong Kindergarten2021 Scratch Foundation Annual ReportShawna Young is the Executive Director of the Scratch Foundation. Before coming to Scratch, Young led the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP), one of the largest academic talent searches, with over 450,000 K-12 students and over 3 million alumni. She also spearheaded the expansion of the Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (OEOP) at MIT, serving as the Executive Director for eight years. The OEOP provides rigorous educational opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to K-12 students from primarily underrepresented and underserved backgrounds. Young started her career as a public high school science teacher in North Carolina, then working as a curriculum developer at the Educational Development Center.Mitchel Resnick is the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research and Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, which developed the Scratch programming software and online community, the world's leading coding platform for kids. His group has also collaborated for many years with the LEGO Company and the LEGO Foundation on the development of new educational ideas and products, including LEGO Mindstorms and LEGO WeDo robotics kits. Resnick co-founded the Computer Clubhouse project, an international network of 100 after-school learning centers, where youth from low-income communities learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies.
Mr. CAC returns from his slumber, and after losing his voice for almost two straight weeks, to discuss some things on his mind... and if we had to select a theme for this episode it would be this; Children.So whether it is young kids controlling Lego Mindstorm robots, evil doctors on Netflix siring 96 children, or Mr. CAC's very own kids surviving water rides, I hope you sit back and enjoy :)If you want to join Mr. CAC's neighborhood, please feel free to follow and/or connect with him on any of his social media platforms: https://linktr.ee/themrcacBuzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mr-cac/support
This is the second episode of the new version of the GameDev.tv Podcast. Lee is the CEO of TheGameCreators and the technical lead on all aspects of game engine development. He has over 30 years of programming experience, spanning the early days of 8-Bit computing through to modern day 64-Bit architecture. He can code in 12 languages.Lee has collaborated with top technology companies such as Nvidia and Intel and was involved with the very first version of LEGO Mindstorms which enabled kids to program their own Lego robots. Lee has a passion for coding and creating game development tools, and currently holds the status of Intel Black Belt developer for his contributions to next-gen technology development in software.Game Guru Max Website: https://www.game-guru.com/Unreal C++ Course:https://www.gamedev.tv/p/unreal-engine-c-developer-4-22-learn-c-and-make-video-games/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6Unity 3D Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6Unity 2D Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-2d/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6 Unity RPG Combat Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/unity-rpg/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6Blender Course:https://www.gamedev.tv/p/blender/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6 Blender Character Course:https://www.gamedev.tv/p/blender-character-creator-2/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6Math For Games Course:https://courses.gamedev.tv/p/math-for-games/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=K-B&affcode=45216_dezckag6Game TeaTime Official PodcastEnjoy the Podcast!Support the show (https://www.gamedev.tv/p/complete-unity-developer-3d/?product_id=1319848&coupon_code=The_K_B&affcode=45216_dezckag6)
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Over Coffee® is on holiday hiatus. Please enjoy this reposting of one of our top podcast episodes of 2021! "There aren't any of those," wasn't acceptable to Unified Robotics founder Delaney Foster. A passionate FIRST Robotics competitor, Delaney loved participating in her high-school robotics program. But for her sister, who has autism, those opportunities just weren't available. And then, Delaney took action. In 2015, she collaborated with her First Robotics team and a special-education teacher to founded her first-of-its-kind robotics program, open to students of all abilities. Pairing robotics-team members with students with special needs, this groundbreaking program gets everyone working together to create a LEGO Mindstorms robot. Like FIRST Robotics, this pilot program had a deadline. Six weeks later, those robots would “face off” in a competition of their own. Fast forward to today. Currently, the Unified Robotics program has seen more than 120 participating teams. More than 400 students have been impacted, according to Unified Robotics' website. And since their second year in operation, Special Olympics have been partnering with this unique program. Delaney shared the story of the Unified Robotics program, discussed about some of her favorite experiences and explained what's involved, for anyone who would like to start a Unified Robotics program locally. On this edition of Over Coffee®, we cover: How Delaney first discovered her passion for robotics; The story of Unified Robotics; How robotics-team students learned from their counterparts with special needs, while working together; Delaney's favorite memories, from the first Unified Robotics competition; How the Special Olympics became involved, as a partner; The directions in which the program has grown, so far; Plans for the upcoming school year; What's involved, for education professionals who would like to bring a Unified Robotics club to their school; How Unified Robotics and their partners assist schools in starting a club; What parents can expect, when their students participate in the program; How the program's flexibility works for students with a wide range of abilities; What the program needs most in achieving its ultimate goals; How the Unified Robotics program inspired Delaney's sister, as well as other students with special needs; An imaginative way in which a robotics student mentor engaged Delaney's sister in overcoming an obstacle; The ways in which tech companies are beginning to make job opportunities available to applicants with different abilities.
We're going international and had the awesome opportunity to talk with Nataliya Kilmovskikh and hear her amazing journey. She lives in Denmark and has traveled the world throughout her career. Nataliya wasn't always on the automation track and was teaching English in China several years ago. Her fire for automation started burning when she was introduced to industrial robots and knew that was the future she wanted. Hearing how she made her education choice was insightful and the way the curriculum is taught in Denmark is a concept that may resonate with others. Her perception to the industry as a whole is refreshing. She openly talks about the many different paths that any person can make for themselves. For her she wants the next generation to know the possibilities that exists and how learning basic concepts such as PLC programming or HMI design can be the exposure you need for your career to take off. For those LEGO fans once you hear her story of how she took a LEGO Mindstorm robot and created content around a problem she was trying to solve. That led to a connection on LinkedIn who offered her an internship to design a collaborative robot cell tied directly to automating a manufacturing process in a factory. Talk about ultimate touchdown! Nataliya shares about some of her interests outside of automation such as her love of being on the water. She's had some great experiences on kayaks and paddle boards where she has encountered dolphins and seals. Throughout this episode you'll quickly hear Nataliya's passion for life and why she is our Hero! Guest: Nataliya Klimovskikh - Automation Engineer at ATLINE Host: Chris GraingerExecutive Producer: Adam SheetsPodcast Editor: Andi ThrowerNataliya's Robot Hand Sanitizer VideoInstagram - @nataliyachronics
In this episode of ACM ByteCast, Rashmi Mohan hosts Suchi Saria, the John C. Malone Associate Professor of Machine Learning and Healthcare at Johns Hopkins University, where she uses big data to improve patient outcomes. She directs the Machine Learning and Healthcare Lab and is the founding research director of the Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare. Saria has worked on projects with the NSF, NIH, DARPA, and the FDA and is the founder of Bayesian Health. Her many recognitions include Popular Science magazine’s “Brilliant 10”, the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35, and World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Suchi describes tinkering with LEGO Mindstorm and reading about AI and the future as a child in India and how, years later, she ended up at the forefront of applying machine learning techniques to computational biology. She explains how ML can help healthcare go from a reactive to a predictive and preventive model, and the challenge of making sure that the medical data collected is actionable, interpretable, safe, and free of bias. She also talks about the transition from research to practice and offers her best advice for students interested in pursuing computing.
"Success for anybody looks (different)," says Unified Robotics creator Delaney Foster. And since 2015, her first-of-its kind robotics program has allowed students of all abilities to explore their personal definitions of success. As a high-school student, Delaney had discovered her passion for robotics through First Robotics competitions. But these opportunities weren't available to her sister, who has autism. Nor were her sister's friends able to compete in the robotics-team events. Delaney, who describes her older sister as her best friend, changed those circumstances. Working with her First Robotics team and a special-education teacher, she implemented the first Unified Robotics program in her school. The groundbreaking program paired robotics-team members with students with special needs, to collaborate on creating a LEGO Mindstorms robot. Six weeks later, those robots would "face off" in a competition of their own. This pilot program was such a success that Special Olympics partnered with them in their second year. Currently, the program has seen more than 120 teams, and more than 400 students impacted, according to Unified Robotics' website. This past school year, due to the pandemic, the robotic competition went virtual. Delaney says that pre-pandemic years have seen students in seven states competing, and the program has generated interest in Greece, as well as sparking its own competition in United Arab Emirates. Delaney shared the history of the program, talked about some of her favorite experiences and explained what's involved, for anyone who would like to start a Unified Robotics program locally. On this edition of Over Coffee®, we cover: How Delaney first discovered her passion for robotics; The story of Unified Robotics; How robotics-team students learned from their counterparts with special needs, while working together; Delaney's favorite memories, from the first Unified Robotics competition; How the Special Olympics became involved, as a partner; The directions in which the program has grown, so far; Plans for the upcoming school year; What's involved, for education professionals who would like to bring a Unified Robotics club to their school; How Unified Robotics and their partners assist schools in starting a club; What parents can expect, when their students participate in the program; How the program's flexibility works for students with a wide range of abilities; What the program needs most in achieving its ultimate goals; How the Unified Robotics program inspired Delaney's sister, as well as other students with special needs; An imaginative way in which a robotics student mentor engaged Delaney's sister in overcoming an obstacle; The ways in which tech companies are beginning to make job opportunities available to applicants with different abilities.
Karen Anne Abrams is Dr. Foster's guest on this episode of Fostering Solutions. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Howard University and an MBA degree in Marketing from California State University at San Francisco. Ms. Abrams spent more than ten years as a Technology Executive in Corporate America working for Atlanta based Mindspring Networks and later Southern California based, Earthlink Networks. Karen is the pioneer who championed the introduction and national expansion of STEM Robotics, targeted to school aged children in Guyana. Abrams was determined to ensure that Guyanese youth be granted access to the same opportunities and preparation in technology education that is routinely afforded young people in wealthier countries and more frequently to youth from nearly all countries in the world. To that end, in 2016 Ms. Abrams worked with The First Lady's Office, the Diaspora, her own children and various public and private agencies in Guyana to introduce four robot building and programming camps at the Lusignan and Buxton villages and at two locations in Georgetown, Guyana. More than two hundred children and ten future club coaches were trained and certified in Lego Mindstorm robot building and programming under this program. Those seeds of technology planted, gave birth to an expansion to over seventy STEM clubs across all ten regions in Guyana and more than one hundred unanswered requests for club expansion into far flung communities: resulting in the exposure of thousands of Guyanese youth to robotics. In March of 2017, Ms. Abrams recruited and helped to prepare a novice Guyana national robotics team, to a tenth-place world ranking out of one hundred sixty countries at the July 2017 First Global Robotics Olympics held in Washington DC. In 2019, the Guyana robotics national team won the prestigious Albert Einstein gold medal award from among one hundred ninety participating nations at the First Global Robotics challenge in Dubai. Karen Abrams also helped to pioneer the development of a Ministry of Education sponsored National Grade Six Assessment test preparation mobile app and a national pilot Robot building and Scratch programming league, to engage and educate Guyanese youth in robotics and coding. All of the STEM initiatives organized by STEM Guyana, an organization co-founded by Abrams and her college-aged children, will strengthen collaboration, conflict resolution and communication among youth, while developing their creative, problem solving, technical and academic skills. Ms. Abrams' history of giving back goes back to representing Guyana at the National Level in the Caribbean National Basketball championship for more than 5 years; helping to win the National Championship for the Guyana Women's team in 1992, introducing a high school basketball league to Guyana back in 2008, investing in call center business in the 2000's and 8 years of contributing to the private sector development with her weekly column in Stabroek News business section. Karen was also recently presented with the prestigious Guyana 2018 Golden Arrow Of Achievement award for her work with STEMGuyana. Karen Abrams is married to former National Basketball Player Leon Christian. They have four children, three of whom are in college at Stanford University, Cornell University and New York University. The entire family remains committed to making ongoing contributions to the growth and development of Guyana.
12 Months of Mauticast First steps, over a year ago: https://www.leuchtfeuer.com/en/mauticast/000-welcome/ Mautic 2.16.4 and 3.2.1 3.2.1: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/tag/3.2.1 2.16.4: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/tag/2.16.4 Farewell Mautic 2: https://forum.mautic.org/t/goodbye-mautic-2-it-s-been-good-to-know-you/17323 MautiCon Recap, Tiger Teams and Strategic Initiatives All MautiCon Videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MauticOrg/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 Strategic Initiatives: https://mautic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MI/pages/324272162/Strategic+Initiatives #i-builders #i-composer-support #i-install-upgrade #i-mautic-marketplace #i-mautic-next-generation #i-resource-management Tag Manager Code as presented at MautiCon: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/9364 Mailgun API Plugin Stanislav Denysenko: Mailgun API Plugin for Mautic v3 https://github.com/stars05/mautic-mailgun-mailer-plugin Recaptcha Plugin Konstantin Scheumann: Recaptcha Plugin https://github.com/KonstantinCodes/mautic-recaptcha and https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-can-i-add-google-recaptcha-in-mautic-form/14554 Mautic on a Raspberry Pi Joey's Blog post: https://joeykeller.com/install-a-fully-functional-mautic-3-on-a-raspberry-pi/ Auth0 Plugin Mautic3 release: https://github.com/Leuchtfeuer/auth0-for-mautic Interview: n8n for connecting Mautic to other Apps (feat. Tanay Pant) Tanay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanay1337/ Lego Mindstorms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms n8n Home: https://n8n.io/ Documentation: https://docs.n8n.io/ Community: https://community.n8n.io/ “Fair Code”: https://www.faircode.io/ Cases: https://medium.com/n8n-io MautiCon 2021 End of The Unofficial Mautic Newsletter – Introducing the Mauticast Newsletter TUMN End-Of-Life: https://innotiom.com/mautic-newsletter/ Mauticast Newsletter: https://mauticast.com/newsletter/ Call for Use Cases & Success Stories
12 Monate Mauticast Erste Schritte, vor über einem Jahr: https://www.leuchtfeuer.com/en/mauticast/000-welcome/ Mautic 2.16.4 and 3.2.1 3.2.1: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/tag/3.2.1 2.16.4: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/tag/2.16.4 Farewell Mautic 2: https://forum.mautic.org/t/goodbye-mautic-2-it-s-been-good-to-know-you/17323 MautiCon Rückblick, Tiger Teams und Strategic Initiatives Alle MautiCon Videos auf YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MauticOrg/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 Strategic Initiatives: https://mautic.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MI/pages/324272162/Strategic+Initiatives #i-builders #i-composer-support #i-install-upgrade #i-mautic-marketplace #i-mautic-next-generation #i-resource-management Tag Manager Code wie auf der MautiCon gezeigt: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/pull/9364 Mailgun API Plugin Stanislav Denysenko: Mailgun API Plugin for Mautic v3 https://github.com/stars05/mautic-mailgun-mailer-plugin Recaptcha Plugin Konstantin Scheumann: Recaptcha Plugin https://github.com/KonstantinCodes/mautic-recaptcha and https://forum.mautic.org/t/how-can-i-add-google-recaptcha-in-mautic-form/14554 Mautic on a Raspberry Pi Joey’s Blog Post: https://joeykeller.com/install-a-fully-functional-mautic-3-on-a-raspberry-pi/ Auth0 Plugin Mautic3 Release: https://github.com/Leuchtfeuer/auth0-for-mautic Interview: n8n for connecting Mautic to other Apps (feat. Tanay Pant) Tanay auf LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanay1337/ Lego Mindstorms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms n8n Website: https://n8n.io/ Dokumentation: https://docs.n8n.io/ Community: https://community.n8n.io/ “Fair Code”: https://www.faircode.com/ Anwendungsbeispiele: https://medium.com/n8n-io MautiCon 2021 Ende des The Unofficial Mautic Newsletter – hier kommt der Mauticast Newsletter TUMN End-Of-Life: https://innotiom.com/mautic-newsletter/ Mauticast Newsletter: https://mauticast.de/newsletter/ Aufruf: Use Cases & Success Stories
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En esta novena llamada del podcast de Data Stand-Up Luisma conversa con Francesc Joan Riera, Applied Machine Learning Engineer, Data Engineering en LEGO Group, que nos habla de su trayectoria en el mundo del dato y su experiencia en Dinamarca trabajado en LEGO, una marca muy representativa dentro del sector de los juguetes y el entretenimiento.LEGO, es una empresa danesa de juguetes. Su producto más conocido son los bloques de construcción pero también cuenta con series propias (Bionicle, Ninjago); una línea de productos preescolares (Lego Duplo) y una línea de juguetes de robótica (Lego Mindstorms) entre otros activos. Además presta su marca a la cadena de parques temáticos Legoland.Fue fundada en 1932 por Ole Kirk Christiansen, un carpintero natural de Billund, y desde entonces ha estado controlada por su familia. Si bien se dedicó al principio a fabricar artículos de madera, desde 1949 está especializada en los juguetes de construcción fabricados con plástico. La empresa mantiene su sede social en Billund, cuenta 7800 empleados y está presente en más de 130 países.Francesc estudió Ingeniería Electrónica Industrial y automática en la Escuela Politécnica de Gijón dentro de la Universidad de Oviedo y se introdujo en el mundo del dato gracias a la pasión que le trasladó uno de sus profesores que le dirigió el trabajo fin de carrera. También ha cursado un master en la Aalborg University Dinamarca en la especialidad de Visión, Gráficos y Sistemas interactivos. Después de cursar estos estudios empezó a trabajar en Dinamarca, primero en Therma Group y después ya en LEGO.Interesante la aportación de un profesional más junior de los que hemos entrevistado hasta ahora pero con experiencia y conocimientos avanzados en el ámbito de la Inteligencia Artificial y el Machine Learning.
150 pupils from four Cork primary schools recently attended DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company’s (“DePuy Ireland”) first-ever Virtual STEM Academy Programme event. The event marks the completion of DePuy Ireland’s two-year STEM Pilot Outreach Programme and launches the Virtual STEM Academy Programme for the 2020/21 academic year. DePuy Ireland is part of the Johnson & Johnson DePuy Synthes Family. The STEM Academy Programme is designed to inspire and encourage children to engage in future studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math-related fields. Over the past year, the programme has reached over 10,000 Irish primary school students, teaching STEM-related subjects including robotics, 3-D printing, sustainability, and virtual reality as part of our Lego Mindstorms, Dash, and Dot Robotics, and 3-D printing programmes. This year, the impact of Covid-19 has seen DePuy Ireland transform its STEM Academy Programme to a virtual format. A dedicated team of DePuy Ireland volunteers lead by Susan Dunlea from DePuy Ireland’s Engineering, Science & Technology Group have prepared a bank of virtual lessons for the outreach programme. In addition, the team has also allocated time for online training and assistance for schools and teachers engaging with the programme. DePuy Ireland has also provided schools with equipment required to run their own STEM Academy Programmes, including 3D printers and consumables, wonder packs for Dash and Dot robotics, and IT equipment. Teachers and pupils of Cork schools, Scoil Bhríde, Rathcormac; Scoil Mhuire, Ballincollig, Watergrasshill National School, and St Paul’s School, Montenotte, attended the Virtual STEM Academy Programme launch event, which included a video event featuring testimonials of past participants, principals, teachers and volunteers. Speaking about the Programme, Mairéad Ní Mhurchú, Principal of Scoil Mhuire, Ballincollig, Co. Cork said “The students are really excited to be involved in the STEM Academy Programme this year. The programme is a great tool that allows our teachers to encourage students to engage in innovative thinking and explore the possibilities associated with a career in STEM.” Speaking about DePuy Ireland’s efforts to continue STEM outreach programmes virtually, Gary Clerkin, Global Leader Manufacturing, Engineering, Science & Technology, DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, said “At Johnson & Johnson, we recognise the importance of creating future generations of life-changing scientists and engineers. So far this year, we’ve reached over 10,000 children in a safe and socially distanced way. It is important for us to show all children, regardless of gender, socio-economic background and ethnicity, that a future in STEM is an exciting possibility and one that we’re committed to supporting.” More about Irish Tech News and Business Showcase here. FYI the ROI for you is => Irish Tech News now gets over 1.5 million monthly views, and up to 900k monthly unique visitors, from over 160 countries. We have over 860,000 relevant followers on Twitter on our various accounts & were recently described as Ireland’s leading online tech news site and Ireland’s answer to TechCrunch, so we can offer you a good audience! Since introducing desktop notifications a short time ago, which notify readers directly in their browser of new articles being published, over 50,000 people have now signed up to receive them ensuring they are instantly kept up to date on all our latest content. Desktop notifications offer a unique method of serving content directly to verified readers and bypass the issue of content getting lost in people’s crowded news feeds. Drop us a line if you want to be featured, guest post, suggest a possible interview or just let us know what you would like to see more of in our future articles. We’re always open to new and interesting suggestions for informative and different articles. Contact us, by email, twitter or whatev...
