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A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time. A loping cheetah dashes across a rolling field, bounding over sudden gaps in the rugged terrain. The movement may look…

Challenges in Robotics – Fast-growing Colorado-based PickNik Robotics developed a platform that makes robots Challenges in Robotics – If a robot one day helps you make breakfast or change a diaper, there’s a good chance PickNik Robotics had a hand…

Tech Jobs Are Going Unfilled Due To A Lack Of Skilled Tech WorkersJobs paying $75.00 per hour and salaries of over $185,000 a year are going unfilled due to a lack of skilled tech workers. To all of the young people…

The Financial Times asked an online roundtable of experts about the prospects and priorities for education funding in low-income countries. Dr Elyas Abdi Jillaow Director-general, Ministry of Education, Kenya For sustainability, developing countries must increase their domestic spending. It is…

Could modern methods of construction hold the key to affordable, sustainable housing in emerging economies? Houses built using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are quick to build, and offer economic, environmental and social benefits. They could provide one solution to…

Our planet and everything that lives on it is buckling under the weight of all the plastic waste we’re producing. The volume of these non-biodegradable materials discarded after use is only increasing, so we need new ways to tackle them, and fast.…

The cost of food and the expense to human health/ the environment has been released by the Rockefeller Foundation. Whilst the current national expenditure is around $1.1 trillion, the true cost of food is predicted to be closer to $3.2…

AI to Craft Code An AI programming tool that makes sample code easier to find might sound like a godsend for software developers, but the reception for Microsoft’s new GitHub Copilot tool has been a bit chillier. Developers don’t want AI…

AR will become the new interface between humans and machines by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann Augmented Reality Strategy – There is a fundamental disconnect between the wealth of digital data available to us and the physical world…

It’s hard for us to fathom exponential age and change – but our inability to do so could tear apart businesses, economies and the fabric of society IN 2020, AMAZON turned 26 years old. Over the previous quarter of a…

They analyzed nearly all of the US patent system – AI to predict the next big things MIT researchers have used AI to predict which technologies are rapidly improving — and which ones are overhyped. In a new study, the…

Developers survey across the world reveal their tools, language choices, and more A survey of nearly 32,000 developers has confirmed the dominance of JavaScript, showing a remarkable 91 per cent using GitHub, and growth in use of AWS despite the…

Labster Resources – We never expected Virtual experiences to have such an impact on our daily lives.  COVID has accelerated the learning curve for all of us.  We hope you are doing well and adapting to these changes and challenges.…

Future Green Jobs – The UNEP has released a guide to sustainable career choices. Farming, architecture, science and teaching are some of the sectors that will need new green skills, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. Almost half of…

Water Risk – Companies need water to grow crops and provide hydroelectric activity, but also need to avoid floods and rising seas. Waterplan helps monitor it all so companies can plan for potential liquid-based disruptions to business. As the planet…

Bridge The Skills Gap – Roughly 65% of school children today will end up working in jobs that don’t exist yet. By 2025, 85 million jobs may be displaced by a shift in the division of labour between humans and…

Two new AIs that can write and code out this week show the power of artificial intelligence to read text, write it — and even convert it into computer code. Why it matters Natural language processing (NLP) is one of…

A study raises new concerns that AI will exacerbate disparities in health care when algorithms detect your race. One issue? The study’s authors aren’t sure what cues are used by the algorithms. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS are being spent to develop…

We were accepted to use the new 3.0 SDK NVIDIA CloudXR™ SDK – Registered Program NVIDIA Developer Program is a registered program available to a limited number of applicants. Please register or log in using your company email credentials to…

This school-in-a-bag helps educate the most remote areas. In low-income developing nations only 6% of children have access to the internet at home. The Solar Media Bag has been trialled in Uganda, Ethiopia and Mozambique. School teachers in rural areas can…

One challenge is how little we know about the dangers. Social Media Is A Risk To Humanity – Social media has drastically restructured the way we communicate in an incredibly short period of time. We can discover, “Like,” click on,…

Almost 30 area middle and high school students spent two weeks of their summer learning about aviation and nautical theory at a STEM Center in Washington. The students visited area museums related to those subjects, talked about nautical careers with…

Spotting these toxic work behaviors may safeguard against a hostile work environment. In 2007, renowned Stanford professor Robert Sutton authored the seminal The No A–hole Rule, a book spawned from a provocative essay he penned for the Harvard Business Review…

Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades. Even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN’s climate science advisors obtained by AFP. Species extinction, more widespread…

