The Technology Is There, So Why Aren’t You in a Zero Emissions Car?
Vehicle fuel efficiency is better than ever and gas prices are low, which means zero emissions vehicles aren’t getting the attention they deserve.
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Tag: MIT
International Scratch Day: Saturday, May 17!
Do your kids Scratch? Nope, this isn’t a medical question. Scratch is a free programming language developed for kids.
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Professors Win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation, Give It All Away
Rice University Professors Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden recently received the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovations and then promptly gave it all away.
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Playing in the Sandbox With Dale Dougherty
Last week I attended Sandbox Summit, a conference at MIT that gathers great thinkers in children’s media. This year’s theme was was about nurturing kids’ imagination in the digital age, which stood in sharp contrast to the events unfolding in Boston while we were there. Instead of gluing ourselves to the news, we pressed on with the conference. It was so reassuring to talk about inspiring kids and the good that we can do through media.
Continue ReadingThe GeekMoms Podcast #35: Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Program Inspires Kids to Invent
In this episode, GeekMom Nicole Wakelin gets to do a face-to-face interview with the kids on the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam from Nashua North High School in Nashua, New Hampshire
Continue ReadingGoogle’s Erez Lieberman Aiden – How the Human Genome Folds
What do Ramen noodles, knots, and genome globules have in common? If you’re researcher Erez Lieberman Aiden, these are models for his groundbreaking research on 3-D mapping the human genome. At the end of the day, he shares advice and wisdom with aspiring young scientists. His connections to TED and Google lend a “cool” factor […]
Continue ReadingIngenious Use of Soda Bottles Lights up the Darkness
Much of what we write about here at GeekMom is high tech gadgetry, so when I say ‘solar’ you might think of any number of modern solar powered electrical systems. What you probably didn’t think about is the super low tech but incredibly brilliant solar bottle bulb developed by students from the Massachusetts Institute […]
Continue ReadingVanished – A New Online Event From MIT and The Smithsonian Institution
Launching April 4th, the Smithsonian Institution and MIT are teaming up to debut an unprecedented online/offline science fiction-based mystery event for kids 11-14! Entitled Vanished, the event is an interactive mystery that taps into the pop culture/science phenomena, providing tweens …
Continue ReadingMoms, Get Your Game Face On!
I played over thirty video games while I was at PAX East last weekend. As I predicted in my previous post, most of them were disappointing clones of other games. Also as predicted, there were a few great new games on offer at the convention. It would be exhausting to review everything I played, but […]
Continue ReadingPi at MIT: Bitter…or Sweet?
Two years ago our family recognized Pi Day for the very first time. At exactly 1:59 p.m on March 14th my son received the decision on his application for admission to the the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His response when he logged on to read the letter: “I GOT IN!” It was a sweet […]
Continue ReadingTeaching Your Kids To Be Programmers
I’m always keen to get my kids into video gaming, although I’m not sure why. Perhaps because of this, I was really taken by a story told by a friend (@Pixelh8) who reviews games on Game People with me. He …
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