Watch out! Don't let it hit you... Bricking News flying in! Back at it again with the latest in LEGO news from the past week! 1. LEGO Ideas set 21324 123 Season Street Revealed! At 1,367 pieces including Big Bird, Elmo, Mr. Grouch, Burt & Ernie, the Cookie Monster! $119.992. LEGO & AdidasLEGO has created a partnership with Adidas for the next few years. We hopefully will see a few products this year and early next year. “inspire creativity and foster a more playful, positive and inclusive world for adults and children from any background or sporting ability.”3. Exclusive Spider-Man Miles Morales minifigure giveawayLEGO has partnered (again) with Sony to offer an exclusive LEGO Minifigure Miles Morales with exclusive prints! The only way to enter is if you won the Spider-man videogame on PS4. Get to work! Link to enter4. Minecraft sets 202121165 The Bee Farm21166 The "Abandoned" Mine5. Doggie Photo BoothSimone Giertz created a super creative LEGO Mindstorm photobooth for her dog Scrappy. A youtube Maker takes on the challenge of a foot peddle activated GoPro for her dog to have his very own photo booth.6. Star Wars Holiday SpecialNew info on what we should expect from the latest Holiday Special coming November 17th!7. 14,000 piece Baby Yoda8. Poland TV seeks LEGO Masters9. Denmark most affordable LEGO sales in EuropeFrom the home of LEGO what would you expect? Prices range all over the world with the most expensive in South America!10. LEGO Art rumorsLooks to see Batman, Elvis, and the world map as new Art pieces11. Double VIP points for Harry Potter and Technic sets!Stay tuned for our latest episode come Monday. It will be a bit shorter and feature some fun news!Have a question? Want to be a guest? Send me a message!InstagramCheck my pages out!InstagramTwitterFacebookIf you're looking for a LEGO Commission reach out to me on my Fiverr!:FiverrBack 2 Brick Podcast is not an affiliate nor endorsed by the LEGO Group.LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Group of Companies. ©2020 The LEGO Group.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/legostud)
The Curious Tech podcast featuring Hobie Henning and Devynn Rizo. We chat about technology, robots, 3D printers, photography, or anything else that strikes our fancy. This week we talk about all things not WWDC (Don’t worry, there is plenty of that coming), including: Hobie’s love of Pokemon Snap, EA’s gaming event, Devynn’s mighty need for an Hey Email address, Lego Mindstorms robot kits, buying Spot (Or wanting to at least), Google Assistant enhancements as well as Windows coming to ChromeOS (Yes, that Windows, we can’t believe it), Microsoft Teams backgrounds + 49 person video walls, Fantasical’s big work from home update, and Microsoft Money 2020…err, we mean Money in Excel 365. Picks of the Week HBO Max: https://www.hbomax.com Adobe Acrobat : https://acrobat.adobe.com/ All the Social Things Twitter @Devynnjcr Twitter @Hobiehenning
On sait depuis quelques temps à quoi ressemblera la prochaine console de Microsoft, la Xbox Series X mais il nous manquait des informations relatives à la Playstation 5. On a eu des infos sur cette console (ou plutôt ces consoles devrais-je dire), et notamment son design, mais également sur des jeux qui y seront disponibles ! Réagissez à l’émission en commentaires sur techcafe.frSoutenez Tech Café sur PatreonDiscutez avec nous et entre vous sur le groupe Telegram 2020, suite. Reconnaissance faciale : Microsoft et Amazon veulent pas balancer.Biden met la pression sur Facebook qui se prépare pour l’infocalypse les élections.Décret présidentiel : quatre sénateurs s’Ajit.J’ai sauvé des vies et vous aussi ! Et genre : beaucoup… Le Computex 2020 annulé.STOCKCOVID : nos IP sont loggées ou pas ? C’est compris dans le prix ? (Futur du) Jeux vidéo Future of Gaming : les jeux PS5 révélés !Future of Design : console et accessoires révélées ! Énorme. Dans tous les sens.Future of Humans : présentateurs en 3D, en viande ou en viande 3D ?Future of Reality : Valve et OpenXR.Future of Medoc : Endeavor RX, le premier jeu médicament ?Future of PC : le Gaming Show 2020.Future of Planning : pour y voir clair, le E3recap. Summer Game Fest de Steam En vrac Un nouveau kit Lego Mindstorm !Pas si OpenAI : GPT-3 sera un produit.Courageux mais pas téméraire, TSMC ne se battra pas pour Huawei.Les Allemands se secouent les puces.French connexion : pas de vérification d’âge par France Connect. Participants : Cassim Ketfi (@notcassim)Guillaume PoggiaspallaPrésenté par Guillaume Vendé
In this week's MakeCode Minute: LEGO Motors Trigger LEGO Mindstorms motors with color sensors using MakeCode. To learn about MakeCode: makecode.adafruit.com This clip is from the full John Park's Workshop livestream: https://youtu.be/VOdAmLYtDZc?t=839 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit @MSMakeCode #makecode Music by John Park -- https://johnpark.bandcamp.com/
Tässä erikoisjaksossa Suomen tietoturvakentän wiralliset wanhukset kertovat kuinka päästä tietoturva-alalle töihin. Keskustelemme takkatulen ääressä siitä minkälaisia tehtäviä tietoturva-alalta löytyy, mitä kannattaa opiskella, miten voi tukea omaa osaamistaan alan harrastamisella ja mitä työhaastattelussa voidaan kysyä. Äänijulkaisun lähdeluettelo: T:n muotoinen ihminen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shaped_skills Lego Mindstorms https://www.lego.com/fi-fi/themes/mindstorms/about Spoofy - lapsille suunnattu mobiilipeli, jossa ratkotaan erilaisia kyberpulmia: https://spoofy.fi/ Røøtz Asylum / DEF CON https://r00tz.org/ Catharina Candolinin tiivistys https://twitter.com/candolin2/status/1245807155590115330 Kirjoja: Silence on the Wire, Michal Zalewski https://nostarch.com/silence.htm Presentation Zen, Garr Reynolds https://www.amazon.com/Presentation-Zen-Simple-Design-Delivery/dp/0321811984 The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Dufte https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information/dp/1930824130 Guide to Persuasive Presentations, Nancy Duarte https://www.amazon.com/HBR-Guide-Persuasive-Presentations-ebook/dp/B009G1W9JO Resonate, Nancy Duarte https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470632011
Ralph Hempel leads the firmware development team here at LEGO, working together with the electronics, mechanics, and front end teams to build products such as Boost, StarWARS Boost, the CITY Train, App Controlled Batmobile, and of course all the new App Controlled Technic products. He's been writing embedded firmware for 35 years, and have written new firmware for every LEGO MINDSTORMS brick since the RCX. He talks to Scott about the new LEGO Education SPIKE Prime Set! Spike is the go-to STEAM learning tool for grade 6-8 students!https://education.lego.com/
Es gibt gewisse Tugenden, die einen echten Nerd von all den Pseudo-Hipster-Nerd-Wannabes dieser Welt unterscheiden. Einen nicht unbedeutenden Teil davon erlernt man bereits im Kindesalter: Im Nerdgrundkurs 1: Lego. Beginnend mit Basis-Motorik durch Duplo erweitert der echte Nerd seine Ingenieurkenntnisse standesgemäß mit der Lego Technic-Reihe bis man zur Pubertät längst bei Informatik angekommen ist und dank Lego Mindstorm quasi als vollwertiger Programmierer abschließt. Spaß beiseite: Der bunte Noppenstein hat einen festen Platz in den Herzen von uns allen und penetriert die nerdige Retrodrüse wie kaum ein anderes Spielzeug. Und nicht nur in unseren Herzen ist der Legostein fest verankert, der Legende nach ist der Schmerz beim Treten auf einen Baustein im Kinderzimmer vergleichbar mit dem Schmerz von 1337 Schwangerschaften wenn das Baby Shaquille O'Neal wäre. Ausgewachsen. Lange Rede kurzer Sinn: Heute erfahrt ihr alles mehr oder weniger Wichtige rund um Lego! Viel Spaß beim nerdigen Hörvergnügen! Eure NerdhalbkugLISTEN PS: Mit Betonung auf "Listen"... Nach dem Hören der Folge versteht ihr warum. Danke Robin. SPOILERWARNUNG: Weiter unten folgt die Gesamtstatistik zu unserem Quiz, wer nicht auf den Kopf gefallen ist, der kann daraus den Sieger der heutigen Folge ableiten. Wer also auf Spannung steht, der guckt das Highscoreboard erst nach dem Hören der Folge an! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quiz Erfahrungspunkte (je Sieg ein Levelup!): Pascal - Level 6 Robin - Level 6 Gerrit - Level 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highscores (Siege in Folge): Pascal - 2 in a row Gerrit - 2 in a row Robin - 1 in a row ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gewinner: Episode 22: Robin Episode 21: Pascal Episode 20: Gerrit Episode 19: kein Quiz Episode 18: Gerrit Episode 17: Pascal Episode 16: Robin Episode 15: Gerrit Episode 14: Pascal Episode 13: Robin Episode 12:Gerrit Episode 11: Gerrit Episode 10: Robin Episode 9: Pascal Episode 8: Pascal Episode 7: Robin Episode 6 und Früher: außerhalb der Wertung
Professor Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech joins us to talk about robotics including how androids interact with humans. Some of her favorite robot include the Darwin, the Nao, and, for home-hacking, the Darwin Mini. Ayanna has a profile on EngineerGirl.org, a site that lets young women ask questions of women in the engineering profession. Elecia has been working on a typing robot named Ty, documented on the Embedded.fm blog. It uses a MeArm, on sale in July 2017 at Hackaday.com, with coupon noted in show. (don't use PayPal to check out or you can't apply the coupon). Other robots for trying out robots: Lego Mindstorms (lots of books, project ideas, and incredible online tutorials!), Cozmobot, Dash and Dot. Some robotics competition leagues include Vex, Botball, and FIRST.
Today our conversation is about the importance of protecting your family and finances with the "i" word - Insurance. But we are going to share with you how to ensure you have the best coverage at the best price. Andrew introduces a new word to our vocabulary. What are your thoughts about Cooperatition? Meet our Feature Guest Over the last 12 years, Andrew Rose has worked with a number of insurance companies including Progressive, Countrywide and Elephant Insurance in several high-profile capacities. His experience in the industry gives him unique insight as the head of Compare.com—an auto insurance comparison engine designed to bring real auto insurance comparison to the U.S. A graduate of Virginia Tech and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (UVA), Andrew Rose saw Compare.com as a chance to help the average American consumer find a great price for auto insurance, as well as great coverage. Compare.com is the first and largest true comparison website, which works directly with insurance carriers to provide customer’s side-by-side comparison for car insurance. It was the Admiral Group, plc that introduced him to the concept. While working for the Admiral Group, Andrew Rose saw firsthand how well auto insurance comparison worked. The Admiral Group operates Confused.com, an auto insurance comparison website founded in 2001 and based in Great Britain. While working for the Admiral Group, Andrew learned the ins-and-outs of Confused.com and how they worked directly with auto insurance companies to deliver real comparison to consumers. This education would propel the creation and launch of Compare.com. Of course, Andrew Rose is more than his job. He’s a happily married family man, Ironman triathlete, and avid marathoner. He’s completed the Boston Marathon four times as well as twelve full and twenty+ half Ironman triathlons in addition to more than a dozen other marathons. Andrew has also been an active volunteer for FIRST LEGO League (FLL) in Virginia and DC for the past 14 years. FLL is a robotics competition for elementary and middle school students which makes use of the LEGO Mindstorms system. During his years as an FLL volunteer Andrew has served on the State Board for the competition, run the state and regional tournaments, emceed the State Championships, and coached teams for his children. The championship tournament in Virginia and DC has achieved the status of the largest robotics competition in the world several times, with over 100 teams competing. Connect with our Guest https://www.compare.com/ (Compare.com) andrew.rose@compare.com ====================================================== Business Owners....Discover business and marketing strategies no one else is sharing with you. Get subscribed to https://anchor.fm/businessownergrowth (Business Owner Growth podcast) Support this podcast
Well, everyone else is doing a decade in review, so why not Bob & Kevin! Be sure to like, follow, subscribe or whatever the heck you need to do on your podcast listening platform of choice! Help us kick this show into high gear. Follow us on twitter at https://twitter.com/bobandkevinshow and enjoy the show transcript below from our friends at https://otter.ai/ Kevin 0:00 So we're back Holy crap, it's the year 2020 Bob 0:05 I have so much disappointment about the statement of year 2020 I just can't even not really about the year itself or anything that it may or may not bring but you know there's just a lot of bullshit flying around right now about not just New Year new me. new decade new me whatever they're saying. I have no idea. Kevin 0:24 Yeah, this is the time of year when you start thinking, Man, maybe I should lose some weight. And of course, you know, even if you do lose weight, it finds you because the only thing that really works is changing the whole lifestyle thing like I don't know living to a state with mountains and hiking all the time. Hey, let me tell you that doesn't take off wait either, by the way, damn it. Oh, that stinks. So according to Back to the Future to in 1989 in the year 2015. Not only will the Cubs win the World Series, which was almost accurate as off by like one year, but we'd be flying around in our automobiles, Bob, are we there yet? Bob 1:05 Well, depends which call flying around. Yeah, we have some autonomous features and functionality in some of our vehicles. We even kind of have hovery skate boardy things. Not really though. Kevin 1:23 I don't know. So it's been a few weeks since we had a pod. We've had a few holidays. Today, as I saw on the internet is the Monday-ist Thursday of the entire year, and it certainly felt that way. Bob 1:37 This whole holiday break has been the shittiest shitty of anything. You could just fill in the blank Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Kevin 1:45 but did you acquire or partake in anything? especially notable over the holidays? Bob 1:54 I had two have my three kids home so that was kind of cool. would have been nice to be 3-for-3 Um, didn't really get any tech related gifts were really minimizing the whole Christmas thing. got this cool piece of artwork though, that I was looking at and my kids noticed that I was looking at it and they bought it for me Kevin 2:12 so awesome. So is it hanging in said, domicile, Bob 2:18 it is prominently displayed in the dining area. It is a collection of hand crafted pine trees they are I think they're created with a arc welder to actually cut out the metal and then uses some kind of patina technique to give them a cool bluish green tint. They're pretty awesome. How Kevin 2:42 about you? Um, yeah, so we are highly evolved. People as a couple my wife and I that is we don't buy each other gifts so usually tend to buy the kids some gifts. We've decided to go on a vacation few weeks after the holiday so that was part of their gift and then The fun thing I got to play with over the last week or so is a vinyl cutter that was not a part of Christmas. It was just one of those things sitting in a box that nobody Bob 3:08 I can't believe you had one of those and no one was using it. That's crazy. Kevin 3:12 Well, my wife's very into scrapbooking and she actually bought it for herself. And then once I learned we had set thing in our possession, boom, started using it and I've already made some stickers and tried screen printing with making it a laser cut stencils, some really cool things you can do. Bob 3:32 So I've seen pictures and some of this stuff looks pretty big. What's that? Like? I don't really know much about vinyl cutters and maybe some of our listeners don't. What? Yeah, but I saw his and hers above your bathroom. That's pretty big. Kevin 3:47 Yeah, so out of the box, so I have the cricket or we have I like it's mine now. Okay, we've got That's beautiful. Yeah, we've got the Cricut Explore air. I'm looking at it here it is on my desk. So possession is nine tenths of the law. So, out of the box, it cuts a 12 by 12 piece of vinyl if you want, and then it goes up to 12 by 24. If you buy a optional mat, which I've totally bought, and then really the sky's the limit because if you need something bigger than that, and you're using cricket, he just basically print it in sections and you put it together. Bob 4:26 So you tile it out. Hmm, Kevin 4:27 yeah, so the his and hers that you can find on my Instagram and or my Twitter account. Yeah. You probably won't go look for it. But I'm just saying the his and hers are one piece each and they are fairly large or like, Bob 4:41 Oh, those are 1pm or one piece each. Yep. So they worked probably on the 12 by 24. Kevin 4:46 Yes, that is correct. And I've since printed, some stickers, some JavaScript stickers. It's great for like laptop stuff. I'm showing Bob here some stickers to the camera. I've made one here for one of my kids. gran starion Yep, and I made him a white and black version. I made a an airborne patch because I was in airborne in the army here this is gonna go to my car and if you notice, what Bob can see is that you can have multiple colors which is really cool. You just layer them on there you cut them in you cut you know one color then you cut the other color then you put them on top of each other. It's pretty cool. Bob 5:23 Is any of this computer driven or is this all manual? Kevin 5:27 Well, the cutting in the designing is all computer driven. Bob 5:46 how much is a cricket runya Kevin 5:48 that's a 200 bucks and there's different versions like version one back in the day you got like Nintendo cartridges. were basically you know you had to buy this cartridge from the local craft store. Plug it in like a video game. Then you get to choose, you know, from an enumerated list of things and is kind of shitty after a while because you're like, but I want to print this custom thing. Oh, here comes version two points version 2.0 is like, hey, we've got this app. And all you basically need is a transparent background. png file. And there we go. And then there's a ton of videos on YouTube to kind of get you going. And holy crap. I'm like, pretty excited. I'm not gonna lie. You appear to be having Bob 6:30 fun with it, because I see lots of pictures. And sorry, you answer you said you're integrating that with your screen printing as well. Kevin 6:37 So yeah, I guess I guess I haven't really talked about screen printing on the show. So I do screen printing. It's kind of like my analog hobby when I just want to get away from the digital world. And so there's many ways to screen printing Bobby, you said you use the screen for maybe you still do, but not still, but used to that there's three primary ways and the first way I I learned was you buy this thing called an emulsion sheet which is pre coated and it's sensitive to sunlight. You print something on a transparency, plop it on top, go out in the sun for a minute, and then you wash it out. And it works actually really well. One drawback there is you can't keep tension on it. So you know, it's guys drawbacks, but it's very easy to burn. The second is the traditional way, which is you, you. Grape, I guess is the right or you go a screen, a traditional screen squeegee the screen. Well, Bob 7:33 now before you get to the squeegee, you kind of said that most of you put the emotion on the squeegee to so Kevin 7:39 well that's the thing I've got. It's like it's called a scoop coder. So you scoop code it and then that's like a Bob 7:45 net sloshing around. Kevin 7:46 You've got to do it in a dark room. So I've had to put together a makeshift dark room and a half and I had to buy red lights and everything. And then I had to build and I'm going to show Bob this. I don't know if you can see it right at the end of my desk here right radio. I know right? The end of my desk is it Hey, this houses my undeveloped screens because it's light sensitive. And so I turn all the lights out usually at night time and then I expose them with UV light. So that's method to method three to bring it back to the cricket is to vinyl cut something and then just apply it right to the screen but you do it in reverse and put it on the bottom side. And then you just squeegee it through. Now I think that's brilliant. Now each way actually has their pros and cons. Do you think that the vinyl cut way is like well, why wouldn't you always do that just less mess easy. The drawback is if you have very fine detail, the vinyl cutter isn't the best solution for that. Really? Yes, you'll want to go traditional in the ocean with the UV light or the or the first method. Bob 8:45 Did I see that you did our logo as a final cut as well did and that turned out Kevin 8:49 really freakin well. So if you want like a car sticker. Oh, that's great. Yes. Bob 8:54 Oh shit. Yeah. Did you remake the did you make the audio waves or was that right from the logo? That Kevin 8:59 is right. Right from the audio, I did not remake anything. Bob 9:02 Damn, that did look good. I'm actually if anyone's interested in checking that out. Did you share that on the show Tweeter, Kevin 9:09 I you know, I have no idea anymore. We have so many accounts, both personal and professional podcasting accounts that it's Bob 9:17 really hard to keep track of super, super professional podcasting accounts. So, um, before we get into the meat of the show, this is kind of like a little transitional thing. Speaking of the show social media. One of the show New Year's resolutions that I've made for myself is to try to be more engaged in the marketing of the show. So I want to share with listeners since we're less than 10 minutes in and maybe most of you are still here, our primary platform appears to be looking back at the 2019 stats, Spotify. So if you are on Spotify, please I think they have a follow button and using that follow button actually subscribe to the podcast but then also helps Spotify algorithm determine where to show our podcast is recommended to some folks that may not have heard us in the past couple years. So that's pretty Kevin 10:12 good do that. That'd be very that's a great resolution. I have traditionally stayed away from resolutions but I did give myself some. So a little more personal info about me. I am a arms dealer of Lego so Bob 10:28 You scared the shit out of me for a second. Kevin 10:31 I buy sell Lego and that's kind of a finicky thing because you know, you just got to pick out the right one then you basically turn around keep them for a while and you sell them but what I learned with that experiences Wow, it is really awesome to make money while you sleep. And I've tried six ways from Sunday to to make money in software like an open source projects making this little library that is that is a tough business. So selling frickin Legos has made Like a million times more money than any software gig I've tried to do on the side, just putting that out there. So the problem with Lego is, is, well, eventually you run out of the good stuff. So I've been into woodworking slash screen printing for the last four or five, six months. And that's where my future efforts are going to continue. And I'm going to open up an Etsy store and I'm going to sell a bunch of woodworking stuff. And I like to really bore the shit out of people by posting all my projects that I have on Instagram often Bob 11:35 No, I love it because I'm not as artistic as I used to be. And it's cool to see you making stuff. I mean, I'm, I'm super engaged with all of my friends that do creative things outside of code. Because I don't do that much creatively outside of code. Well, except maybe podcast. Kevin 11:54 I've definitely I'm at peace with the idea that I'm a creative person, but I don't necessarily have to do In the digital realm, and so I really really, really like balancing my digital creativity with analog creativity. So I played music play guitar, I Bob 12:10 I draw I you know, I fabric Kevin does all the show artwork in case anybody didn't know that. Yes, Kevin 12:16 stick figure art is harder than it looks. Bob 12:21 Especially when you have an annoying co host. It's like, Can you make it look like this? Kevin 12:25 Yes. So yeah, the creativity thing. That's kind of my resolution thing, but in so expect more show swag. Bob and Kevin show branded show swag that you probably can't buy because you probably don't want to buy it. But Bob 12:41 I might have but if you're good listeners and drop us some lines on social media, maybe you'll just could Kevin 12:47 Yeah, Bob 12:48 possibly get some and then Kevin 12:50 I've done a lot of signs that. So confession time Kevin really likes Pinterest and from what I understand That's that's, you know, takes a lot of courage sticks, you know, to say that so I really like Pinterest and I steal all my great woodworking ideas from there. There I said it. Bob 13:10 You use it as your creative Muse you don't steal? Yeah, Kevin 13:13 I liked you could be my marketing manager if this ever goes anywhere. Bob 13:18 I like it. I don't think you're going to need one. I think the shop speaks for itself. Well, alright, so we've talked a little bit about some resolutions. And I think that it's a very popular, hip trendy thing for shows like ours to take a look back at the prior year and technology or whatever the topic of conversation is, but since we did turn that big decade clock, I think we turned the decade clock. I think there's debate on that as well. But everyone's saying we turn the decade clock. So I think we're going to take a little bit of a look back at the the decade in tech. Kevin 13:56 Does that sound about right? Yeah. So the other day, I think we'd agreed upon some ground rules on what should we freakin talk about in our New Year's episode? And you didn't follow any of the ground rules? Oh, we'll see. We'll see. So the rules were that we had to come up with the 10 best and 10 worst things and or releases or objects tech related in the last decade. Right. That was kind of the right rules. Bob 14:22 Yeah. And a little glimpse behind the curtain for those of you who listen, and we probably mentioned this before, this show is not highly scripted at all. And when we do come up with topics like this, we don't share like our our conversations during the day get very awkward because we want to talk about this stuff, but we can't. So I have no idea what Kevin's top 10 and top 10 lists are and he has no idea what mine are. But I'm actually pretty excited to see if there's any overlap at all. In which