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In a STEM-obsessed world, let's remember to value real inventions over test scores
Washington Post (blog) Ever since President Obama announced the “Educate to Innovate” campaign for Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Education in November 2009, U.S. educators have launched a number of initiatives to push down STEM … |
The White House (blog) |
President Obama Marvels at Brilliant Minds, Incredible Inventions at White …
The White House (blog) This year's event brought 100 incredible kids from more than 30 states to participate in a day-long showcase of innovative projects, patent-worthy inventions, and potentially life-saving discoveries made by America's brightest young minds. The student … Awesome Girls Show Off Inventions at the White House Science Fair These 5 Teens Showed Off Awesome Inventions At The White House Science Fair Florida scientist, 12, wows Obama with 'sandless sandbag' |
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TV, Google, and bendy straws: Bay Area inventions and discoveries
SFGate (blog) Since the Gold Rush days, when people like Levi Strauss set up shop in San Francisco, the Bay Area has been a hotbed of innovation. With UC Berkeley on one side and Stanford University and Silicon Valley on the other, many of the inventions and … |
NPR (blog) |
Step Right Up: 20 Very Silly Inventions Actually Pitched On 'Shark Tank'
NPR (blog) Shark Tank is a startlingly popular Friday-night show where people who have invented various strange things (and sometimes cool things) bring them to a group of rich people and beg for an investment. Some of the products make sense, some are sort of … |
ABC News (blog) |
Bill Nye and Andy Samberg, Odd Couple Judges for User Inventions at SXSW
ABC News (blog) South by Southwest is known for its convergence of hipsters and geeks, and the hosts of the Quirky+GE Night of Invention event were emblematic of that odd couple vibe. The event was a sort of “Shark Tank” for new product ideas, and the panel of judges … Debating self-cleaning toilets with Bill Nye, Andy Samberg, General Electric … |
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The Inventions Their Inventors Have Lived To Regret
Motherboard (blog) So there's this one line in Jurassic Park that comes to mind a lot. (Bear with me here.) Shit has hit the fan and dinosaurs are eating people, and Jeff Goldblum's character tells the old guy that created the park, “Your scientists were so preoccupied … |