Some developers are frustrated over the way the time-saving tool for coders was built. Others are excited about its potential. An AI programming tool that makes sample code easier to find might sound like a godsend for software developers, but the…

Google, Nvidia, and others are training algorithms in the dark arts of designing semiconductors—some of which will be used to run artificial intelligence programs. Artificial Intelligence is now helping to design computer chips—including the very ones needed to run the most…

“Preserving nature and maintaining its services are critical for economic growth,” said World Bank Group President David Malpass. The global economy faces annual losses of $2.7 trillion by 2030 if ecological tipping points are reached. In its first “Economic Case…

On Being with Krista Tippett The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — or SETI — goes beyond hunting for E.T. and habitable planets. Scientists in the field are using telescopes and satellites looking for signs of outright civilizational intelligence. One of…

6 Things To Know About The Future Of Skills And Workplace Learning You won’t have missed that the world of work has gone through some significant changes in recent times. As we move into a new era of hybrid workplaces,…

Students will receive free college credits upon completion of the syllabus. Study at a Beijing high school showed that happiness lessons had positive outcomes among students. In the US, ‘happiness professor’ Laurie Santos’s Psychology and the Good Life course will…

Those In The Care Sector As demographics shift, with many countries facing aging populations, and cultural norms evolve, with more women entering the workplace, the demand for care is on the up. So-called “care” professions include childcare, eldercare, nursing, therapy,…

The online world is continuously expanding — always aggregating more services, more users and more activity. Last year, the number of websites registered on the “.com” domain surpassed 150,000,000. However, more than a quarter of a century since its first…

Experts and amateurs alike are now able to create rich, expressive, deformable 3D models from scratch. 3D computer animation is a time-consuming and highly technical medium — to complete even a single animated scene requires numerous steps, like modeling, rigging…

Now available everywhere you go!The Fab Lab Network is an open, creative community of fabricators, artists, scientists, engineers, educators, students, amateurs, professionals, of all ages located in more than 149 countries in approximately 2,000 Fab Labs. From community based labs…

In 2001, Tom Szaky founded TerraCycle—and launched a global recycling revolution. Have you ever felt guilty about tossing your old Teva sandals, or Colgate toothbrush, or Etch A Sketch into the trash, where they will clog up a landfill for…

A newly discovered 3D-printing method could be revolutionary for bone cancer treatment. A new 3D printing process which can be used inside the human body is offering hope to trauma and cancer patients who need bone replacements, reducing pain and…

More cities are now following suit. LONDON — More and more cities are embracing a doughnut-shaped economic model to help recover from the coronavirus crisis and reduce exposure to future shocks. British economist and author of “Doughnut Economics” Kate Raworth…

This 3D map shows the U.S. cities with the highest economic output. The United States has the world’s largest economy at more than $21 trillion dollars. A new report has shown the nation’s top 10 cities, by economic outlook. The…

Really putting you inside the cockpit. Microsoft Flight Simulator has always been about making you feel like a pilot, but you’ve never been able to experience it in VR — until today. With today’s free update, Asobo Studio has added…

I created a class to teach zero waste. It turned into so much more. This activist created and teaches a course at UC Berkeley about how to achieve zero waste. In an interview with the Forum, she discusses the course…

I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like – this is what I learned Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University…

What ‘systems thinking’ actually means – and why it matters for innovation today. Systems thinking can help us grasp the interconnectedness of our world. During the uncertainty of the pandemic, it can spur innovation. We are currently living through VUCA…

Visualizing Countries by Share of Earth’s Surface There are over 510 million square kilometers of area on the surface of Earth, but less than 30% of this is covered by land. The rest is water, in the form of vast oceans. Today’s visualization…

An eye for music – Hear Colour A machine learning system lets visitors to a new art exhibition experience the sounds of colours through the artist Kandinsky’s eyes. The abstract art pioneer had synaesthesia, a condition that can make people…

The moment for change is now – Circular Economy The circular economy represents the means to save the planet, as well as an enormous market opportunity. There is a mismatch between multinationals struggling to keep pace with circular innovation, and…

We’ve trained a neural network called DALL·E that creates images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language. DALL·E is a 12-billion parameter version of GPT-3 trained to generate images from text descriptions, using a…

A study by the Glocalities market research agency has found an increase in respondents who want income inequality addressed. It also found a rise in respondents saying decent work and economic growth were the most important means of improving quality…