would be even the most entertaining is if I have something on the good list. He has it on the bad. Or vice versa. Like, Kevin 15:03 it's like the naughty and nice list. Bob 15:05 Yes. So So where do we want to start? Let's hear let's just so I did rank Where did you rank yours? I don't know how heavy my writer rank in descending order from 10 to one, I have two honorable mentions in each category. All right, Kevin 15:19 very good. Let's just give me your 10th best technology of the 2010s. Bob 15:25 What should I do my honorable mentions first because they're outside the top 10? Kevin 15:31 Uh, no. Give me Bob 15:33 the Oh, we're going to close out with those after we get the number one. Yes. So we're doing the positive ones first. Kevin 15:39 Let's go back and forth. So we'll do a best one will do this one and then so Okay. Bob 15:45 All right. So this one is going to be my number 10 of the most positive things and tech from the last decade. For me, I said the rise of music subscription services and the end of the CD and Digital piracy era I key cuz full disclosure, I used to sometimes stumble across music that I didn't own prior to the 2010s Kevin 16:11 that's, that's interesting because look, are you including or maybe you don't want to tell me streaming video as well Bob 16:20 and this this is specifically to get it so so I was kind of looking at personal things so as well as like big industries the Kevin 16:28 streaming is huge and it's such a strange concept to no longer have a tangible piece of music like an album if you are does an album even exist anymore. Bob 16:41 Yeah, actually really cool. hipsters will release their albums on vinyl on very limited release, although it has been increasing in popularity again. But this has been a very big conversation in our house over the holidays to with the digital music, because nobody actually owns the music anymore. So David, for the most part, David Neil Kevin 17:00 Also known as at Reverend geek, he was on one of the early Bob and Kevin show, YouTube additions. He tweeted the other day is like, hey, CDs, it's kind of like an offline version of Spotify just laughed my ass off. So, Bob 17:16 but it's not, though, because the CD doesn't know what you want to hear next. Kevin 17:20 There's no algorithm, Bob 17:22 right? There's no algorithm on the disk. Okay, Kevin 17:25 well, you can burn your own playlist. So I guess there's, there's some in there, Bob 17:29 I know. But think about it. So we went through that evolution where you had a bunch of CDs that you purchased at the store, then you digitize those CDs. And then you took those CDs in major own mix CDs. So think about how much waste we've, Kevin 17:46 I don't know, not prevented, but ceased to create because of this movement, but that or do we just move it because now everything's streamed and you have to create the energy to move the bits each and every time Bob 18:00 Yeah, but the internet was gonna do that anyway. But it Kevin 18:03 didn't need to do this. Pick a song over and over and over and over and over and over again and it never downloads anyway, Bob 18:10 that's what bandwidth is about. Alright, so let me throw that was my number 10. What was yours? Kevin 18:15 My number 10 Best thing was the iPad slash smartphone. So I realized that's a very broad category. Bob 18:23 I like where you're going with that though, because phones have basically become iPads lately. Kevin 18:26 Well, the iPad was released in 2010. And full disclosure, I made a lot of fun of it at the time because I'm like, this is stupid. This will never work. There's no keyboard oh my gosh, why would she do there's no apps you know, live to do them. I was wrong. I am raising my hand for the camera here. I was wrong. And then smartphones themselves I worked at a wireless carrier, a Verizon Wireless carrier, and I was a part of the retail side of moving a bunch of smartphones to the public. I realized the iPhone was invested in 2007. But I really don't think it took off until Android was released, which was in that neighborhood. I'd have to have the internet we don't have and can't afford look that up. But I do remember at the time blackberry happened to be king, Bob 19:17 right? Hey, oh, god, you're gonna laugh so hard. This is the best radio ever got. I can't wait, keep going. Kevin 19:23 Well, I was just gonna mention Whatever happened to hard Qwerty keyboards on the phones. Well, they lost to the soft screen. So what do you think? Bob 19:33 Well, I think that that's a great number 10 for the positives. Do you want to hear my number 10 for the negative laid on me. Listeners at home, this is not scripted by number 10 for some of the downside things, I guess this actually could be spent as a positive people who should not have been making phones like Facebook, Amazon, BlackBerry, and Windows Phone Those are all really bad smartphones of the 20. Kevin 20:04 Well, I allow me to split hairs. blackberry was the jam. So if you want a corporate email on your phone, Blackberry was it. I mean, even President Obama was like, give me my crackberry Bob 20:19 it was, but very early on in the 2010s. blackberry was already in the throes of like the death throes the last twitches of life where they came out with their tablet. I can't remember what they called it, but it was you know, they were trying to revive their, their smartphone presence and they just couldn't do it. So I totally Kevin 20:41 missed by I totally missed Windows Phone but I wouldn't say I missed it. Or do miss it. Blackberry. I think they tried to come out with a soft screen again. Bob, Bob's holding up his Bob 20:54 apparently I my windows 8.1 phone that I still have because it runs like a beat Kevin 21:00 So in Facebook, do they actually have a smartphone? Bob 21:04 So Facebook was toying with the idea of a smartphone and what they did instead of making the hardware, they came out with a basically a flavor of Android that they tried to distribute on pre made devices and, like a lot of Facebook things it didn't. Kevin 21:21 While we're talking Facebook up a quick reminder that my particular version of Android cannot uninstall Facebook. I can only disable it. Thanks, Mark, because I didn't need that 300 mega space on my phone anyway, right. Bob 21:36 I'm gonna make a quick prediction here that Facebook is going to come up in this conversation more than what can I do my Kevin 21:41 number 10 then Hell yeah. Number 10. Worst thing the bad thing was the bad yeah, bad things. Facebook acquires Instagram in 2012 Bob 21:53 Wow, that was still that was wet number 10. For you. Wow. It's it's in this list is gonna get into Kevin 22:00 Yeah the list is young. So yeah so in in 2012 I don't know that any of us including the FTC, or whatever government agency overlords you know, mergers and stuff like that. I don't think they necessarily saw future things like surveillance state 2016 election, Cambridge Analytica, yada yada yada in 2012. So yeah, sure, why not? You got money, they, you can buy them great. And nobody really understood how the filter bubbles and how speech was going to be shaped in 2019 2020. Well, pick a year. Bob 22:38 So you're so funny. God, this is the best. I knew this was going to be great. Kevin 22:42 So what do you think? hasman number 10. Bob 22:46 Number. Yeah, that's very interesting that that's your number 10 because you kind of bit off a lot there. So I'm very curious to hear what 931 are for the bad. Well, Kevin 22:57 yeah, I may have tipped my hand a little bit. But let's let's go with your number nine, what's your number nine. Bob 23:02 Okay thing. So number nine positives. It's funny that you said iPad was your number 10. Number nine for me was the Microsoft Surface Book. Because in the surface the surface line of products from Microsoft, very much along the same lines, full functional computing with detachable screens in still very pop powerful graphics processing and overall CPU not just the GPU so I love my Surface Book. I have one personally and one professionally, and they're talking about getting new machines at work. Luckily, we've already run the disclaimer If not, I'll drop it in here as well. But I don't want a new one. I don't want a new machine. I like my surface. Wow. So Microsoft for as much as they struggle. I feel like in various consumer based hardwares and software's windows 10 and Surface line we're pretty big in the 2010s for me so I think so Kevin 24:04 I've never had a surface but here's what grinds my gears with when with with Microsoft Surface before the Microsoft Surface that you're talking about debuted Microsoft had another surface Do you remember that at all? Bob 24:19 Well, I think they have the I would guess they call it the they don't call it the plain vanilla but they do have just the surface period. And it you know, has a type of cover and Nope, nope, nope. Kevin 24:30 Other surface so in 2011 I went to Indianapolis, Indiana to the Gen Con board game convention. Yeah, nerd alert. Bob 24:40 Right. So we need to alert nerd alert drop right. Kevin 24:44 So back then Microsoft had a product called surface but it was a table that was so thick of the screen is the table top and you can put things on it and it would you know like capacitive touch, you would know what's on it and then they would it was really good. Cool, but they totally went away from that. So, Bob 25:03 yeah, I wish I wish they would go back. Maybe they'll bring it back maybe. All right. Are you ready? So that was my nine, number nine positive. So your number nine positive is Kevin 25:12 Azure, AWS slash cloud, the cloud, all the things now this is cloud computing, cloud computing, right? And this is very near and dear to my like, daily professional life, because one of the worst things that I can imagine as a web developer is on premise hosting. You know, yeah, on one hand, you're like, yeah, I have control the box, I can do whatever. But with AWS and Azure, there's this concept of server less, which, by the way, it's still Bob 25:42 a real server, right? It's in a box, which Kevin 25:44 it's terrible naming when they say server lists it, explaining it to non tech people. Oh, so there's no server. No, there is a server, it's just virtualized. Anyway, I digress. So but it's really changed my day to day job. It's really enabled this thing called DevOps automation, and it's really changed. Like the landscape of everyone because it what it does, what it does is it lowers the bar, you know, expose the CD ends to Joe developer, Jane developer. It does all these things. So you mentioned earlier music streaming, I humbly think that the cloud revolution helped enable the streaming revolution. What do you think? Bob 26:23 Oh, I think so much of that is dead on, you know, physical boxes. Don't really, I mean, I'm sure they exist. I'm sure there's tons of them out there still. But yeah, that platform, the whole idea of that distributed computing that is easily accessible and the, you know, the front end that they've given all that stuff with the front end tool, so it's not all command line stuff. Yeah. It's pretty amazing. Kevin 26:50 Yeah. And AWS started because they basically had an internal need and then they just said, Hey, wouldn't be cool if we just sold some of our capacity. I don't know. Azure has a similar history but I thought that is some of the best ways to create tech you know, create a business which is solve a real problem and then see if you can make it generic and or you know, you know, abstracted if you will, so that was mine. Which guy Bob 27:19 so, we're on so my it's my number nine bad one, right? Yes. Okay, so I kind of went off the beaten path a little bit on this one. This is kind of more of a pet peeve than a so my number nine is bad Kickstarter tech launches. And the one that really comes to mind from the 2010s is the the coolest cooler, which was the cooler that was just trying to be way too many things than just a cooler. I think it had streamable music it had multiple USB chargers speakers on board. It had everything Swiss Army knife Kevin 27:58 or cooler Right. Bob 27:59 Yeah. But for a fucking cooler so I think that paved the way for a bunch of people to be like, Hey, I know this crazy thing that's a bunch of things taper to other things and let's start a Kickstarter for it. And that got really annoying. So Kevin 28:15 full disclosure, I think in 2013 or 14 I was part of a Kickstarter campaign totally failed. But that reminds me because this isn't on any of my list. I'm glad you brought this one up. Because Patreon, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe. Those are the ones just off the top my head. Everyone in their brother and sister are holding their hand out going Hey, give me money. Why? Because of an idea. Okay, well, Bob 28:48 or I can't make rent. here's the kicker. Here's a good one for I can't make rent this month. Yeah. Kevin 28:54 Yeah. So I still like being, you know, contributing when I can can do a charity I'm mostly I can contribute my time not so much money. Every time I see a Patreon for somebody I know, we call it the Tupperware problems, like, I gotta buy at least two bowls, you know, a salad bowl with the leg, make sure you get the lids, otherwise, you know, he's gonna be pissed. And you know, I want to be friends still. And so we call it the Tupperware party, Bob and I do and it's really hard because you look, as a creator, we're Bob and I are both creators, we look and go, I look at all these great, you know, people doing great things and getting Patreon. But then it's like the top 1% It feels like that's, that's actually getting somewhere on these platforms. And then there's everyone else. So Kickstarter sells you this dream and with the 1% actually doing it and they collect, you know, the funds underneath as a fee. So I really look at that stuff and go on. That's just, I don't even know what to call it's not really snake oil, but it's definitely like Same shit different, you know method here where, hey, we're just trying to separate people from money, right? Bob 30:06 Well, my boys bless their hearts. They're both big fans of Kickstarter type projects. And they are just now receiving stuff that they invested in when they were in their mid teens. And they're both in their 20s Kevin 30:23 man, also not a super long game. I guess I won't tell you what's not on my list just in case it's still on your list. All right, let me go with my number nine and you'll be like we're What? The Video Game fortnight This is on my negative list. Bob 30:38 Oh, that's so funny. Kevin 30:42 Video Game my mind. So go ahead. So I put fortnite on there. Mostly Bob 30:46 for shit. No, I did put a video game on mine. Well, I'm Kevin 30:51 so fortnite just the way it affects all the kids. All the children in my orbit. my nieces, my nephews, my own kids. These people are dicted listen Like a real drug and on top of that, it pretty much shut down every other video game except for maybe Minecraft and untitled goose game. Alright, so there's like three video games left in the world because of fortnight has just totally come in steamrolled everything. And they have this concept of V bucks, where, you know, the kids are like, Hey, can we get or can we get a gift card for Microsoft so we can apply it to our Xbox so we can basically just give it away. I'm like, Oh my god, this is this is life. And then there's like this internal gambling addiction that they all have, because you can get these llamas and these crates and you get this random thing that comes out. And while I'm on the gambling thing, my girls who don't play fortnight as much they do play fortnight. They have toys like lol dolls are familiar lol dolls. It so so. So if you go to Walmart or any retailer, they'll have them so it's a sealed box opaque. You can't see what's in it. The whole idea is you got to buy it to see what's in it and it plays on these like human emotions. curiosity. Anyway, so number nine is fortnight for me What am I? Bob 32:08 Oh, that is a great so now we're to my number eight. Kevin 32:13 Number eight positive Bob 32:14 number eight positive and I lied and I want to stress again this is not scripted, we did not see each other's list. My number eight positive tech from the 2010s is Minecraft because it's a family focused gaming adventure and you can play it with your kids and actually with my kids, I taught them how to manage their own minecraft server so they weren't out there messing around with the general public so taught them how to give server line commands basically through the through the Minecraft thing so this is so funny that you were fortnight and now I'm on Minecraft so Kevin 32:56 okay so interesting sacred you're picking Minecraft Yes, Minecraft Bob 33:02 positive. Oh, okay. Kevin 33:03 Yeah so Minecraft I think has replaced Lego and a lot of housecalls for sure yeah Bob 33:09 digital Lego without a doubt yeah and when I again Kevin 33:12 another thing I was totally wrong on with Minecraft cuz I see it I'm like what the hell is this shit The graphics are terrible right you know it's very blocky no kids gonna like this right they're just gonna be like oh well you know give me like Call of Duty or something with high end graphics but actually I kind of like Minecraft because it It stimulates creativity and building and whatnot. Bob 33:38 Yep, that's pretty much why I was coming in at number eight for me of the 2010 Alright, so Kevin 33:42 my number eight you'll probably snicker a little bit is crypto slash blockchain. Bob 33:51 So this is your number eight positive Oh, Kevin 33:53 oh, I'm sorry. This is my negative shoot. Bob 33:58 No, that's why Kevin 34:00 I totally messed up. So all right, I'm gonna I'll come back to my number eight positive because I've already tipped my hand. So my number eight negative is crypto blockchain because as of right now, I don't think crypto blockchain has changed the world because that's basically what all the crypto slash blockchain people are saying, Oh, we got a blockchain all the thing it will change the face of insert industry, crypto currency, it will change the face of whatever. I'm still waiting for it to change any part of my life. Bob, what part of your life has it changed? Bob 34:35 Um, I think the only thing that it's really affected is our podcasting because of the Libra kinds of Libra crypto trying to desperately make its way to market. We did do that experiment a couple years back with investing in crypto and tracking the markets. So but that was more just fun. And I Still have not recouped from where we invested. Kevin 35:03 Yeah, you and I totally hit the apex of crypto hey look at all this great stuff happening in crypto let's invest and the good thing I sold out right, I am out for save whatever 15 bucks a Bitcoin was worth a few months ago. Bob 35:19 Yeah, I'm still in. I'm still in. Kevin 35:22 Yeah, we're such suckers, man. Such suckers. Alright, so that was my number eight negative. Do you want me to catch up and just do my number eight positive and then we'll Yeah, we'll just flip it so you do your number a positive so my number eight positive is SpaceX reusable rockets. Wow. So you and I had a live stream of the Falcon Heavy launch which highlighted the landing of the booster rockets and that was in 2017. We had my kids. Bob 35:56 They got two out of three on that one, right? Kevin 35:59 Something like that. But it looked like a frickin science fiction alien invasion movie, which was awesome. Bob 36:07 Suit I got choked up. Kevin 36:09 Oh, me too. And to this day every time they stick the landing, which is it pretty much every Bob 36:14 time now it's regular now. Yeah, Kevin 36:16 that's, that's awesome. I think one of the rockets that went up recently was like its fourth or fifth flight. And that's gotta save money somewhere. And I've heard a lot of people say, Oh, it won't be financially feasible still, you just gotta throw those away and start over. But I think they're starting to prove that wrong. What do you think? Bob 36:35 Yeah, no, I think they're getting financial benefit with the multi launch multi land for sure. That's how they're able to really kind of like supplement the starlink programs. So yeah, the reusable rockets. That's brilliant. Yeah. So and for the most part right now, those are 100%. unmanned trips, right? Kevin 36:55 Yeah. They are testing the ability to send up manned crew and they've had some success recently, because right now we're actually dependent on Russia of all people to send people up the space station. And I will be in Florida in a couple months and trying to catch a falcon nine launch for the starlink program but that's about like thread that needle at this point. Bob 37:21 Right You showed me the schedule it looks like it's not going to happen while you're there. Kevin 37:25 You know, I don't know the schedule enough to know that maybe I'm just looking too far out and they're just gonna fill the schedule or or what have you, but I'm excited. My kids are too They want to see it. Bob 37:35 That would be awesome. Kevin 37:36 Yes. All right. We're up to your number eight. Worst, my number. My number eight bad. Yes. Bob 37:44 This could be a trip down memory lane for some not a positive one. Kevin, did you ever hear of the lytro camera back in the 2010 never heard of it. It is a light Field Camera. And it was supposed to revolutionized digital photography. And it looked like a rectangular tube. But what the camera did it was supposed to capture the infinity of the light that created an image. So you could capture that photograph doing air quotes. And then you could do it ever you wanted to with after that, because it had infinite resolution. That's interesting. So, Kevin 38:28 yeah, it failed, by the way. So have you ever been in photography? Bob 38:33 I yeah, I actually do love photography. And I should love to Kevin 38:37 talk. So when you focus on a certain spot it becomes or there's a certain spot of moving the focal length and you'll hit what's called the hyper focal distance. And everything beyond that point is in focus. It's just like, we can take a picture of a mountain range and it's like, why is that always in vice, the background noise and focus because you've got the focal length, that's the hyperfocal distance, anything in front of You start getting the beaucaire or Boca or however you want to pronounce it. I don't even know what the real word way of pronouncing that is. Bob 39:07 But it's I'm not that big in photography, Kevin 39:09 but to get the subject in focus in the background out of focus. So anyway, blah, blah, blah, blah. Sounds interesting. But you said it totally failed. Bob 39:17 Yeah, first of all, they were super expensive. And the UX, the form factor for the device itself was just very clunky. So, but it was something at the time, I was very into photography and spending money on lenses and things like that, and was very excited about but there was no way I could afford it. When it came out. They came up with a better form factor, but it was still like over 1600 dollars. I think at the time, well, Kevin 39:47 you know what, there's a there's a thing called the iPhone 11. That's got about three cameras on it, and it's a little less than that. So Bob 39:54 right and you can totally adjust that bootcut whatever it is, too. So yeah. Kevin 39:59 Interesting. Bob 40:01 All right, but yeah, so that was yet some of these are very personal to me. So this is pretty fun. Kevin 40:07 I'm glad I didn't bet money if what your number eight was eight would be all right, my number seven positive is 3d printing slash CNC slash vinyl cutting. Bob 40:22 Man, I'm so glad you hit that market too. Kevin 40:24 So 3d printing for me it's very cool. I've seen people make just some ridiculously cool things are basically like hey, yeah, we'll take one of those it's sort of like the the real life replicator from Star Trek shout out to start a supplemental. We need a nice here we need to eventually do this crossover episode Bob 40:43 crossover coming soon. Kevin 40:44 Yes. So that's what I think a 3d printer does. My vinyl cutter is that 2d printer very cool. In I've also seen that they can 3d print organs now which is like totally mind blowing like, hey, can 3d print a new heart and stuff They're printing. Bob 41:00 Yeah, they're printing meat too, which is really weird. Kevin 41:04 So I think 3d printing is still early, but I think it has a lot of promise. I've seen 3d printed houses out of concrete, you know, for in developing countries, just they can just set up a machine and it prints overnight. Yeah, just mind boggling. So what do you think? Bob 41:21 Yeah, I think that that's a really good one. I actually did not touch upon 3d printing. But it's funny that you brought it up because my wife the other day was asking if 3d printers were getting cheaper, and so I thought that was really like that was a bizarre, surreal moment in the baby bar household that she was even considering 3d 3d printing. I like the aspect of 3d printing as well as like printing pieces or tools to do things without having to go to the store to purchase tools. I think that's pretty cool as well. Kevin 41:54 Yeah. Yeah. I played the game civilization quite often. And one of the technologies that you can unlock is called replaceable parts, you know, like preceeds. Like, it's like Civil War era type thing where you could start, you know, fixing things rather than just having to craft it from A to Z every time well give me a couple of these parts, and then we're back to New. So I see the 3d printer is an extension of replaceable parts. And not that I think a hardware store is going to go out of business anytime soon. But when 3d printers become more ubiquitous, that might change. Bob 42:30 Well didn't one of the like space shuttle missions or some space mission space station, maybe even they were able to 3d print a wrench that helped them out in a situation or something like that Kevin 42:42 sounds familiar, but I can't recall the exact one. All right, we got anyway. Yeah, that's a great, well gotta move on. I say what's your number seven positive Bob 42:51 by number seven positive is pretty interesting because I think you've already alluded to this, but number seven positive was cable cutting with streaming services like Sling TV. And we've talked about this on the show several times where I think in the early 2010s when this started to happen, it was meant to be a very positive thing. But now with every service jumping on the streaming subscription bandwagon, really if you add them all back together, it probably costs more than traditional cable Kevin 43:22 and it has the side effect of putting us into an additional filter bubble. We haven't really talked about filter bubbles on this episode just yet, but you know, you're in your platform, you're in your channels and you're you know, you're on Netflix. I cord cut in 2012 off of DirecTV and my wife was pissed she's like, I want my whatever