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YOUTH TAKE::THE FUTURE IS OUR FUTURE:: KID GEEKS!! - March 13, 2010 by Nico
NYC FIRST Robotics LIVE Webcast at NASA.robotics.gov  – Kids, Technology and Streaming Media!! Oh my! Recently me & my honey took the kids to the SONY Wonder Labs, which is a FREE interactive playground in NYC at the SONY building,  It was indeed “wonderful” and it also made me sad… Sad that I had missed out on so much back in the days of my misspent youth! Of course, none of this existed yet… so, what can you do?
Alas, NYC is finally becoming a breeding ground for fabulous geekdom!
Celebrating Kids Working Smart in Science and Technology

All FIRST programs are organized around two components:

  1. engaging teams of students in the process of technological innovation through the use of robotics; and
  2. bringing communities together to celebrate the achievements of students working smart in science and technology.

Check out the webcasts and from NYC FIRST Robotics LIVE Webcast at NASA.robotics.gov
Check out a LIVE video feed of the 10th Annual NYC FIRST Robotics Competition here.NASA is webcasting FIRST Robotics regionals from across the country here.
CAPSELA ROCKS!

I love the CAPSELA@

Nico’s Deep Thought:  I love to see the next, youngest generation as they enter the wonderful world of genius, geekdom!!  There wasn’t a competition around here in NYC for me in High School, we didn’t have computers in the schools yet!!  Not much Robotics (I did do Lego but Capsela was always my FAVORITE!!)  and a lot of Rube Goldberg, but that’s mostly physics!!
Oooh!  Have I said too much?  Well, I suppose I should keep the mystery alive and focus on tomorrow!
Defined:  Rube Goldberg designed inventions that made simple tasks much more complicated. Like this! (Who didn’t love watching Zoom growing up???)
Source:  http://nycnjfirst.org/blog/2010/03/13/nyc-first-robotics-live-webcast-at-nasa-robotics-gov/
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NASA LEVITATES A MOUSE :: MAGNETIC FIELDS:: NEAT GEEK TREEP! - September 9, 2009 by Nico
NASA LEVITATES A MOUSE

NASA LEVITATES A MOUSE ("b" is a bad angle, but Mickey is in the air!!)

I love Popular Science Magazine!!   It keeps me in touch with what is really important – FLYING!!  Antigravity/moon boots were on every Christamas list since birth, so this may be a small step for NASA but is a big LEAP for MICE KIND!

It took little Mickey about 4 hours to adjust to floating in the magnetic field, and the hope is this will enlighten on the effects of anit-gravity; I wonder what the differences are between the real thing and this artifical space environ.  I just think it is soooo cool!  Totally NEAT GEEK TREEP!

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Harry Kloor's Quantum Quest :: NASA :: William Shatner, Mark Hamill make heroes of Photons - September 8, 2009 by Nico

[brightcove vid=36884723001&exp3=3924348001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=1274168784&w=486&h=412]

“It’s the most scientifically accurate rendering of our solar system in any movie.” Says Harry Kloor on the subject.  They used images from various spacecraft—Cassini-Huygens, STEREO, Mars Express—and placed the characters into a very real universe.

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