School Fab Lab brings digital fabrication to the classroom in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Inner Banks STEM Center, through a Grant provided by The Cannon Foundation, will introduce students to an exciting, engaging hands-on project-based program called “Fab Lab”, to…

Agility, technology and regulation are key priorities for chief executives post-pandemic, IBM finds in its survey of 3,000 global CEOs. The report also identifies five key factors that set outperforming CEOs apart. Employment and livelihood crises are one of the…

The global drone industry is projected to double over the next five years, from $22.5 billion in 2020 to $42.8 billion in 2025. Why?Because drones are being rolled out for defense, conservation, disaster relief, agriculture, real estate, entertainment and a whole bunch of other sectors. But the…

Physicists from Leiden University have 3D-printed a miniature version of an Intrepid-class starship from Star Trek (via PC Gamer). The idea of a tiny starship is probably something you haven’t considered outside of the plot of a Star Trek episode, but this microscopic model is…

Engineers from MIT are developing the world’s first autonomous boats. The robotic fleet is bound for the city of Amsterdam. Roboat II navigates autonomously using algorithms similar to those used by self-driving cars, but now adapted for water. The boats…

50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025, as adoption of technology increases, according the the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report. Critical thinking and problem-solving top the list of skills employers believe will grow in prominence in…

The United States has the world’s largest economy at more than $21 trillion dollars. A new report has shown the nation’s top 10 cities, by economic outlook. The number 1 spot is taken up by New York City, totalling $1.77…

Collaborating online might prepare students with the skills needed for modern careers. A growing category of jobs will require employees to work in geographically dispersed, virtual teams. Many students may have enough maturity, focus and self-discipline to learn digitally. Let’s…

Researchers say NSO’s use of real data “violated the privacy” of thousands of unwitting people. Spyware maker NSO Group used real phone location data on thousands of unsuspecting people when it demonstrated its new COVID-19 contact-tracing system to governments and journalists,…

Happy to share this op-Ed about digital learning written by Marjorie B. Tiven who is founder and president of Global Cities, Inc. It is a great education program that we have seen blossoming over the years. We totally agree with Marjorie’s analysis “The…

Ghez. Prof Ghez is only the fourth woman to win the physics prize, out of more than 200 laureates since 1901. I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it: Three scientists have been awarded…

At-home testing is now available for those who wish to take a coronavirus test from inside their homes, Chicago’s top public health official said Wednesday. “At-home testing options continue to grow and expand,” Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr.…

On being one of the first two women to share the prize, Prof Charpentier said: “I wish that this will provide a positive message specifically for young girls who would like to follow the path of science… and to show…

People who think they were exposed to the coronavirus face a number of logistical obstacles in the United States to get tested: Many tests take days to produce results, require leaving quarantine to visit a medical professional, or — most likely…

Glück, cited for “her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”, is the 16th woman to win the Nobel, and the first American since Toni Morrison took the prize in 1993. The Swedish Academy has chosen…

Three fundamental rules can be followed in order to empower a generation of lifelong learners. High-trust education institutions and workplaces are being equated with high performance. We need to tap into our emotions to replicate in remote environments what we…

Microsoft Flight Simulator has always been about making you feel like a pilot, but you’ve never been able to experience it in VR — until today. With today’s free update, Asobo Studio has added support for OpenXR-compatible headsets, which include Windows Mixed Reality…

VR doesn’t need to look hyper-realistic for our brains to believe it.   Virtual reality really had a moment back in 2016. The internet is still packed with people trying it for the first time, and it’s bizarre to watch.…

Google’s AI Platform, a cloud-hosted service facilitating machine learning and data science workflows, today gained a new feature in backend models that tap powerful Nvidia graphics chips. In related news, Google debuted a refreshed model training experience that allows users to run…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution can’t be a panacea for the problems caused by our obsession with unchecked economic growth. We need instead a concerted effort to reset our economic systems and make some hard choices about our future paths. An…

COVID-19 has caused an economic shock three times worse than the 2008 financial crisis. Europe and emerging markets have been hit hard economically, China has escaped a recession. But the worst could be behind us, and a greener economy could…

The United States has the world’s largest economy at more than $21 trillion dollars. A new report has shown the nation’s top 10 cities, by economic outlook. The number 1 spot is taken up by New York City, totalling $1.77…

As school districts have been forced to embrace remote learning during the pandemic, teachers and students alike have found ways to adapt to the new normal. And as school districts plan for the fall semester, many are turning to online learning because…