that we remember DVR. I mean, back then, you had to DVR things now. Everything's on demand. I mean, just the world has changed so much. Bob 43:51 Yeah, we need my family off. DVR was a very interesting experience to the cord cutting. So Kevin 43:56 yeah, I like it. I guess now we can transition to My number seven worst and it is crisper. Are you familiar with crisper? Bob 44:07 The DNA editor Kevin 44:08 so I would like to bundle this with DNA testing as well. So there's a Netflix series I forget what it's called, but it follows how crisper works and things like that. And I don't even want to you know, it's not a religious thing and nothing like that. I just think it's a bad idea to fuck with nature, Bob 44:26 right? Oh, I think gene editing is a terrible idea. Kevin 44:29 Yeah, um, the The one thing I think is is way more acceptable is GMOs. You know, if we can make corn feed us more and you know, whatever, that's fine but trying to alter somebody's intellect I color you know, the frick people aren't frickin ecommerce items. I mean, I guess you are in some countries, which is very sad. But so, you know, you don't order your children often many right? Bob 44:57 Yeah, and I can really can't imagine a society where you Would I mean, that's definitely a black mirror up. So Kevin 45:02 for sure, well, I mean, I could definitely, you know, play antagonistic to myself. People would say, Well, Kevin, we can eliminate cancer, we can eliminate whatever, whatever. But you and I are coders what happens when we fix bugs Bob? Bob 45:17 New bugs have Thank you. Kevin 45:20 cancer, but you're gonna create God knows what literally God knows wouldn't be the only one who knows what. And maybe that wipes this all out. Period. Bob 45:28 Right. It's just a cascade of it's just a bit. It's a cascade of bad consequences. Kevin 45:33 Yeah, so. All right, well, so I think the pendulum has now swung your number six. Bob 45:41 Good. Now I think we're on my saddle bag. Right. Kevin 45:44 Say it's good thing. We should call it a good thing. We're calling this out because I can't even count the 10 apparently. Bob 45:49 That's okay. Number seven bad is Google in perpetual beta throughout the 20 times, and then the ultimate bait and switch where free services no longer We're free services. That one's pretty self explanatory. I think we hate all the big tech giants with equal Kevin 46:07 disregard. So I'm familiar with the website, killed by Google. com. Bob 46:14 I'm pretty sure we brought it up. And when you're talking about all the companies Kevin 46:16 are also actually brought this up just for this episode. And I did not know two things on here are actually already scheduled for the X number one is Angular JS be one that is no longer supported, as of one year from now, so in one year for using Angular one dot, whatever, and I realized that's very nerdy and very like specific to coding and I am trying not to go down specific things here. But Angular JS is an older but super popular thing that we used Bob 46:49 to go super stable. Kevin 46:50 Yes, absolutely. I Bob 46:51 don't know why they fucked with the law. Kevin 46:53 Well, reasons right. Then here's the one that I was like. Are you kidding me? Google Hangouts is being Bob 47:01 I did hear that they were sundowning that, but I think they're just giving it a different name to be on it. Kevin 47:06 Yeah, apparently it's going to be called shit. I don't sit here, it's gonna be part of the G Suite. So maybe it's just, they're just not making direct money on because people just use hangouts for random garden variety shit. And that probably costs money. Right? Bob 47:22 Right. And they want to bring it into G Suite because G Suite is not one of their paid things. Yeah, so that's Kevin 47:27 kind of another 12 months according to kill by Google, but killed by Google is kind of a fun website because he just I mean, it's a lot of scrolling a lot of vertical scrolling of Holy shit. All of that is now dead. And while the lay person could probably care less than we do, but Bob and I, you know, when when we're asked to integrate with service x, I don't know about you, Bob. But when it's owned by Google, I go, Oh, well, how long do we even have left with whatever this is, Bob 47:58 right. It's a Total question mark for sure. Kevin 48:01 hate it. And I, you mentioned google maps that totally did a bait and switch on that. I'm trying to get Google out of my life, if you will. I'm actually using DuckDuckGo lot more. And if you do like a search on DuckDuckGo, and like directions, it's actually powered by Apple Maps, which is kind of an interesting twist on things. Oh, boy. Apparently, I don't know if I like that. I haven't really used Apple Maps. I heard it was really bad. And they've made improvements and I'm know apple. Bob 48:36 I think they bought ways one of them bought ways Google or Apple to go. Okay, Google that. Okay. Yeah, Kevin 48:41 that was unceremoniously explained to me the other day when I was like, why is Google Maps and way so similar? Whatever ignorant thing I said. Okay, so, so your number six positive, that's what we're up to. And then I know this is gonna be real nerdy, so I'll try to keep up light for the general listener. hub picks the number one spot over there the decade to become the go to place to dump your source code. Bob 49:08 Now, I think that's a good one. Kevin 49:10 Now, why does that matter? Well, I can tell you it prior to the 2010s. Source Control was very optional. And a lot of people may say, Yeah, right, not where we work. But let me tell you, I worked a lot of places, and it was copy paste, and you do control C, Control V, that's your backup. And they said, you know, it just put the little numbers that Windows does, you know, 123 as you control C, Control V. So GitHub really changed it. There was a bunch of competitors, and there still are subversion, whatnot, and then Microsoft bought them. So that was kind of a big deal that happened recently. And why does this matter? Well, GitHub is very known for open source and basically, the open source revolution. I'm going to try to put that in here as well. It's a big deal for both programmers and non programmers why is it important for non programmers? Because the programmers can bring you things that they couldn't before. What do you think? Bob 50:08 Yeah, and I think it's a great learning tool opportunity for developers and non developers alike. If you're interested in getting into code. GitHub being basically the open source, you know, realm, you can, you can just pick up a lot of great grades. I'm sure you can pick up a lot of garbage too, but there's a lot of good stuff out there. Kevin 50:27 So okay, where does that leave us? Which list are you on? Remember now? Bob 50:32 That was your number six positive so it's time for my number six positive and I think this one will be brief. I think slack is my number six positive and its ability to kind of almost fulfill the Facebook mission of bringing people together without necessarily all the ads in bullshit stuff that I'm sure we'll talk about a little later. Kevin 50:58 So yeah, slack is my number six. Good. So when I worked at the first agency I worked at we were an early adopter of slack. So slack was created in 2012. We start using in 2013. And, and at at the time, it's like, yes, it's cool, but I thought it was just yet another thing that you know, was out there. But it's really changed things because it's dead simple. It's web based. It pretty much killed off things. And it'll probably laugh AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, remember, I mean, you'd have to have all of those installed. Because depending on who you want to talk to, right? Bob 51:34 Yes. Do you remember that one that pulled them all together? I can't think of the name of it now. But there was like a universal chat app that you basically registered all your other accounts through and you could use it Damn it. I can't remember it was called Kevin 51:46 it sounds sketchy price stores your password. Bob 51:49 Yeah, there was all kinds of shitty stuff with that, but it was a trillion trillion Pro. I love to trillion. Alright, so let's see. Where's an hour back to the bad? Right? Okay, so Kevin 52:03 so my number six, and this is going to be specific. But Oracle sued Google because of Android, the API's and aerosol. Yeah. And that's still being litigated. And it's for like billions of dollars and Oracle is one the initial judgment, and Google's appealing. But the real trouble with this isn't the money that's changing hands, because you and I wouldn't say it anyway. It's doesn't have anything to do with us. But it set the precedent that the API signatures I believe, is, and I could have this totally wrong, but the API signature think of the interfaces as copyrightable. Not the implementation, but just having a method named void save or something. Bob 52:42 Yeah, see, that's crap. That's like, I don't know. That's like trademarking toilet paper. Yeah. Kevin 52:48 So, speaking of frivolous patents, I should maybe I put that in that maybe that's the overarching theme here. somebody tried to claim that the shaft car was their patented invention and in fact, I believe they actually got the patent, and Newegg contested it because this guy is like hey, Newegg. And if you're not familiar Newegg. They're like a computer retailer. You owe us a bunch of money because you have a shopping cart completely like was like, you know, you can't patent the mouse click. The shopping cart is obvious. So, patent trolls and whatnot. I just hate that kind of stuff. So we put that in there too. What do you think? Bob 53:29 Well, I think that's great. I yeah, there's so many shitty things that apparently happened in 2010. Kevin 53:34 And we're only halfway done. Bob 53:37 So my number six is going to be super quick because we've already touched on it. My number six of the not so great tech would be the crypto craze. Bitcoin was pre 2010. But a theorem kind of brought wallet, online trading all that kind of good stuff to the forefront because it was something other than just Bitcoin. It's a mess. Kevin 53:57 So that's a good one. I'll just quickly transition to my number five positive and I'll just throw it out there as the gig economy so if you're a god damn magician, car driver whatnot the power is is did you Bob 54:17 say magician? Yeah Kevin 54:18 because the reason I said I'm watching on Netflix it's Bob 54:22 Oh my son watches that one the magician's right Kevin 54:24 well, there's a button no not not that one's on CW but there was one on Netflix. It's called, like, magic for humans or something. And it's like he actually mentioned in there the gig economy, you can basically get anyone to do anything on the internet these days. Whether it's, you know, back in the day when you're growing up, it's like, you can hire a band, you know, you have this like sketchy part of Craigslist. Well, that's come out and they're their apps. I mean, when I was at your there's an app for that when I was at your place, you had like three or four options of people who will bring you food to your house. Yeah, guess how many cats Has well we still have pizza hut and Papa John's that's about it and I don't think this qualifies gig economy, right? Bob 55:07 Nope, not so. Alright, so that was your number five good? Yes. My number five good basically encompasses a lot of stuff we talked about today 4g LTE networks that came of age in the 2000s which made a lot of this digital communication streaming from your phones possible so Kevin 55:30 that figure that was a really big that might be on my list that might be on my list of the a quick one. Okay, so 4g definitely did change it and I'm patiently frickin waiting for 5g because while sometimes I will use my 4g hotspot do work and or do a podcast with you. 5g is where I think I need to be for the whole house because I don't think my 4g phones gonna handle that. Bob 55:57 So now melted. Kevin 55:59 Yes. So that's good. Alright, moving along here. Bob 56:03 Number five bad or five bad net Kevin 56:05 neutrality. So good one net neutrality for the lay person is a topic that came up a couple of years ago, basically the current administration, FCC head said, you know, what, no longer are these protections in place? What protections were they? You say, Kevin? Well, what they are is let's say your internet provider wanted to throttle slow down your Netflix, because you're doing a lot of binge watching or whatever, Bob 56:36 before net neutrality, or because large corporate interest, wanted more bandwidth and paid for it. That's yourself. Kevin 56:42 That's it. So So net neutrality protected us. But those rules got rescinded. And now it is possible that you can be throttled unless you pay to play right. Bob 56:56 Yeah, tinfoil hat guy and me says we've always been throttled. Kevin 56:59 Yeah. How do you check that right? Bob 57:02 Yeah, exactly. All right. I think we're back to the positives. Nope. My number five negative. You've just got the ping pong game all wrong. My number five negative. You've already brought it up. Mine was DNA kits for the masses. Yeah, so don't do it. We don't we Yeah, we don't need to be testing our DNA, who who cares? Who cares where we're from? Who cares what we might die? Well, Kevin 57:24 it's a pseudoscience really Anyway, I've read so many articles were there. Who knows if what the information they're giving you is any were true because you can be, say Jewish as a race or a Jewish as a religion. You can be from the Middle East, but your skin color you know, I mean, there's just so many combinations and it's just doesn't make sense. Plus, the Pentagon just recently put out a warning saying, hey, if your God member you shouldn't be submitting these DNA tests for for security reasons. Bob 57:59 That's got to be One of the biggest red flags I've ever seen it's just such a data grab so gross right all right, all right, so your number four good one he might Kevin 58:09 crap your parents, but I'm gonna loop in AI ml and neural nets. Oh wait Bob 58:16 as a good one Kevin 58:17 toes you're gonna crap your pants. So actually, this one kind of rides the line for me between good and bad and I've got a few of those. So I was watching the YouTube series that I pass along you which is only three to three episodes before YouTube Bob 58:33 I was gonna say it's paywalls right only Kevin 58:35 the first three episodes are free but after that they want money and sorry YouTube, you've already you're already profiting off me somehow someway. But fucking drug dealers. One of the cool things in there was a guy a former Tennessee Titan football player had ALS or has ALS and they use speech recognition type things to help learn how he talks now. Excuse me versus how he used to talk Like press conferences and things like that. And now they can translate him very well. And I was like, that's what ml Bob 59:07 is. Wait, so they can translate him in his own voice basically. Yes. Kevin 59:11 So he's very well, that's beautiful. That's cool. He's very difficult to understand in real life now. But they can, they can go both ways they can, okay, he can say something now, and it can just do text, or they can also replay in his own voice, which is amazing. That's pretty awesome. They also have it where somebody has lost a limb and they have the Luke Skywalker hand where you know, you move these things in your arm and it knows then it learns you as a person on how to move it. Because previous attempts at like limbs, specially hands hands are very complicated is well how do we make this work for everyone? Well, you don't that's the problem. Everyone is wired kind of a little bit differently. And if you leverage machine learning, to kind of figure out you know, the nuances A few and hey, that work that didn't and adjust on the fly. That's great. And so that's where I think it's super. That's great noble, where I'm not so hot on AI and machine learning is like self driving cars. I really think that's just you know, I know. That's just a waste of time. You know, we're, you know, I just read the other day, Tesla hat was involved in another autopilot death, you know, where the car was an autopilot and killed some people. So, of course, yeah, Bob 1:00:30 but still, they've got like, hundreds of thousands to go before that's really an issue. Kevin 1:00:35 Right? I mean, the the easy defense of that is Yeah, and so and so died from dear, you know, crashes and that's human control. So what's your point carry Bob 1:00:46 on? Yeah, on that same day, 3000 people probably got killed by regular people driving. So Kevin 1:00:53 what I'm getting at is, I don't put auto or self driving cars at the top of the machine learning like to do list I put right mbts I put people who have medical, I put that high up. So that's why when I, when I see like, hey, there's this new self driving car and it's blah, blah, blah. I'm like, that's great and all but is that changing humanity? I mean, getting rid of effect. Yes. We're saving you from the tyranny of driving a car. Ooh, you know, that's, that's really not high on my list of things we need. Bob 1:01:26 I'm telling you though, next year when I get my cyber truck, I'm getting it with the autonomous mode. Alright, moving on. That is an upgrade. Kevin 1:01:35 Alright, so we are on Bob's number four positive, Bob 1:01:39 right my number four positive also spooky. You already had it ride sharing gig economy apps, basically, where's my number four. So Oh, the ability to have a system in your pocket where there's thousands of participants where you can pretty much good anything you need on because they're volunteering to be in the system. So Kevin 1:01:58 the only notable thing there is With the gig economy comes the obvious potential exploitation by the overlords running the apps. Yes. Lyft Uber, I think are the two that are considering unionizing or you know, there's there's issues there. And then the other one is with YouTube, YouTube's not really a gig economy unless you look at it through the lens of Well, I'm a performer Raiders Bob 1:02:21 kind of our Yeah, Kevin 1:02:22 so yeah, so there's exploitation potential there. But Bob 1:02:28 what I think the technology to make that open for pretty much anyone to participate in that economy is the bonus part. Maybe the way it's executed is not but the ability the technology is open that door. Kevin 1:02:42 I think that's pretty Yeah. And let me tell you, Airbnb if we're considering that also a gig economy that is a huge huge plus thing I'm, I'm going to Disney World for the second time, or third time with an Airbnb because it's just way better than doing a hotel. So Bob 1:02:58 we always look for the Yes, Airbnb places to quirkier the quirkier the better. Alright, so your to your number four bad Kevin 1:03:09 Cambridge Analytica. That's my number four. Bob 1:03:12 Wow, that's really far out. We thought it'd be higher up. I thought it'd be closer number one Kevin 1:03:20 yeah, it gets pretty crowded here. So Cambridge analytic if you're not very up on that there's a Netflix documentary called I think it's the great hack if I'm, Bob 1:03:31 yeah, okay, I did an episode I Kevin 1:03:32 did an episode on it. And basically, we're all suckers and it will be a component of one of my to a component of two of my top three negatives here in a bit. But Cambridge Analytica basically exposed how much data is the new oil. I'm channeling my inner Bob Baty buyer right there. Bob 1:03:56 That's his data is the new oil that is trading. That's right. Kevin 1:04:00 So I'll just leave it there. I don't have time to explain Cambridge Analytica, I, I don't think you would disagree with you. Maybe you went to high No, Bob 1:04:07 not at all. No, my it's actually higher up on my list, but I don't disagree at all. My number four bad is an old guy rant. It's Instagram, Snapchat and tick tock. I just can't keep up with all this shit anymore. Like I was very active technology dad, and introduce my kids to Facebook and Twitter and kind of introduced them to Instagram and then Snapchat and tick tock all kind of blossomed on the scene in the 2010s. And I just can't keep up with all the different interfaces and what's the expectation how the content supposed to be formulated and delivered. It's just it's too hard. So that was my number four bad. It's just the rise of all these little micro networks. I still don't understand Instagram Stories dependent and people have explained it to me over and over and over. I just don't get it. I consume them pretty regularly because I think they're a good think they're good platform for consumption. But to have to make an Instagram story I struggle. Yeah, the struggle is real as the kids. Kevin 1:05:07 Alright, we're back to the positive right? Bob 1:05:09 Number Three positive for you, Kevin. Number three. Kevin 1:05:13 Actually, this one's a mixed bag too. But it's gonna be like, Oh, I guess that is the thing, hashtags and the like button. Bob 1:05:21 So Oh, that's a continuation of my old guy ran. Yeah. So Kevin 1:05:24 hashtag, you would think that non tech users getting the them to use hashtag would be really difficult. But humans seem to know how to use hashtags nowadays. And the like button while it's positive is is it's a quick feedback. What I don't like about it is the ambiguity of not pushing the button. Does that mean people don't like the post? Or does that mean people haven't seen the post? And that ambiguity is by design, right where it's like, well It's not that people don't like it. Maybe they didn't see it or whatever. What do you think? Bob 1:06:04 Yeah. Well, that I think that not seeing it, especially with all the stupid algorithms that these different networks have. I think that's a big possibility. I'm always, like perplexed by someone will post something that, especially on Twitter, actually Instagram too. So they'll post something that is actually kind of sad and not positive. But you want to show that you support them somehow. But your only option is to like the fact that they put something really sad there. Yeah. So I do like that Facebook has a little bit more wider range of things. But yeah, I do struggle with that a little bit. Kevin 1:06:43 Yeah. Do you think Twitter Instagram will adopt the multiple emoji reaction? Bob 1:06:50 I don't know. Would Facebook come out and say against Twitter like No, we've patented that. Kevin 1:06:56 We've patented the for emoji response or whatever it is now. Bob 1:07:00 That's interesting. And then you'd have to remember what the equivalency is between the platforms. See, that part just pisses me off. Kevin 1:07:06 There's there'll be an app for that. Don't worry, old guy rant continues. All right, your number three positive, Bob 1:07:13 my number three positive. Actually, I struggled putting this as low as number three, I wanted it to be closer to one. But there's so many, I guess I didn't have so many good things. My number three positive was the Apple Watch and fitness trackers in general. Apple Watch kind of came to the largest prominence early in the 2010s. Wit
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Andrew Rose: President, Chairman & CEO of Compare.com Over the last 12 years, Andrew Rose has worked with a number of insurance companies including Progressive, Countrywide and Elephant Insurance in several high-profile capacities. His experience in the industry gives him unique insight as the head of Compare.com—an auto insurance comparison engine designed to bring real auto insurance comparison to the U.S. A graduate of Virginia Tech and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (UVA), Andrew Rose saw Compare.com as a chance to help the average American consumer find a great price for auto insurance, as well as great coverage. Compare.comis the first and largest true comparison website, which works directly with insurance carriers to provide customer's side-by-side comparison for car insurance. It was the Admiral Group, plc that introduced him to the concept. While working for the Admiral Group, Andrew Rose saw firsthand how well auto insurance comparison worked. The Admiral Group operates Confused.com, an auto insurance comparison website founded in 2001 and based in Great Britain. While working for the Admiral Group, Andrew learned the ins-and-outs of Confused.comand how they worked directly with auto insurance companies to deliver real comparison to consumers. This education would propel the creation and launch of Compare.com. Of course, Andrew Rose is more than his job. He's a happily married family man, Ironman triathlete, and avid marathoner. He's completed the Boston Marathon four times as well as twelve full and twenty+ half Ironman triathlons in addition to more than a dozen other marathons. Andrew has also been an active volunteer for FIRST LEGO League (FLL) in Virginia and DC for the past 14 years. FLL is a robotics competition for elementary and middle school students which makes use of the LEGO Mindstorms system. During his years as an FLL volunteer Andrew has served on the State Board for the competition, run the state and regional tournaments, emceed the State Championships, and coached teams for his children. The championship tournament in Virginia and DC has achieved the status of the largest robotics competition in the world several times, with over 100 teams competing. Watch the full episode here: https://projectegg.co/andrew-rose About The Project EGG Show: The Project EGG Show is a video talk show that introduces you to entrepreneurs from around the world. It is broadcast from studios in Metairie, Louisiana to online platforms including YouTube, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher, and hosted by Ben Gothard. Our goal is to give you a fresh, unscripted and unedited look into the lives of real entrepreneurs from around the globe. From billionaires to New York Times best selling authors to Emmy Award winners to Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients to TEDx speakers – we present their real stories – uncensored and uncut. Subscribe To The Show: https://projectegg.co/podcast/ Get Access To: 1. Resources: https://projectegg.co/resources/ 2. Financing Solutions: https://projectegg.co/epoch/ 3. Payment Solutions: https://projectegg.co/sempr/ 4. Services: https://projectegg.co/resources#services 5. Courses: https://projectegg.co/resources#courses 6. Software: https://projectegg.co/resources#software 7. Book: https://projectegg.co/resources#books --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/projectegg/support
CODING! We discuss why it's useful to teach our students coding, take a look at the work of Seymour Papert and Constructionist theory, and go through some of the best educational coding platforms like Scratch, Lego Mindstorms and Microbits. Don't forget to get in touch with your comments, requests and feedback: riskybusinesseducation@gmail.com or @riskybusinessed on twitter.
