Posted on November 12th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, CA, is seeking delectable gingerbread creativity from children, adults, businesses, and organizations. Try your hand at creating a delicious masterpiece out of gingerbread, icing, and other edibles in this year’s competition. Submissions accepted Nov. 20-29, 2010 and on display November 26, 2010 – January 2, 2011.
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Posted on October 26th, 2010 by axb
Kids dressed as Rubik’s Cubes promote a contest for solving the puzzles.
This past weekend (Oct. 23-24), some of the eGFI team were lucky enough to visit the USA Science & Engineering Festival Expo on and near the National Mall of Washington, DC. Between giant kaleidoscopes, robot soccer competitions, Bill Nye the Science Guy, live music, explosions, and DIY rockets, there was more than enough to keep us occupied.
Check out some of our best photos from the festival after the jump.
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Posted on June 29th, 2010 by als
Posted on June 14th, 2010 by jxh
Two robots face off at last year’s RoboCup in Austria
While soccer fans around the world are energized about the start of the World Cup, engineers are preparing for the RoboCup world championship, which begins June 19 and takes place in Singapore.
Carnegie Mellon University students, who have been strong competitors in the RoboCup soccer tournament in years past, are especially confident in their robot soccer players this year, thanks to a new algorithm based on physics principles.
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Posted on May 21st, 2010 by axb
A flaming lotus sculpture from Maker Faire 2009 (jurvetson/Flickr)
Whether you have a knack for inventing things or just want to see some really cool stuff people have made, you should definitely check out Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA this weekend (May 22-23, 2010).
Maker Faire is a two-day extravaganza that features a diverse collection of projects from garage inventors and tinkerers across the nation.
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