Episode 151Guest: Robo Hawks Robotics Team Harris Middle SchoolOur robotics team was created 3 years ago with a small group of students. We have a blend of 6th-8th students, but out of the seven students we had in the club, only one was a female when we first started out. Since our first year we have achieved a more balanced group and have an even mix of young men and women. We began participating in First Lego League as a way to get our feet wet with programming and compete with other teams throughout the San Antonio and surrounding areas. FIRST LEGO League challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers. During the INTO ORBIT season, teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the Project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under the FIRST signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®. Our students took this challenge head on and we spoke with an engineer from NASA to talk about the challenges these astronauts face with long term space travel. During their conversation with David Brady they realized they wanted to focus on the social emotional aspect these astronauts are faced with because Scott Kelly stated this would be the biggest concern NASA will face. Scott Kelly said the lack of choices in daily activity and being away from Earth is the hardest part of the mission. So the students solution to this was to send virtual reality googles into space with the astronauts so that when they are required to work out on the treadmill for 2 hours a day, they can feel at home by choosing their own adventure. It would be a way to bring Earth to space in a sense. David was impressed with their idea and forwarded the idea on to a colleague at NASA in the Human Research Project to see if they had considered this idea. I’m happy to report that NASA is looking into something similar and David praised our students ingenuity as they did think of a real-life solution for the issues our astronauts face in long-term space travel.About Middle School Teacher: Stefanie FulfordI have been teaching for six years. Four of which have been here at Harris Middle School in NEISD. I have always taught science as it is my first love and I believe there is a place for female in this field of study. This year I was awarded the Trinity Prize and Teacher of the Year for my school. I come from a very challenging background as my mother is mentally handicapped, schizophrenic, and has manic depression. I never knew my real dad and my step-dad was an abusive alcoholic. So I was in and out of foster care and finally went to live in an orphanage at age 12. This was a new battle for me, but it provided stability. I joined the military as a way to pay for my college because I knew education was the key to a better life. I am proud to say I not only have my bachelors in education, but a masters in psychology. I wanted to be a positive influence in others around me so teaching made sense as I would create the most change in the next generation. I take every opportunity to connect with my students so that I can positively influence them. Hear this podcast on Googleplay, Spotify, TuneinRadio, iTunes, Spreaker, Youtube, and iHeartradioPodcast weekly broadcast location:Rockafellas Barber Shop (Owner: Rico Rodriguez)1733 Babcock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229Sponsors:ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly. https://www.facebook.com/engagesaI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts 1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioninghttp://www.allsportsfitness.net/All Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.comI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Overflowcafe.comDoes your website need more traffic? Well visit Overflowcafe.com today! They make websites popular and over 41,000 people use their service to gain more customers. They are winning at business. What about you? Visit Overflowcafe.com
Episode 151Guest: Robo Hawks Robotics Team Harris Middle SchoolOur robotics team was created 3 years ago with a small group of students. We have a blend of 6th-8th students, but out of the seven students we had in the club, only one was a female when we first started out. Since our first year we have achieved a more balanced group and have an even mix of young men and women. We began participating in First Lego League as a way to get our feet wet with programming and compete with other teams throughout the San Antonio and surrounding areas. FIRST LEGO League challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers. During the INTO ORBIT season, teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the Project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under the FIRST signature set of Core Values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism®. Our students took this challenge head on and we spoke with an engineer from NASA to talk about the challenges these astronauts face with long term space travel. During their conversation with David Brady they realized they wanted to focus on the social emotional aspect these astronauts are faced with because Scott Kelly stated this would be the biggest concern NASA will face. Scott Kelly said the lack of choices in daily activity and being away from Earth is the hardest part of the mission. So the students solution to this was to send virtual reality googles into space with the astronauts so that when they are required to work out on the treadmill for 2 hours a day, they can feel at home by choosing their own adventure. It would be a way to bring Earth to space in a sense. David was impressed with their idea and forwarded the idea on to a colleague at NASA in the Human Research Project to see if they had considered this idea. I’m happy to report that NASA is looking into something similar and David praised our students ingenuity as they did think of a real-life solution for the issues our astronauts face in long-term space travel.About Middle School Teacher: Stefanie FulfordI have been teaching for six years. Four of which have been here at Harris Middle School in NEISD. I have always taught science as it is my first love and I believe there is a place for female in this field of study. This year I was awarded the Trinity Prize and Teacher of the Year for my school. I come from a very challenging background as my mother is mentally handicapped, schizophrenic, and has manic depression. I never knew my real dad and my step-dad was an abusive alcoholic. So I was in and out of foster care and finally went to live in an orphanage at age 12. This was a new battle for me, but it provided stability. I joined the military as a way to pay for my college because I knew education was the key to a better life. I am proud to say I not only have my bachelors in education, but a masters in psychology. I wanted to be a positive influence in others around me so teaching made sense as I would create the most change in the next generation. I take every opportunity to connect with my students so that I can positively influence them. Hear this podcast on Googleplay, Spotify, TuneinRadio, iTunes, Spreaker, Youtube, and iHeartradioPodcast weekly broadcast location:Rockafellas Barber Shop (Owner: Rico Rodriguez)1733 Babcock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229Sponsors:ENGAGE! publishes the Christian Community Calendar weekly. https://www.facebook.com/engagesaI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by River City Donuts 1723 Babock Rd. San Antonio, TX 78229I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Bay Bay McClinton of All Sports Speed and Conditioninghttp://www.allsportsfitness.net/All Sports Speed and Conditioning is the top sports performance training gyms in San Antonio, and has produce many collegiate and professional athletes since opening. All Sports was founded in 1997 by Bremond “Bay Bay” McClinton. All Sports is based out of the beautiful city of San Antonio, TX. Having accomplished his own career in professional sports; starting a company like All Sports was a natural transition for him. Bay Bay is a native of San Antonio, TX. His 100 meter dash in High School at Roosevelt High in San Antonio was not broken until recently. In college Bay Bay played opposite the great future hall of famer, Darrell Green. He went on to sign a professional career with the Houston Oilers, Dallas Cowboys and played 7 years in the European Leagues before returning to his home town to finish his career “San Antonio Texans”. In 2006, his company, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the East vs West Shriners’s college senior bowl. In 2008-09, All Sports administered the strength and conditioning program for the Division II college Senior Cactus Bowl All Star game in Kingsville. Today All Sports Speed and Conditioning continues to train athletes to elevate their athletic performance to the next level in all sports.I Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by D.W. Brooks Funeral Home2950 E. Houston St.San Antonio, TX 78202Email: info@dwbrooksfh.comPhone: 210-223-2045Website: dwbrooksfuneralhome.comI Am Refocused Podcast Sponsored by Overflowcafe.comDoes your website need more traffic? Well visit Overflowcafe.com today! They make websites popular and over 41,000 people use their service to gain more customers. They are winning at business. What about you? Visit Overflowcafe.com
Today I talk about the 3 opportunities to focus on in the near future if you want to ride a wave of success. Show Notes: Day I m going to talk about one of the opportunities that you should be focusing on for the near future something that if you get in on this right now you will be positioned just right to actually ride the wave going up and it has nothing to do with real estate right now and it's more on the technology side but first off so I I did finish Cal Newport book so good they can't ignore you and just like I had spoken about before it's really about building your skills building what he calls Capital experience Capitol building up your Capitol inside of your skill sets and it's mainly just don't go what don't go after what you're passionate about or trying to find out what your passion is just find out what you're really really good at and focus on building. And over time you will find your passion probably find your passion on what it is that you would really enjoy doing and what you are meant to do but until then you're just focus on building your skill sets in the one or two things that you are really really good at that that was mainly that was the main message in that book some of the other books that he's written I've actually enjoyed them and I'd much rather read them this one when I read the description Knows by sounds kind of good and so far like his writing style I like he's very relevant and with this there were a few anecdotes and in a few stories or examples of people pushing their their passion off decide to work on building their their skills building building upon what they are very good at and then the passion kind of got woven in afterwards after so many years so that's that the things that I wanted to talk about is something that I seen believe it was I saw a little bit of it yesterday and then finished it up today the video on some of the some of the opportunities that we should be looking at in the near future like looking at it right now and moving towards that for the near future because that's where a lot of things are are heading towards one of them is genetics have to do with I guess bioengineering not biohacking but engineering something that is towards genetic select or genetically modified foods things like that so the other is 3D printing and and then a I so those are the three that I can remember from from the video I was watching and really if you think about it all three can actually be tied in to each other the third one a i artificial intelligence it's not just robots right you're not went when you think of AI you shouldn't be thinking of just robots by is basically these algorithms are towed that's been designed to really understand how you live your life and how you do certain things and try to you know what it is that you're doing there are few examples of AI already in place one of them is in your pocket and use it every single day and that is your phone if you have a iPhone you have Siri Siri is an AI and you can interact this Siri keeps getting better every year can you also have Alexa you have Google home you have all these other services out there where you can interact with an AI and it will do a lot of work for you getting you the results that you're looking for in the shortest amount of time mail because in a I actually have access to more information at a much faster rate than what you could do if you were thinking what it is that you wanted to do and then dig out your your phone from your pocket open it up go to browser start searching for red things like that where is you just said hey Alexa find tickets for Hamilton that's playing this weekend so something like that Alexa would be able to tell you within a second probably there are tickets available for a 7:07 p.m. showing on Saturday do you want to buy the tickets yes. And now all you have to do is go to the theater pick up the tickets and you're done AI is proving to be very helpful in other situations as well there is there are companies that are implementing to free up resources I mean it it it say there's a double edged or right it's a double-edged sword because they are freeing up resources which means they're freeing up people that are working certain positions and having robots or a I actually do those at your with higher quality of work no errors no salary has to be paid out there's no brakes so there's a lot of benefits to it but then on the other side that you're losing employees you're losing people that you rely on that job unless they are shifted to another position within that company that is not going to be replaced with a I showed their there's a a given take their right if you are implementing AI into your company whether you are you have a manufacturing company or some kind of service or product let's say it's a product you are selling online you can have a I kind of interact with the customer to figure out what it is that they want and make recommendations based on patterns of their shopping and then from there the AI will probably be able to upsell the customer on other products and bundle it bundle it all up so that the customer catch one package they're happy with everything and they've actually spent a little bit more when they may have just wanted one thing so it's going to be it's you're going to see more of it right for me you're being a software engineer I can definitely say that it's a good thing especially if you are in the tech industry it's a great thing right so if you are in the tech industry or if you're a software engineer start moving towards learning AI learning neural networks intelligence learning how to learning how to do how to do some like machine learning things like that and then if you are not part of that right if your if you are not a software engineer you're not going to go get a degree in computer science or you're not going to spend New Year's with learning the stuff you can actually still have an input and be able to ride that wave of success with AI if you start collaborating with people that can work with AI that can build some kind of AI you know if you have the ideas and you and you're able to at work on those ideas with someone else then you can have some form of success and probably seven eight nine figures definitely for the people that have the best ideas and for a lot of the younger Community Millennials and people like me and my son is probably going to at some point learn about Ai and not at some point he's already learning this stuff he actually went to a summer camp program and wrote code for a for a Lego Mindstorm robot to follow a track and he requested to do the project on his own and so I have the video on my phone my wife showed me so I might save the video and it is amazing how much he was able to do in such a short. Of time and it's just a matter of learning how to code certain things you were telling the the Roblox hey when you see when you see this wall in front of you scan for your left and right directions are going to go and then keep going in that direction once you find a wall in front of you make a decision so that there was a lot going on there so I'm pretty confident that if he if my son continues down that road of writing code or want to do that she's definitely going to find a lot of success in that area in that Arena of Technology the other areas that you'll Cai and for people that are not software Engineers like I am and still learn a lot and implement the stuff right now there is there are two services that I can think of right now where you can actually learn this stuff implemented right away and it's pretty easy to learn and then actually use it in your business to start generating leads to start nurturing leads and potentially sell through Facebook and that would be a messenger bot manychat and chatfuel are two services that allow for integration with Facebook where you can build a messenger bot in this messenger bot can actually monitor any posts that you put out as a business so you have to have you have to have a Facebook page for a business not just a personal Facebook profile a Facebook page if you have Dish you can actually Linked UP many chat or chat fuel to that page build a bot and the box and actually monitor any posts that you make where you say hey if you want this report that I just wrote or you want a discount code for this race coming up or whatever type in I'm in or yes please or whatever my feet and the Messenger. Will actually monitor any comments that people make and if it's a first-level comment meaning these are people that go in and they make a comment not someone that's replying to someone else's comment the messenger bot will take over that communication that will intercept and start the conversation with that person as soon as they said I'm in messenger bot will start a conversation with that person what's great about what is if you have 50 or even five hundred people typing in I'm in if you were to do it yourself you would not be able to keep up with that kind of traffic with that amount of interaction with 50 or 500 people through Facebook Messenger it's just it's a lot of it's a lot of people that you're having to communicate with where is the messenger bot will actually perform that for you and it has no problems whatsoever it's not going to complain about oh there's so many people I can't keep up and it's it's not going to mess up on the conversation and call someone by the wrong name right where is as a human someone that's trying to manage 50 conversations going on all at once yeah you might be talking to Ed and then all of a sudden you try and message Kathy and you say alright Ed here's the link and it's actually Kathy that you're speaking to Kathy's like what's going on here my name is Kathy you know that right and there's all that going on for human you're going to screw up at some point where is the fog is not going to do that you basically programmed the bot to communicate with them and if you do it well enough then to bought will sound more human and once they've done that once the the BOK has started that conversation at any point if you want you can actually jump in and speak to that person after all that is said and done let's say a week goes by you want to follow up with that person but you have 50 or 500 people that you have to follow up with you're not going to be the one to do that you basically set up the Bots to actually do that in the pot will send out messages to everyone that started the conversation with the boss. And now you have now you not only built up a list of potential customers of weeds but now you're actually nurturing those leads you're getting to that point where law not you but your boss is getting to that point where it's it's about to sell them on your product or your service and the only thing you're having to do is sit back and watch as people will interact with the Bots and then all of a sudden they go to their new they go to your website or I believe you can set up the Bots to actually make the sale and people will buy right through the Facebook Messenger conversation so again AI is probably one of the biggest things that is going to be taking off near you're seeing a lot of it right now as I as I was alluding to earlier genetics 3D printing all three can actually work Union Oregon as at one where the AI will actually create new and I genetically modified vegetables and meat soon whatever foods and actually 3D print does does vegetables the meats in in fruits and all that stuff so in a I can actually handle a lot of that and those are the three areas where technology and business people or business Visionaries are going to start focusing on if they are not focusing on that already a lot of people are going to start shifting towards that and you're going to want to get in on the ground floor you're you're going to want to figure out what your next big idea is going to be whether it's something with 3D printing and there's stuff where they're trying to do if they're not already there doing some 3D printing for building homes there's 3D printing for Oregon's there's all kinds of things you can do wear 3D printing if it's if it's done right and you have the materials to have to print the other thing is genetics finding germs or whatever to combat the flu where it might be in let's say it's in a bottle of Kombucha that you get at the farmers market that was genetically modified by someone who's like a PhD at whatever big schools and and now we've done far enough into the future we're genetically modified foods or genetically modified drinks or whatever is nothing scary it's it's not anything that's going to be tremendously scary and you buy this bottle of tea or kombucha or whatever because you feel the flu coming on you drink it and then all of a sudden within a few hours you no longer have the flu and probably whatever other viruses that you may have you may have had so there's all that going on and as long as you have an idea for something like that and you start finding people to collaborate with work with to make that happen you should be looking at riding that wave moving upwards into some huge success so that's what I wanted to share today's mainly be at the AI part because that's what I know a lot about I don't really know too much about 3D printing now I know what it can do and I have no idea about genetics I know that there is genetically modified foods that we're starting to see and a lot of their trying to come up with some meat some kind of meat product that is basically fake meat so there's that and that's it hope you learned something and until tomorrow I will see you
This week we’re talking about one of our favorite childhood toys that continues to permeate into popular culture today, LEGOs. We cover everything from our favorite LEGO sets, the best video games, LEGO Mindstorms, and the LEGO Movie Franchise. Also Bionicle for some reason, remember Bionicle? Also, why we hate childhood television show superiority complex.
LEGO Super User, Steve Hassenplug, joins us to talk about some truly remarkable creations and how they came to be. Steve created Super Robo Rally using LEGO Mindstorms and Raspberry Pi based on the award-winning game, Robo Rally by Richard Garfield (of Magic the Gathering fame). Steve is an accomplished builder, joining a special group of adult Lego builders to help improve LEGO Mindstorms. He was featured in Wired Magazine talking about the experience and of course, we get into it on the show as well. He is also partner to Brickworld, the nationally-known, family-friendly LEGO events. He tours with them as well as makes time every year for Gen Con. Steve's creation kicks off our Gen Con every year and is near and dear to our hearts. If you've been listening to this podcast you've heard us gush about these guys since the very beginning with Episode 1. We're already looking forward to next year and can hopefully pick up a full run again and make it an event for the whole HSG family at Gen Con 2019! Listen now on: iTunes GooglePlay Spotify Stitcher Other places you can connect with the HSG Squad: Facebook @High Shelf Gaming Podcast Twitter @highshelfgaming Friday Night Twitch /highshelfgaming Discord Chat https://discord.gg/tMPCXgN
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Mitch Resnick, Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab, develops new technologies and activities to engage children in creative learning experiences. He was centrally involved in the development of the Scratch programming language, the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits, and the Computer Clubhouse network of after-school learning centers. He has been awarded with the […] The post CL187: Cultivating Creating In Children And Adults – Interview with Mitchel Resnick appeared first on James Taylor.
Engineer Ian Bernstein talks about his startup's newest consumer robot released by Misty Robotics: Misty II. Based on what he learned developing his previous educational robot Sphero, Ian and his team created Misty II to be widely customizable, programmable, and full of potential functionality. The robot may be on the pricier side, and Ian says that it's worth it. He also discusses why he thinks robotics can promote education and how he got interested in robotics when he was young. Related to this episode: • Misty II robot at Misty Robotics: https://www.mistyrobotics.com/ • Misty II offer for educators: https://www.mistyrobotics.com/educators-and-students/ • WALL-E: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910970/ • Baymax from “Big Hero 6”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2245084/ • Sphero: https://www.sphero.com/ • Sphero SPRK: https://www.sphero.com/sprk-plus • Lego Mindstorms: https://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms • Misty Robotics community: http://community.mistyrobotics.com • Blockly: https://developers.google.com/blockly/ • Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/ • JavaScript: https://www.javascript.com/ • South by Southwest (SXSW): https://www.sxsw.com/ • Apple IIe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II_series • Arduino: https://www.arduino.cc/ • SLAM algorithms for mapping: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous_localization_and_mapping • Logo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) • BASIC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC
Gershom Aitchison, Phillip Haas and Gordon Whitcher Gavin Kennedy talks to Phillip Haas, from 'Hands On Technology', Gershom Aitchison, Headmaster of Education Incorporated Boutique School, and Gordon Whitcher about the exciting world of robotics in schools. Discussion is around Lego Mindstorm and the value of robotics as part of the official curriculum, or as an extra-mural activity. EduInc Boutique School website · Connect with Gavin on LinkedIn
Gavin Kennedy talks to Phillip Haas, from 'Hands On Technology', Gershom Aitchison, Headmaster of Education Incorporated Boutique School, and Gordon Whitcher about the exciting world of robotics in schools. Discussion is around Lego Mindstorm and the value of robotics as part of the official curriculum, or as an extra-mural activity.Show notes are available at SolidGoldStudios.co.za/EduThink
Gershom Aitchison, Phillip Haas and Gordon Whitcher Gavin Kennedy talks to Phillip Haas, from 'Hands On Technology', Gershom Aitchison, Headmaster of Education Incorporated Boutique School, and Gordon Whitcher about the exciting world of robotics in schools. Discussion is around Lego Mindstorm and the value of robotics as part of the official curriculum, or as an extra-mural activity.
Today we have a great discussion with Maureen Reilly and Dr. Jenny Nash of Lego Education about how Lego can be used to create a great school maker space and to support integrated and powerful learning opportunities. Maureen Reilly is an educational consultant specializing in LEGO, robotics, and Maker Education. She is passionate about encouraging students and teachers to take risks, expand their creativity, and make their inventive ideas come to life. Maureen worked in public and independent schools as a homeroom teacher, robotics coach, Maker Space facilitator, and as a STEAM specialist. For over fifteen years, Maureen has developed creative educational content and community engagement experiences for the LEGO Company. Prior to her work in education, Maureen was a TV commercial producer, a producer for CartoonNetwork.com, and a Senior Producer for the LEGO Company. Outside of her professional work, Maureen founded the NYC STEAM Think Tank, a monthly meet-up for STEAM educators to network and share ideas. She is the Youth LEGO Ambassador of Fun for LEGO MINDSTORMS, the Master of Ceremonies for FIRST LEGO League robotics competitions, and co-founder of the Jr. Explorers Club, a summer adventure program for children. Maureen holds a dual Masters of Science in Education with a specialization in Literacy from the Bank Street College of Education. You can follow her on twitter: @maureenrreilly Dr. Jenny Nash serves as the Senior Educational Manager for LEGO® Education North America, where she provides direction and leadership in delivering meaningful education opportunities for districts. She works closely with administrators to design implementation plans and support teachers in using inquiry-based teaching through hands-on experiences. Previously, Jenny was the Director of Clinical Experiences and Director of Professional Development Schools at Marshall University, where she conducted STEM outreach and programming for K-12 schools in addition to working with student teacher candidates. She was also a general science teacher for a middle and high school in West Virginia, where she focused on provided blended learning and project-based learning experiences for her students. Jenny is a long-time member of the National Science Teachers Association. She has a Bachelor’s of Business Administration from Marshall University, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Marshall University, and a Doctorate in Education from the University of Florida, specifically in the area of curriculum and teaching. Thank you to bensound.com for our theme music. If you enjoy the podcast and can review us on iTunes that would be amazing of you! We really appreciate your reviews as they help us continue to make the podcast and help other teachers to find us. Kindergarten Kiosk is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network, a network of podcasts for educators by educators. Check out the other great podcasts!
El artículo Robótica educativa #4 ¿Qué es LEGO Mindstorms? es propiedad de Juegos Robótica. Cuarto episodio del podcast en el que repasamos la historia de LEGO Mindstorms y vemos sus ventajas en robótica educativa y también algún inconveniente. El artículo Robótica educativa #4 ¿Qué es LEGO Mindstorms? es propiedad de Juegos Robótica.
Jason Brennan joins Chris and Soroush to discuss his new project, Beach.Jason Brennan (@jasonbrennan)BlogBeach landing pageAlan Kay https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_KayHyperCard.orgHyperCard on WikipediaGuerrillas in the Myst (WIRED, 1994)Emergent BehaviorTurtles, Termites and Traffic Jams by Mitchel ResnickHSLApple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad (2012)iBooks AuthorHopscotchA LEGO Mindstorms programBret Victor: Stop Drawing Dead FishSketchJason’s fork of PrototopeSwift Playgrounds“I think I’m more excited by people’s shitty versions of things (sketches, prototypes, etc) than the finished, polished thing” — @jasonbrennanBrian Lee O’Malley on InstagramOn the BeachThread from Jason: “Teachers have to worry about ‘how to graduate from Scratch to text languages’ because there’s nothing else to graduate to”
Do you like Legos, robots, and Python? This week I am joined by David Lechner and Denis Demidov to talk about the ev3dev project and how you can program your Lego Mindstorms with Python!
In this episode I had an insightful discussion with Kane Pittard. Kane is a Humanities and computer science teacher from Butler College in Butler, WA. He is responsible for the creation and ongoing development of the Butler College IT teaching program. Kane's passion is using digital learning across all learning areas. Previous to becoming a teacher in 2013, he worked as a systems administrator and owned computer consulting business. I would to thank Kane for taking time away from his family, work, and fighting the time difference to talk with me on the podcast. Kanes's school - https://www.butlercollege.wa.edu.au/ Twitter: @kanepittard - https://twitter.com/kanepittard Show links Swift - https://swift.org/ BYOD - Bring Your Own Device - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_your_own_device ICT - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology Digital Natives - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_native Swift Playgrounds - https://appsto.re/us/eHUj2.i Learn to Code 1 & 2 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1118578018?mt=11 Learn to Code 3 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1173709121?mt=11 Scratch - https://scratch.mit.edu/ Xcode - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id497799835?mt=12 Into to App Development with Swift curriculum [Teacher] - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118577558?mt=11) & [Student] - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118575552?mt=11) Fraser Speirs - Episode 8 - https://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast/2017/6/13/8-swift-makes-it-very-hard-to-get-it-right-by-accident-which-is-good-with-fraser-speirs Ada Programming Language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language) Python - https://www.python.org/ Daniel Budd - Episode 4 - https://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast/2017/4/18/4-create-engaging-content-in-swift-with-daniel-budd David Brown - Episode 9 - https://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast/2017/6/21/9-i-have-a-student-who-says-leave-me-alone-i-want-to-solve-it-with-david-brown Apple's Human Interface Guideline (aka HIG) - https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/overview/design-principles/ Keynote - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keynote/id361285480?mt=8 Douglas Kiang - Episode 2 - https://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast/2017/3/14/2-i-think-its-about-the-friendliest-language-ive-ever-coded-in-with-douglas-kiang iOS Read Screen Accessiblity Feature - https://www.howtogeek.com/258218/how-to-make-your-ios-device-read-articles-books-and-more-out-loud-to-you/ Popplet - https://popplet.com/ Sphero - http://www.sphero.com/ Lego Mindstorms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms Parrot Drone - https://www.parrot.com/us/drones#fly-and-film-an-adventure-with-your-drone John Hattie - University of Melbourne - https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person428067 Favorite Podcasts or Media You Should Learn to Program: Christian Genco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfBWk4nw440 The History of Rome - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-history-of-rome/id261654474?mt=2 Ancient Greek History - https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/ancient-greek-history-audio/id341651987?mt=10 Ask Swift Teacher Ask a question of the Swift Teacher community. Tweet your questions to @_SwiftTeacher - https://twitter.com/_SwiftTeacher using the #askSwiftTeacher hashtag or in the ask Swift Teacher channel in the Swift Teacher Slack Team (join using the link below). Join the Swift Teachers Slack Channel - http://swiftteacher.me You can find also find the show notes and other information on the Swift Teacher blog: [Swift Teacher Blog - http://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast
I would like to share the interesting discussion I had with Carlos Garcia. Carlos lives in Valencia, Spain and has an Audiovisual Communication degree for Universidad de Valencia and a Master's in Secondary Education. Carlos worked for ten years as a scriptwriter for television series of comedy, drama, and entertainment programms. After working those ten years in TV, Carlos changed careers and moved into the exciting world of teaching. In addition to being a teacher, Carlos is the Communication and Innovation department coordinator so he has two different points of view as an educator and he loves it. Carlos works hard to empower his students through the use of the technology in the classroom because he is deeply convinced of the power of Apple resources for the students in the 21st century classroom. I would like to thank Carlos for taking time out of his busy schedule to talk with me. Carlos' school - http://www.colintlev.net/es Twitter: @garcialcubo - https://twitter.com/garcialcubo Carlos' YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/CarlosGarcíaGarcía Chicken and the Egg iTunes U course - It is a private course. Please contact Carlos for access. Show links Apple Distinguished Educator program - http://www.apple.com/education/apple-distinguished-educator/ Everyone Can Code - https://www.apple.com/everyone-can-code/ Swift - https://swift.org/ Swift Open Source - https://swift.org/about/#swiftorg-and-open-source Server-side Swift - https://swift.org/server-apis/ Swift Playgrounds - https://appsto.re/us/eHUj2.i Learn to Code 1 & 2 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1118578018?mt=11 Learn to Code 3 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1173709121?mt=11 Into to App Development with Swift curriculum - Teacher - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118577558?mt=11 & Student - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118575552?mt=11 App Development with Swift - Teacher - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1219118093?mt=11 & Student - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1219117996?mt=11 Swift Teacher - Episode 8 - https://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast/2017/6/13/8-swift-makes-it-very-hard-to-get-it-right-by-accident-which-is-good-with-fraser-speirs A Swift Time to Code - https://itun.es/us/-5Lu7 Code Spark Academy - http://codespark.org/ Tynker - https://www.tynker.com/ Tynker has partnered with Apple - https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/01/apple-tynker-coding-lessons/?pushup=1 Blue Bot - https://www.bee-bot.us/bluebot.html Lego Mindstorms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms Clips - https://appsto.re/us/Jufsib.i search #ClassroomClips on Twitter - https://twitter.com/search?q=%23classroomclips&src=tyah Favorite Podcasts Apple Coding - https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/apple-coding/id1000199274?mt=2 hacia falta - https://itunes.apple.com/es/podcast/hac%C3%ADafalta/id670298410?mt=2 Join the Swift Teachers Slack Channel - http://swiftteacher.me You can find also find the show notes and other information on my blog: Swift Teacher Blog - http://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast
Professor Ayanna Howard of Georgia Tech joins us to talk about robotics including how androids interact with humans. Some of her favorite robot include the Darwin, the Nao, and, for home-hacking, the Darwin Mini. Ayanna has a profile on EngineerGirl.org, a site that lets young women ask questions of women in the engineering profession. Elecia has been working on a typing robot named Ty, documented on the Embedded.fm blog. It uses a MeArm, on sale in July 2017 at Hackaday.com, with coupon noted in show. (don't use PayPal to check out or you can't apply the coupon). Other robots for trying out robots: Lego Mindstorms (lots of books, project ideas, and incredible online tutorials!), Cozmobot, Dash and Dot. Some robotics competition leagues include Vex, Botball, and FIRST.
I am excited to share the great and varied conversation I had with David Brown. David is the Education Technology Integrator at St Mary's Anglican Girls' School located in Karrinyup in Perth Western Australia and is passionate about using technology to improve student learning. He has been at SMAGS since 2015 and his main role is to develop and assist staff in enhancing pedagogical teaching practices with the use of technology. He also teaches digital technology classes which is where he has been using Xcode and Swift since 2015. I would like to thank David for taking time out of his busy school, teaching, running, and blogging (I especially love the podcasting posts) activities to speak to me on the podcast. David's Site - https://superdavey.com Twitter: @superdavey - https://twitter.com/superdavey Show links St. Mary's Anglican School - http://www.stmarys.wa.edu.au/ Lego Mindstorms - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms Arduino - https://www.adafruit.com/category/17 Apple's AR Kit - https://developer.apple.com/arkit/ Ole Begemann - Playground: What's new in Swift 4 - https://oleb.net/blog/2017/05/whats-new-in-swift-4-playground/ Swift language - https://swift.org Swift Evolution - https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution Swift Unwrapped - https://spec.fm/podcasts/swift-unwrapped Swift Playgrounds - https://appsto.re/us/eHUj2.i Learn to Code 1 & 2 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1118578018?mt=11 Learn to Code 3 - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/swift-playgrounds-learn-to/id1173709121?mt=11 Python - https://www.python.org/ Intro to App Development with Swift curriculum Teacher - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118577558?mt=11 Student - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1118575552?mt=11 App Development with Swift Teacher - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1219118093?mt=11 Student - https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/app-development-with-swift/id1219117996?mt=11 Favorite Podcasts Accidental Tech Podcast - http://atp.fm Connected - https://www.relay.fm/connected Cortex - https://www.relay.fm/cortex The Talk Show - https://daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/ Hello Internet - http://www.hellointernet.fm/ Science Versus - https://gimletmedia.com/science-vs/ Join the Swift Teachers Slack Group - mailto:brian@swiftteacher.org You can find also find the show notes and other information on my blog: http://www.swiftteacher.org/podcast
In this episode, Audrow Nash and Christina Brester conduct interviews at the 2016 International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation conference in Moscow, Russia. They speak with Roman Luchin, CEO of CyberTech Labs., about a robotics development platform called Trik. Trik is intended to be an intermediate step when learning about robotics between Lego Mindstorms and programming on an embedded platform. Trik allows users to program with a graphical interface by ordering blocks. These blocks contain code in several common programming languages (python, F#, Pascal, etc.) and the code can be modified directly. This is the second of three interviews from the conference.
Roman Luchin on robotics a development platform between Lego Mindstorms and an embedded platform.
Shownotes * Demokratietag NRW: http://www.demokratietag.net/nrw/#barcamp * 10 Jahre BYOD im DGB Tagungszentrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONSFpcBp9UE * Der erste Laptop von Felix: http://lowendmac.com/1993/powerbook-165c/ * 100 Tage IG BCE: http://www.die-ersten-100-tage.de/ * iPhone 6 Einschränkungscode per brute force hacken: http://techmixx.de/iphone-einschraenkungscode-vergessen/ * Tools 10 Jahre zurück https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/status/808429728386392064 * Wir das Smartphone das Netz popularisierte https://twitter.com/martinlindner/status/798643522559614976 * T-Rex mit Lego Mindstorms https://www.lego.com/de-de/mindstorms * T-Rex in Aktion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgTDLO8i8cQ * Seminar zu Algorithmenethik https://www.forum-politische-bildung.de/big * Castro: http://supertop.co/castro/ * Phyphox: http://phyphox.org/de/home-de/ * Scanner Pro: https://readdle.com/products/scannerpro * Timepage von Moleskine: http://www.moleskine.com/microsites/apps/timepage * Tweets von Überwachungskameras (@FFD8FFDB) – Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/FFD8FFDB * LaterPay bei SPIEGEL Online umgehen – Dbof's Blog: http://davidebove.com/blog/2016/07/18/laterpay-bei-spiegel-online-umgehen/ * DeBeKa Rechnungs-App: https://www.debeka.de/service/app/leistungs-app/index.html
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When we were kids, our parents sent us outside to go play and use our imagination, get dirty, and cause mischief. Now, thanks to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) focused "toys," kids can build robots, program them to pick up their room, and do it all while learning to program a game. This leaves the guys at an impasse - is imaginative creativity, or structured "follow-the-rules" play better? Capselas Code Monkey Planet Child's Play Helps Brain Development Lego Duplo Hackball 12 Best Educational Tech Toys for Christmas Lego Mindstorm Competitive Lego-ing Bloxels
Engineer Jeff Munn talks about teaching kids robotics in an orphanage in India. Jeff works for engineering hardware-software company National Instruments, based in Austin, Texas. With his company's support, he volunteers for a program from the nonprofit organizations Science in a Suitcase and the Miracle Foundation. The program aims to educate often marginalized children around the world, and they are raising funds for another trip to India to help another orphanage. He talks about teaching techniques, educational equipment, how he became an engineer despite starting as a musician, and what engineering means to him. Links to organizations mentioned on this show: ● Donate: https://give.miraclefoundation.org/fundraise?fcid=641437 ● National Instruments: http://www.ni.com/en-us.html ● Miracle Foundation: http://www.miraclefoundation.org/ ● Science in a Suitcase: http://www.scienceinasuitcase.com/ ● LEGO Education WeDo: https://education.lego.com/en-us/products/lego-education-wedo-construction-set/9580 ● LEGO Mindstorms: http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/?domainredir=mindstorms.lego.com ● GreatNonprofits: http://greatnonprofits.org/ Our opening music comes from "School Zone (radio edit)" by The Honorable Sleaze, and our closing music is from "Learn To Live With What You're Not" by Steve Combs. Both are used under a Creative Commons Attribution License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Subscribe, review, and send comments online! On Twitter, it's @piuswong. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/K12EngineeringEducation/ And review us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/k12-engineering-education/id1119404863?mt=2 Thanks for listening! A transcript for this episode is at: http://www.k12engineering.net/transcripts/ep6.html
Einen fahrbaren Roboter zu bauen- das ist schon eine echte Herausforderung. Um diesem aber auch noch beizubringen autonom Aufgaben zu lösen, bedienten sich Michael Fürst und sein Team der Mathematik: Im Rahmen der Gulasch Programmier-Nacht (GPN16) des Entropia e.V. in der Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) und dem Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (ZKM) in Karlsruhe berichtete er über die Verfahren der Probabilistischen Robotik (Video) und welche Erfahrungen sie damit machen konnten- und erzählt uns im Gespräch mit Sebastian Ritterbusch davon. Michael Fürst studiert Informatik am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) und befasst sich im Team Informatik der Hochschulgruppe Kamaro Engineering speziell mit robusten probabilistischen Methoden zur Entscheidungsfindung. Der aktuelle Roboter Beteigeuze der Hochschulgruppe ist die zweite Generation und wurde dafür ausgelegt, Aufgaben in der Überwachung und Bewirtschaftung von Maisfeldern oder der Navigation im urbanen Umfeld zu erfüllen. Die Hochschulgruppe gibt es seit 3 Jahren und besteht aus 30-45 Mitgliedern. Sie ist eingebettet in das Teilinstitut Mobile Arbeitsmaschinen (MOBIMA) am Institut für Fahrzeugsystemtechnik (FAST) am KIT mit dessen Unterstützung und Drittspenden sich die Hochschulgruppe finanziert. Die interdisziplinäre Hochschulgruppe besteht aus vier Teams: Das Organisationsteam, das Mechanik-Team, das Elektrotechnik-Team und das Informatik-Team. Die Gruppe organisiert sich auch als Verein mit Vorstand und einer Leitung in jedem Team, um mit einer flachen Hierarchie jedem die Möglichkeit zu bieten sich in das Projekt einzubringen. Auf der einen Seite will die Gruppe die autonome Robotik voranzubringen und allen Teammitgliedern gleichzeitig auch die Möglichkeit zu bieten, praktisches Wissen und Erfahrungen neben dem oft theoretischem Studium zu erlangen. Das Team nimmt dazu regelmäßig an verschiedenen internationalen Wettbewerben teil, wie dem Field Robot Event, dem SICK Robot Day oder der Robotour. Technisch basiert die Software-Lösung des Roboters inzwischen auf dem Robot Operating System (ROS), mit dem auf einer Ubuntu-Plattform auf einem im Roboter eingebauten Computer in Java, Python oder C++ die gestellten Aufgaben bearbeitet werden. Mit 40kg Gewicht ist der Roboter für seine Größe kein Leichtgewicht und kann daher nicht beliebig Batterien transportieren, so dass dem Lademanagement eine besondere Rolle zufällt. Die gewählte Größe ermöglicht gerade bei der Feldarbeit einen nicht-invasiven Ansatz, der im Vergleich zu anderen Varianten, wie der automatischen Steuerung von Traktoren, die Pflanzen nicht schädigt. Der Roboter erfasst seine Umwelt mit einer Vielzahl von Sensoren: Die Lidar-Sensoren zur Entfernungsmessung in verschiedenen Richtungen sind dabei besonders wichtig, und sie messen bis zu 50mal pro Sekunde. Sie bestimmen die Entfernungen zur Umgebung des Roboters in einer Ebene bis 16m in einer Auflösung von bis zu drei Messpunkten pro Winkel-Grad und 3cm Entfernungsauflösung- mit gewissen Fehlerraten und Problemen mit reflektierenden Oberflächen. Zusätzlich misst eine intertiale Messeinheit translative und radiale Beschleunigungen wie auch die Ausrichtung zum Erdmagnetfeld. Zusätzlich können auch digitale Kameras zur Detektion von befahrbaren Untergründen, Objekten oder zur Analyse von Pflanzen eingebaut und verwendet werden. Zusätzlich messen Radencoder die Umdrehungen und Auslenkung durch Servos der Räder, womit der Roboter durch Odometrie seine durchgeführte Bewegung aus sich selbst heraus abschätzt. Durch die Kombination der Lidar-Daten mit der Odometrie durch ein SLAM-Verfahren (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) ermöglicht mit einem Kalman-Filter durch Analyse der Kovarianzen die robuste Erstellung einer Karte während des Befahrens, und korrigiert Fehler bei der eigenen Lokalisierung durch die Odometrie. Zusätzlich kann der Roboter mit einem GPS-Empfänger seine Position grob bestimmen. In der Auswertung der Sensoren wird zwar von einer guten Kalibrierung ausgegangen, jedoch ist es Teil des probabilistischen Ansatzes, die erfassten Werte immer mit einer konservativen Fehlerverteilung zu verarbeiten. Die Kamerabilder werden ebenso robust verarbeitet: Die Bilddaten werden nach einer Konvertierung in den HSV-Farbraum zunächst auf eine konstante Helligkeit gebracht, um Schatteneffekte zu reduzieren. Dann werden alle weniger farbigen Pixel als befahrbarer Weg markiert, und die Anzahl der befahrbaren Pixel pro Spalte in ein Histogramm zusammengeführt. Jeder Wert in dem Histogramm wird nun als Güte bzw. der Wahrscheinlichkeit für Fahrbahn in diese Richtung gewertet. Die GPS-Position wird zur Lokalisierung in der Open Street Map verwendet, wo nach Berechnung einer Route die aktuelle Zielfahrtrichtung bestimmt wird. Die eigentliche Entscheidungsfindung erfolgt dann auf Basis der verschiedenen Sensordaten durch die Berechnung von Erwartungswerten in Abhängigkeit von einer möglichen Fahrtrichtung. Genauer betrachtet werden für jeden Sensor Zielfunktionen über den erwarteten Nutzen unter Annahme des Fahrens in eine bestimmte Richtung berechnet, und anschließend der von der Fahrtrichtung abhängige Erwartungswert unter Annahme von Sensorungenauigkeiten und Fahrungenauigkeiten bestimmt. Im Falle der gewünschten Fahrtrichtung aus den GPS- und Kartendaten wird eine sehr breite Normalverteilung angesetzt, weil auch abweichende Richtungen noch einen Gewinn darstellen können, wenn sie zumindest etwas in die richtige Richtung gehen. Aus jedem Sensor ergibt sich pro Fahrtrichtung ein erwarteter Teilnutzen, und aus allen Teilnutzen wird der Gesamtnutzen als Produkt berechnet: Dadurch werden Teilnutzen von 0 sofort als Gesamtnutzen 0 gewertet, ansonsten aber geometrisches Mittel über die Teilnutzen gebildet. Die gewählte Fahrrichtung ergibt sich dann aus der Richtung, unter der sich das Gesamtmaximum des Gesamtnutzens ergibt. Die Verarbeitung der Sensordaten erfolgt typischerweise in der Geschwindigkeit, in der die Sensoren die Umgebung abtasten. In der Bildverarbeitung wird dies besonders durch die effizienten Routinen der verwendeten OpenCV-Bibliothek möglich. So sind bis zu 30 Entscheidungen in der Sekunde möglich, jedoch können die Motoren die Entscheidungen nur deutlich langsamer umsetzen. Es wurden auch weitere Verfahren zur Entscheidungsfindung getestet, wie die Verwendung von Clusteranalyse oder die Erstellung von Voronio-Diagrammen. Doch zeigte die robuste Entscheidungsfindung über Erwartungswerte bei der Navigation im urbanen Gebiet ihre Vorteile. Die beschriebene Entscheidungsfindung bezieht sich dabei bisher nur auf die Fahrtrichtung- die Fahrtgeschwindigkeit wird bisher nur von der freien Wegstrecke in Fahrtrichtung bestimmt. Dadurch verfolgt der Roboter im Normalfalle seine Ziele in Normgeschwindigkeit von 0.5-1m/s (er läuft und läuft und läuft), bremst aber, sobald er in die Gefahr gerät, sonst einen Menschen oder sich selbst zu beschädigen. Dadurch folgt der Roboter den Robotergesetzen von Asimov. Die Kommunikation im Roboter erfolgt über verschiedene Netze- der Lidar-Sensor wird beispielsweise über Ethernet angesprochen, die Entscheidungsfindung spricht mit den Hauptroutinen in der Recheneinheit über eine TCP-Verbindung, die Kommunikation von der Recheneinheit zum Masterboard erfolgt über USB als serielle Schnittstelle (UART), und das Masterboard gibt seine Steuerbefehle über einen CAN-Bus an Motoren und Servos weiter. Der Wettbewerb der Robotour 2015 fand in Tschechien in der Innenstadt von Pisek statt. Nach einer Qualifikation vor Ort gab es nach einer Testrunde eine erste Wettkampfrunde, in der die Roboter eine Lieferung von einem Parkplatz durch die gesamte Innenstadt über festgelegte Wegpunkte letztlich zu einem Restaurant bringen sollen. Obwohl der Testlauf noch erfolgreich war, litt der Roboter Beteigeuze der Gruppe in den ersten zwei Segmenten unter Abstürzen und lag damit auf dem letzten Platz. Nachdem der Fehler gefunden war, erreichte der Roboter im dritten Lauf als einziger das Segmentziel; und blieb im vierten Lauf zwar am Hintereingang des Restaurants hängen, war aber auch da gegenüber allen anderen Kandidaten bei weitem am nächsten am Ziel, und gewann so den Wettbewerb. Für einen Einstieg in die Robotik bieten sich Systeme wie Lego Mindstorms oder andere Roboterbaukästen an, aber auch Programmierspiele, wie sie Michael auch auf der GPN angeboten hat: https://github.com/Programmierspiele. Literatur und weiterführende Informationen M. Fürst: Probabilistische Robotik- Interessen eines Roboters als Nutzen formulieren und verarbeiten, Vortrag auf der Gulasch Programmier-Nacht GPN16, 2016. M. Fürst: Detecting Drivable Regions in Monocular Images, Robotour 2015, Autonomous Robot in Parks and Urban Regions, 2015. EKF-SLAM erklärt: Wie sieht ein Roboter die Welt? Robotour 2015 Vorgehensweise bei Kamaro GPN16 Special J. Breitner: Incredible Proof Machine, Gespräch mit S. Ritterbusch im Modellansatz Podcast, Folge 78, Fakultät für Mathematik, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), 2016. http://modellansatz.de/incredible-proof-machine
Themen: byomb (Bring Your Own Mute Button auf Github), Let's Encrypt, Google I/O 2016, Lego Mindstorms, Podcasting Meetup Österreich und Unsubscribe, "Zwangsupgrade" Windows 10 (Microsoft accused of Windows 10 upgrade 'nasty trick', Windows 10 Zwangsupgrade im Faktencheck, Windows 10 upgrade: How-to information on scheduling and notifications), Samba 4 und Active Directory und einiges mehr Gäste: Bernhard und Ulrich
Mitchel Resnick (or Mitch, for short) knows his making—from a lot of different angles. And he’s not too bought into the whole “electronics and gadgets” side of the maker movement. Resnick has been in this business for more than 30 years, and it’s safe to say that he’s seen the maker movement—and the state of STEM education, in general—go through its phases, its ups and downs. He’s currently the LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, where he and his team have developed products familiar to many a science educator: the "programmable brick" technology that inspired the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kit, and Scratch, an online computing environment for students to learn about computer science. Is making something that every school should be doing—and are all interpretations of “making” of equitable value? EdSurge sat down with Resnick in his office at the MIT Media Lab to learn more, and to find out how he and his team are working to bring more creativity into the learning process.
Baruch talks to Ryan about integrating Groovy with hardware, including Amazon Echo and Alexa and Lego Mindstorms. Both will be the subject of talks he's giving at Gr8conf in Copenhagen.
Alchemist v1.8 https://github.com/tonini/alchemist.el/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md Robot.ex - Adventures in robotics with Lego Mindstorms and Elixir http://jfcloutier.github.io/robotex/
A software model of a flatworm, piloting a Lego Mindstorms toy. Host John Siracusa and Jason Snell.
Chris Anderson was Editor in Chief of Wired Magazine for 12 years, but he gave all that up to devote himself to drones after an epiphany brought on by playing with a Lego Mindstorms robotic kit one Friday afternoon with his kids. As the founder of 3D Robotics, a drone manufacturer based in the Bay Area, he sees exciting possibilities for how drones can be put to work to solve some of our most pressing problems, in areas like agriculture and climate change. He talked about them with journalist and media innovator Peter Leyden at the 2015 Uncharted Festival of Ideas.
Laura Bilodeau Overdeck is founder and president of Bedtime Math Foundation, a nonprofit that seeks to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives, as beloved as the bedtime story. Bedtime Math offers a playful math problem daily for free, which engages both parents and kids while putting math on equal footing with literacy. In its first few months of existence, Bedtime Math increased its regular following from 30 families to well over 20,000, and garnered national press coverage. Laura knows a little something about numbers. As a child, she sat and memorized perfect squares for fun, back before it was cool. She went on to get a BA in astrophysics from Princeton University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, and continues to star-gaze today. In addition to her work with Bedtime Math, Laura currently serves as Chair of the Advisory Board for Johns Hopkins' Center for Talented Youth (CTY) and as a trustee of Liberty Science Center, Drew University, and the Governor's School of New Jersey. When not playing with numbers, Laura's other interests include her three lively children, chocolate, wine, extreme gravity stunts, and Lego Mindstorms. In this episode we discussed: Differences between how teachers treat boys versus girls in the classroom The psychology of why students do well in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects The 'Bedtime Math' book series. Resources Bedtime Math Foundation Laura Overdeck, Bedtime Math (Feiwell and Friends, 2013) Carol Dweck, Mindset (Ballantine Books, 2007)
Decía mi amigo David que la diferencia entre un hombre y un niño es el precio de los juguetes, pues en este capítulo del podcast hablamos de un juguete caro de los que nos gustan a los padres. Este capítulo está lleno de cositas, de ahí que haya salido algo más largo, pero ha merecido la pena porque está medio solucionado uno de los regalos de los reyes de 2016. Además de la web de Lego Mindstorm, los enlaces de los que hablamos son los siguientes: Lego Mindstorm: http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms Barakutin, para comprar barato en Amazon: https://barakutin.com Allway Sync, el programa que recomienda Porti: http://allwaysync.com/es/index.html Métodos de contacto Como siempre, para cualquier cosa, recordad, nos podéis encontrar en Twitter con las cuentas @Enteratec_com, @Materron y @Kashopi. Enviadnos vuestras consultas tanto aquí como en comentarios en el blog o en el formulario de contacto del blog. La música del podcast: Intro: Lucky_One del artista George_Woods. Métodos de contacto: Funny_Children_s_Song del grupo Akashic_Records Feed del podcast: https://enteratec.com/consultorioenteratec.xml.rss
Back in episode 25 I told you about a unique experience I had creating the Future Innovation Leaders class for 8-12 year olds. We explored the connection between the digital world and the physical world. One of the tools we used was LEGO Mindstorms – robots that can be built and programmed. An executive at […]
Back in episode 25 I told you about a unique experience I had creating the Future Innovation Leaders class for 8-12 year olds. We explored the connection between the digital world and the physical world. One of the tools we used was LEGO Mindstorms – robots that can be built and programmed. An executive at […]
Live from sunny England, Mike and Steve discuss the New Horizons fly-by of the Pluto system, Android taking on Lego Mindstorms, and freak out about the world falling into an ice age (or not).
01:47 - Rob Walling Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Startups For the Rest of Us MicroConf @MicroConf Drip @getdrip 02:46 - Rob’s Background in Email Marketing Rob Walling: The Number One Goal Of Your Website @ Business Of Software 2010 04:32 - Email Marketing ≠ Spam Personalization Small vs Large Companies 10:07 - Drip Features Tagging Targeted Emails 14:25 - Templates 19:20 - Best Practices Email Capture Forms Everywhere Autoresponders Lead Scoring Eric's Mailing List 25:58 - Frequency and Growing Your List Patrick Mckenzie Software by Rob James Clear 29:01 - Exclusivity Permalinking Nick Disabato P Public, But Not Visible Social Shares 35:20 - Updating Content Michael Port 40:06 - Vanity Metrics 46:07 - List Segmenting NeverBounce 52:04 - Lead Magnets (Opt-in Rewards) Clay Collins Picks Saas Marketing Essentials by Ryan Battles (Rob) Bloxels: Build Your Own Video Games with Blocks by Pixel Press (Rob) Circa Notebooks from Levenger (Jonathan) Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port (Jonathan) Content marketing isn’t the dirty word you think it is (Eric) LEGO Mindstorms (Reuven) Brixton Brothers Books (Reuven) Pleco (Reuven)
01:47 - Rob Walling Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Startups For the Rest of Us MicroConf @MicroConf Drip @getdrip 02:46 - Rob’s Background in Email Marketing Rob Walling: The Number One Goal Of Your Website @ Business Of Software 2010 04:32 - Email Marketing ≠ Spam Personalization Small vs Large Companies 10:07 - Drip Features Tagging Targeted Emails 14:25 - Templates 19:20 - Best Practices Email Capture Forms Everywhere Autoresponders Lead Scoring Eric's Mailing List 25:58 - Frequency and Growing Your List Patrick Mckenzie Software by Rob James Clear 29:01 - Exclusivity Permalinking Nick Disabato P Public, But Not Visible Social Shares 35:20 - Updating Content Michael Port 40:06 - Vanity Metrics 46:07 - List Segmenting NeverBounce 52:04 - Lead Magnets (Opt-in Rewards) Clay Collins Picks Saas Marketing Essentials by Ryan Battles (Rob) Bloxels: Build Your Own Video Games with Blocks by Pixel Press (Rob) Circa Notebooks from Levenger (Jonathan) Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling by Michael Port (Jonathan) Content marketing isn’t the dirty word you think it is (Eric) LEGO Mindstorms (Reuven) Brixton Brothers Books (Reuven) Pleco (Reuven)
03:08 - What’s Up with Aaron Patterson? Twitter GitHub Blog Red Hat
03:08 - What’s Up with Aaron Patterson? Twitter GitHub Blog Red Hat
03:08 - What’s Up with Aaron Patterson? Twitter GitHub Blog Red Hat
E heti témáink: Karácsonyi ajándék dilemma, mit és mit NE vegyünk az ötéves gyereknek? Robocraft, LEGO Mindstorm vagy egyik se? Már megint a Guinness. A kávés arcradír csodája. Samsung újratelepítés és a LastPass. Megint 50 Shades of Grey. Amsterdam, sexshopok, és a többi …. Magyar podcast rovatunk e-heti résztvevői: HelloPeti, Konnektor, Égéstér. Special Guests: Attila, Eni, Robi, and Rozika.
Robots. What are they? Just a new sort of tool, qualitatively different kinds of tools that do things we neither expect nor intend, new kinds of beings? With the incipient explosion of complex robots, we may need to re-examine the way law uses and understands intention, responsibility, causation, and other basic concepts. We’re joined by Ryan Calo, who has achieved the outrageously awesome feat of earning a living thinking about robots. (It’s pronounced Kay-low. So Joe got this one right.) We discuss flying drones, chess computers, driverless cars, antilock brakes, and computer-conceived barbecue sauce. This show’s links: Ryan Calo’s faculty profile and writing Follow-up from listener David on Episode 40: The Split Has Occurred, Shelley v. Kraemer, and Buchanan v. Warley Lego Mindstorms Ryan Calo, Robots and Privacy FIRST Lego League robotics competition for ages nine to fourteen DJI Phantom Vision 2+ flying drone camera thing capable of making like this one and this one Mark Berman, National Park Service Bans Drone Use in All National Parks and Chris Vanderveen, Man Banned from Yellowstone after Drone Crash FAA’s Key Initiatives page on drones Joan Lowy, Drone Sightings Up Dramatically Ryan Calo, Robotics and the Lessons of Cyberlaw (including a discussion of the concepts of embodiment, emergence, and social meaning as the core of the legal challenge posed by robotics) Stephen Johnson, Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software Radiolab, Emergence Frank Easterbrook, Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse Cory Doctorow, Why It Is Not Possible to Regulate Robots Neil Richards and William Smart, How Should the Law Think About Robotics? Ryan Calo, A Horse of a Different Color: What Robotics Law Can Learn from Cyberlaw About IBM’s Watson and Deep Blue (the chess machine) Daniel Suarez, Daemon Richard Fisher, Is It OK to Torture or Murder a Robot? Radiolab, Furbidden Knowledge Nicholas Bakalar, Robotic Surgery Report Card Studdert, Mello, and Brennan, Medical Malpractice Ryan Calo, The Case for a Federal Robotics Commission Excerpt from In re Polemis, the case we forgot the name of About Amazon’s Kiva Systems, the subsidiary that supplies Amazon with robotic warehouse workers Rochelle Bilow, We Put a Computer in Charge of Our Test Kitchen for a Day, and Here’s What Happened, and Mark Wilson, I Tasted BBQ Sauce Made By IBM’s Watson, And Loved It E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops About the Future Tense event, Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future?, including descriptions and video, in which Ryan participated About cognitive radio Daria Roithmayr, Complexity Law and Economics We Robot 2015, meeting April 10-11, 2015 in Seattle Special Guest: Ryan Calo.
Für das Mannheimer Agenda Diplom 2014 haben wir angefangen, LEGO Roboter zu bauen die wir dann mit den Kindern in Workshops gemeinsam programmieren. Das Video zeigt ein Zeitraffer des Wochenendes und ab 4:40 die Ergebnisse.
Hoy os contamos nuestro contacto con Lego Mindstorm y os pedimos ayuda.
Hoy os contamos nuestro contacto con Lego Mindstorm y os pedimos ayuda.
Cybercrime kits for malware (driven by Cryptolocker success), tranfering data from old computer to new, changing administrative password in Windows (using Offline NT Password and Registry Editor), Profiles in IT (Stephen D. Crocker, Internet pioneer and creator of Request for Comments), RFC 968 ('Twas the Night Before Startup by Vint Cerf), tech gifts that teach (LittleBits, SnapCircuits, Lego Mindstorms, Kodu, Bigshot Camera Kit, Arduino Robot Kits), QuadCopter gift guide (ranging from $100 to $1200, DJI Phantom Vision is tops at $1200), surprise visit from David Burd (delivering Victoria Secret with quadcopter), laptop guide for Christmas (ranging from $279 to $1400, prices are dropping), and Hour of Code campaign (sponsored by code.org, designed to motivate students to code). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).
Cybercrime kits for malware (driven by Cryptolocker success), tranfering data from old computer to new, changing administrative password in Windows (using Offline NT Password and Registry Editor), Profiles in IT (Stephen D. Crocker, Internet pioneer and creator of Request for Comments), RFC 968 ('Twas the Night Before Startup by Vint Cerf), tech gifts that teach (LittleBits, SnapCircuits, Lego Mindstorms, Kodu, Bigshot Camera Kit, Arduino Robot Kits), QuadCopter gift guide (ranging from $100 to $1200, DJI Phantom Vision is tops at $1200), surprise visit from David Burd (delivering Victoria Secret with quadcopter), laptop guide for Christmas (ranging from $279 to $1400, prices are dropping), and Hour of Code campaign (sponsored by code.org, designed to motivate students to code). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 14, 2013, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).
Showing photo dates in iPhone (Photo Date app, Exif data revealed, perils of GPS location), CryptoLocker ransomware (method of attack, no way to release files without paying ransom, beware of attachments, use backups), installing new anti-virus (uninstall prior AV first), Profiles in IT (Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO SnapChat), Christmas gift ideas for techies (FitBit Force lifestyle tracker, mobile pocket projector, digits to make make gloves touchscreen friendly, Epic Virtual Keyboard, smart watch options, iPad Mini, and Lego Mindstorm), and Dumb Idea of the Week (underpants for your smartphone, protect your home button). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).
Showing photo dates in iPhone (Photo Date app, Exif data revealed, perils of GPS location), CryptoLocker ransomware (method of attack, no way to release files without paying ransom, beware of attachments, use backups), installing new anti-virus (uninstall prior AV first), Profiles in IT (Evan Spiegel, co-founder and CEO SnapChat), Christmas gift ideas for techies (FitBit Force lifestyle tracker, mobile pocket projector, digits to make make gloves touchscreen friendly, Epic Virtual Keyboard, smart watch options, iPad Mini, and Lego Mindstorm), and Dumb Idea of the Week (underpants for your smartphone, protect your home button). This show originally aired on Saturday, December 7, 2013, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).
In this episode I dive into the world of Lego robotics and specifically, I learn about a new version of the Mindstorms educational robotic toy from Lego. At this past consumer electronics show (CES) in January, Lego announced and displayed the Mindstorms EV3. Also, this past NIWeek 2013, I saw a demo of the new EV3 […]
Andrew and Chris talk about Lego Mindstorm replacements, iPads disabling cyborgs, Python dictionaries, Google formats, data storage, Powerpoint, SSH, and old stuff, along with juicy feedback.
This week we talk about LEGO Mindstorms with Caroline Hanson. As teacher and member of the LEGO Education Advisory Panel, Caroline routinely uses LEGOs to teach her enrichment courses in reading, math, academic competition, and STEM topics to students at Aspen Middle School in Aspen, Colorado. Catherine talks to us about her experience with LEGO Mindstorms in the classroom and gives us a preview of the new LEGO Mindstorms EV3. Show notes at: http://laboutloud.com/?p=2510
We take a look at favorite holiday sci-tech gifts, including the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit, Logicomix, Manga Guide to Electricity, Lego Mindstorms, a fun new novelty for anyone on your list - giant microbes. After the show, we also voted to add yet one more item to your last-minute gifts - a mesh bag of any size, for . . . what else? Catching neutrinos. Also on the show this week, How on Earth's Roger Wendell describes a new way to clean irrigation ditches, called, a "Self Cleaning Trash Screen for Irrigation Water (Watch on You Tube)." Local author and scientist Dick Williams talks with How on Earth's Chip Grandits about Dick's new book: Eating Your Heart Out? Williams, with coauthors Binx Selby and Linda Fong. In his book, Dick writes, "For over a half-century, careful scientific researchers have known what a good balanced diet really means, yet most of us have largely ignored this important information. We have preferred to continue in our culturally determined ruts, eating ourselves to death. Major research projects have noted how some peoples in the world have lived healthy lives past the 100-year mark in communities, such as the Inuit living above the Arctic circle, and the traditional villages of the island, Crete, in the Mediterranean, where cardiac events are completely unknown. " Producer: Shelley Schlender Co-Hosts: Tom McKinnon & Beth Bartel, with special reports from Roger Wendell and Chip Grandits. Engineer: Shelley Schlender Executive Producer: Tom McKinnon Listen to the show:
Audio File: Download MP3Transcript: An Interview with Cathy Edwards CTO and Co-founder, Chomp Date: April 11, 2011 NCWIT Entrepreneurial Heroes: Interview with Cathy Edwards [music] Lucy Sanders: Hi. This is Lucy Sanders. I'm the CEO of NCWIT, the National Center for Women in Information Technology and we have today another great interview with a wonderful entrepreneur. I'm very eager for this interview because not only is she a co-founder of a technical company but she's also the Chief Technology Officer. I think our listeners understand how much we at NCWIT care about technical women. Very eager to get to this interview. With me is Larry Nelson from W3W3. Hi, Larry. Larry Nelson: Hi. I'm happy to be here, of course. You know one of the interesting things is that we've found over this past few years now is that we have many different people that listen to these shows, business leaders and parents as well as many younger girls who are looking into technology. Lucy: Well, they're definitely going to be interested in listening to this interview with Cathy Edwards. As I mentioned before she's the CTO and co-founder. It's at Chomp, which is a great company. I went and looked at it again today. I just love it. It's a search engine for mobile applications, which if you're like me it's pretty difficult to find all the applications that you can have on your mobile device today. Cathy created Chomp's proprietary algorithm that understands the function of each app so you actually get to search for applications, not just on what they are called but what they do. For example you can search for puzzles, you can search for games, I was searching for gardening, and search for fitness, et cetera. It's a great site. It's a great company. Cathy we're really happy to have you here. Welcome. Cathy: Thank you. I'm really really pleased to be on the line. Lucy: So what's going on with Chomp? Tell us all the latest news. I know that you launched in January of 2010 with a platform for the iPhone and just recently for Android. Give us the latest. Cathy: Yeah. Things are going really really well and the app market, as I'm sure everyone is aware, is really taking off right now. It's kind of interesting. If you look at the stats, the rate at which apps are growing both in terms of the number of apps available and the rate of adoption is very, very similar to the early days of the web. This is really looking like being something that's going to be very very big. And of course as it gets really big people are going to need ways to find those apps, just like maybe in the early days you browsed around Yahoo's directory of websites and saw all the gardening websites on the Internet in one place. After a little while it just becomes too many. You need to start searching for them. We think the same thing's going to happen with apps. Lucy: I think that's absolutely true and I have to say this factoid. My husband has an early Yellow Pages of every web site on the Internet. [laughter] Cathy: That is priceless. That's fantastic. You should hang on to that. Larry: Yeah. Lucy: I know. It's one of our family heirlooms. Cathy: [laughs] Lucy: So I mentioned that Cathy's a CTO and she also has a great technical background. She has worked in industry at Friendster and Telstra working in areas of research related to natural learning and language processing. Cathy, why don't you tell us, based on your technical background, how you first got interested in technology. Cathy: Yeah. I was actually extremely lucky. I'm really grateful that I had these experiences when I was young. I was lucky enough to go to two separate primary schools that both really had a lot of opportunities to actually begin programming. I remember doing my first programming when I was quite young using a program called Logo where you could basically draw pictures, program a little turtle around the screen and draw pictures. I just loved it from day one. Really there was no distinction about "Oh, you're a girl so you can't program." I was really encouraged to get into it. Everything just really grew from there. I continued doing programming throughout high school and did Computer Science as one of my majors at University. I've always kind of been technical the whole way through, but I really do think that it was because I was given some of these opportunities when I was young that I really got into it like I did. Lucy: That's one of the things I'd say we're trying to do here, you know? Larry: Mm-hmm. Lucy: To get girls interested. Larry: That's right. Cathy: Yeah. I just think it's so important, and particularly in contexts that they can really connect with. When I was about 12 years old, I did this competition with the Lego Mindstorms robots, which was this, you had to program this robot to pick up an egg and take it from one side of a track to another. Things like that, particularly when you've got robots and it's fun and you're with your friends, it takes it away from being a nerdy, geeky dungeon thing, if that makes sense. Larry: [laughs] Lucy: Well, based on your technology background, we also like to ask people we interview what's your view of the future of technology? What do you think is going to be particularly interesting, perhaps even over and above what you're doing at Chomp? Cathy: Yeah, well I was going to say it's pretty obvious that apps are going to be a pretty big thing. But I think in general, this kind of post-PC world that we're moving into, computing moving away from a single device that sits on a desktop and into every little object, computing becomes a part of everything that we do. Now we have running shoes that can track how far we've run or a wine rack in our house that can track our inventory of wine. To me, that is a really really interesting future to contemplate. Larry: Mm-hmm. Lucy: Ubiquitous computing. Larry: You betcha. Lucy, you mentioned when you went to Chomp.com that one of the things you looked up was gardening. Lucy: Mm-hmm. Larry: Now I understand why you carried in a shovel to your office this morning. [laughter] Larry: Anyhow... Lucy: No way. [laughter] Larry: Cathy, this is either a tough or an easy question. Why is it you are an entrepreneur? What is it about entrepreneurship today that makes you tick? Cathy: I feel really really privileged to do what it is that I do. I love getting up and going to work each morning. I really think that very few people in the world are in a position where they can genuinely say, "I spend a lot of time working and I love every minute of it." To me being an entrepreneur is about really two things. The first is about creating and building really amazing products. The things that people use and that people love. It's almost like, I don't know, being a carpenter and building a table or something. There's this kind of tangible "I built that" feeling that goes along with being an entrepreneur that maybe you don't get at a bigger company. Then the second piece is about creating and building an amazing team of people and I really love working with people. I have the most amazing team at Chomp. It's just that process of bringing people together for a higher purpose to build this thing. It's really an amazing feeling. Lucy: It's very creative. Larry: Yes. Lucy: Just a very creative process. Along that path of becoming an entrepreneur, who particularly influenced or supported you? Cathy: My parents have just been amazing my entire life. They've been very supportive of my career. They're actually both entrepreneurs, although they're back in Australia and they do entirely different things from what it is that I do. But all through my life I have grown up around this idea of entrepreneurship, and being involved with the family business and just this idea of making stuff happen on your own. I really think it was their influence that has helped me get to where I am today. Lucy: Well,you know, you see them taking notes, risks, and creating something from nothing. That's got to be a very valuable childhood experience. Larry: Yes Cathy: Absolutely Larry: For sure, Now Cathy, just as a little sidebar here. My family and I lived in Australia for three years. Met an amazing number of people there. I just wanted to say welcome. Cathy: Oh, thank you. I love it over here. The start up community is really growing, in Australia. And it's really exciting to see what's coming out of there. But definitely exciting to be in a much more established start up community, here in silicone valley. Larry: All right now, with all the things you have done and the support you have had, and the amazing team that you have been able to put together, what is the toughest thing that you have had to do in your career? Cathy: I actually think that that comes back to managing people again, and the pain. I think learning to manage and lead people effectively, is an extremely difficult thing to do. I think it's actually particularly difficult thing for young intelligent people, who are really used to being in control of what they are achieving, and doing everything themselves. I definitely made a lot of management mistakes, when I first started managing people. Learning to overcome that end, to be good at building a team, is something that I had to focus on. Obviously I still focus on it today. There's obviously a long way to go there. That is probably the toughest thing I had to do. Lucy: Wow, I think there is some hidden advice around what you said, about building great teams, as being necessary in entrepreneurship. What other advice would you give a young person about becoming an entrepreneur, if they were on the phone with us today. Cathy: This is actually a really difficult thing to do, but I think if at all possible, please try and find one person that you can trust to start a business with. My co-founder, Ben Kieghran, has been the most amazing partner, as we have gone through this kind of wild, crazy startup ride together. It definitely has made a big difference, just to have somebody that you can talk through problems with, somebody that you can trust and brainstorm with, and somebody you can have a little freakout to when it all gets a little too much. Not doing it alone I think is very important. Lucy: That's what they do down under. They have a little freakout. Larry: I think I remember those, yes. Lucy: I didn't know what to call them, but now I have words for them. Larry: Now, with everything you've been through, the things that you've been developing, and knowing where your going to grow. What personal characteristics do you have that give you the advantage of being an entrepreneur? Cathy: I think I have this interesting combination of extreme impatience on the one hand, but also focus on the other hand. That means I have this bias towards getting things done, I just want to make progress, make progress, get things done. Execution is just so important when your an entrepreneur, that first few months when you just got ideas, and you're out networking, and there's so many things you could do just starting a company. That just like coming back to, "What am I building? Is there evidence that people actually like this?" All of that is just so critically important, that I think that kind of impatience helps me get through that Larry: I love it. Lucy: Yeah, really. Turning to a slightly different topic for a moment, being an entrepreneur is, of course, hard work, all the time seven by twenty four, yet we all are people and have our personal lives as well. How do you either balance or integrate the two. How does that work for you? Cathy: This is a really difficult question, obviously. I think it's something everybody struggles with. My take on it is, work life balance is something that is measured more on a span of years, more then a span of kind of weeks or months. Paul Graham actually has this really great essay where he talks about how economically you can really think of a startup as a way to compress your whole working life into like kind of five years. I feel in that context there's really no way to work a forty-hour week, and go to yoga every night. Really I see that this is the time in my life where I'm really dedicated on the work side of things, but I also expect there will be other times in my life where I will be more dedicated on the family side of things. Having said that, my New Years resolution was not to work a six-day work week every week. I'm working hard on that at the moment. Lucy: I had that resolution, too, and I haven't done it. Cathy: Very difficult Larry: It is tough. When we lived in Australia, we would escape every now and then to Mullewa, and that was a great escape. Cathy: Lovely, I've never actually been there, but I've heard wonderful things. Larry: Oh yeah. Now you know you've already achieved a great deal. You started out working with your programs of iPods, and just recently launched for the Android. Are there other things that you plan on doing. Cathy: We are really just very focused on building the best possible search experience for apps, and app search and web search are really quite different. This is a really difficult problem that hasn't been solved yet. We expect it's going to take us awhile to really get that to be amazing, so that's just what we are working hard on right now. Lucy: Although this question isn't on our official list I just now have to ask it for sure. Based on what you found out so far, with your search for apps, are there any missing areas, where we could all go write apps and get really, really rich. Cathy: You know, everybody asks me that. Well actually we produce an app search analytics support each month. That goes through what people are searching for and that sort of thing. I believe that we are planning on focusing on unfilled areas of app interest in one of those reports in the future. I don't have an answer for you right now, but stay tuned. Larry: I will Lucy: I will, we can write apps, to fund NCWIT. Larry: There you go, I like it. Lucy: Wow, Cathy, Thanks so much for joining us we really enjoyed talking to you. I want to remind listeners that they can find this at w3w3.com, and also ncwith.org. Larry: We'll put up chomp.com on the website also. Lucy: Well, Thank you Cathy. Larry: Thank You. Cathy: Thank you very much. [music] Series: Entrepreneurial HeroesInterviewee: Cathy EdwardsInterview Summary: Cathy Edwards is the CTO and co-founder at Chomp, a search engine for mobile apps. She created Chomp's proprietary algorithm that understands the function of each app, allowing you to search for apps based on what they do rather than just what they're called. Release Date: April 11, 2011Interview Subject: Cathy EdwardsInterviewer(s): Lucy Sanders, Larry NelsonDuration: 14:39
Career options for a web designer, Profiles in IT (Alan Shugard, founder of Seagate Technology and disk drive pioneer), Rovio Wi-fi mobile webcam (great mobile spycam, configuring for external connection, firewall port forwarding, setting up a dynamic DNS, avoiding blocked ports), flat-panel TVs (LCD versus plasma, resolution, size, video inputs, and much more), laptops (AMD versus Intel and other specs), digital cameras (10MP is here, optical versus electronic zoom, stabilization), other gifts for geeks (portable GPS, touch screen cell phones, Wii, iPod, Kindle for e-books, thinkgeek.com), robots kits (Lego Mindstorm, robotstore.com), Joe the Plumber pitching DTV converter boxes, and Food Science (results of frozen turkey experiment). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 29, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).
Career options for a web designer, Profiles in IT (Alan Shugard, founder of Seagate Technology and disk drive pioneer), Rovio Wi-fi mobile webcam (great mobile spycam, configuring for external connection, firewall port forwarding, setting up a dynamic DNS, avoiding blocked ports), flat-panel TVs (LCD versus plasma, resolution, size, video inputs, and much more), laptops (AMD versus Intel and other specs), digital cameras (10MP is here, optical versus electronic zoom, stabilization), other gifts for geeks (portable GPS, touch screen cell phones, Wii, iPod, Kindle for e-books, thinkgeek.com), robots kits (Lego Mindstorm, robotstore.com), Joe the Plumber pitching DTV converter boxes, and Food Science (results of frozen turkey experiment). This show originally aired on Saturday, November 29, 2008, at 9:00 AM EST on WFED (1500 AM).
Making ringtones, profiles in IT (Ken Thompson, co-developer of Unix), science of snowflakes, quad-core processors (Intel versus AMD), tech gifts 2007, digital picture frames, mp3 players, external hard drives, digital cameras, laptops, Nintendo Wii, robots (Pleo the Dinosaur, Rhooma the vacuum, Lego Mindstorm robot kit), remote control toys (helicopters, planes, blimps), gadget selections (women versus men), food science (low fat baked goods), origin of the word byte, and reasons to avoid Yaari. This show originally aired on Saturday, December 8, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).
Making ringtones, profiles in IT (Ken Thompson, co-developer of Unix), science of snowflakes, quad-core processors (Intel versus AMD), tech gifts 2007, digital picture frames, mp3 players, external hard drives, digital cameras, laptops, Nintendo Wii, robots (Pleo the Dinosaur, Rhooma the vacuum, Lego Mindstorm robot kit), remote control toys (helicopters, planes, blimps), gadget selections (women versus men), food science (low fat baked goods), origin of the word byte, and reasons to avoid Yaari. This show originally aired on Saturday, December 8, 2007, at 9:00 AM EST on 3WT Radio (WWWT).
Lego Mindstorms: il sistema di costruzione di macchine e robot autonomi basato su Lego Technic – Introduzione al RIS: Robotic Invention System – Motori, sensori ed RCX – Dettagli dell’ RCX: il microcontroller Hitachi H8, memoria, convertitori A/D e D/A, firmware, display, porta a raggi infrarossi, batteria – Sensori di tatto, di luce, di rotazione, … Leggi tutto "TA 004 – Lego Mindstorms"
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