A heatwave has produced record summer highs in Norway’s Svalbard, home to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Commonly referred to as the Doomsday Vault, the site houses nearly 900,000 seeds for research, breeding and educational purposes. Across the Arctic, climate…

While social distancing has slowed transmission of COVID-19, understanding how airborne droplets travel is important for informing public health. When we cough or sneeze we expel micro-droplets which follow the principles of fluid mechanics. Research has shown that these droplets…

Automatic environment occlusion The iPad Pro running ARKit 4 produces a depth image for each frame. Each pixel in the depth image specifies the scanned distance between the device and a real-world object. AR Foundation 4.1 includes an AR Occlusion Manager…

Using waste food to farm insects as fish food; and high-tech real-time water quality monitoring: innovations that could help change global aquaculture, were showcased at the World Economic Forum’s Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2020. Two young entrepreneurs addressed a breakout session…

Have you been staying at home for the last two months and now just want to go back to normal? The answer to both questions is probably yes. After weeks of designing and distributing protection equipment, the creative community is…

A local hospital called a Seattle makerspace to ask if anyone could help out to provide them with masks and visors. A bit of a scramble ensued to figure out who could do what.  Rory Larson, a maker with a mechanical…

Microplastics the size of a grain of sand are hidden in everyday products like laundry detergent and cosmetics. In the EU, 17 million tonnes of these particles are produced every year, many of which find their way into the ocean.…

In March, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a 67-page document with guidelines to improve the development and well-being of children aged 0-to-3. Its conclusion: In order to support kids, we must support their caregivers, because their love and care is what…

A tiny, tennis ball sized robot, weighing as much as a penny, has been developed to perform surgical tasks. The robot was successful in puncturing a mock retinal vein, only about twice the thickness of a human hair, without causing…

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, the Sustainable Brands team celebrates 30 fearless women leading the charge in sustainable and regenerative business practices. Janine Benyus Co-Founder of Biomimicry 3.8; Author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature Janine is…

The SEEUS95 isn’t what you’d call a ‘conventional’ mask. Designed to be the spiritual successor to the common masks we strap around our faces, and just one step away from us wearing glass spheres around our heads like astronauts, the…

A 3D Look at the Largest Population Density Centers It can be difficult to comprehend the true sizes of megacities, or the global spread of nearly 7.8 billion people, but this series of population density maps makes the picture abundantly clear. Created…

Flying cars could be a possibility in the near future, as Japan plans to commercialize as soon as 2023. Companies such as Airbus, Boeing and Uber are all working the field. Japanese company SkyDive are hoping to sell 100 vehicles…

Ford has introduced a robot to to help map factory floors and design upgrades for workspaces. The dog-shaped robot is known as Fluffy. It runs, walks, and prances, rhythmically tapping its four feet before it sinks down on its haunches…

The FABXLive, this year’s global Fab Lab Network conference, is an online, distributed, FREE conference that gives us an opportunity to stay connected, reflect and engage deeply around Fab Lab and other community responses to COVID-19, the current state of…

Some 57,000 students in Wuhan, the Chinese city where COVID-19 was first reported, are returning to school today for the first time since a strict 76-day lockdown in the city was lifted. Not all students are back in the classroom—just…

Our children hold the key to determining a brighter future. Over the years, we’ve seen an emergence of notable teens spearheading the way and campaigning for issues they are passionate about. Take Malala Yousafzai, for example, and her tireless campaigning…

The FABXLive, this year’s global Fab Lab Network conference,  is an online, distributed, FREE conference that gives us an opportunity to stay connected, reflect and engage deeply around Fab Lab and other community responses to COVID-19, the current state of the world and our vision for the future. With…

The Fab Lab network congratulates Nadya Peek, alum from the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT on being selected as a TR35 innovator. She builds novel modular machines that can do just about anything you can imagine. Nadya Peek began…

Leading 3D printing companies are lending their expertise to provide medical personnel in Israel and around the world with critically needed equipment to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Every day, hospitals throw out more than 6000 face shields used by…

  Businesses that use cloud computing will not buckle under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. Further automation and artificial intelligence will enhance the resilience of supply chains. Successful businesses will have a combination of resilience and agility. COVID-19 is…

The Fab Lab Network and Maker Community are banding together to battle COVID-19.  They are producing face shields across the world using 3D printers and crowd sourcing materials that are safe, washable and reusable for the hero’s fighting on the…

With colleges and universities around the world shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, chemistry teachers are navigating the shift to online learning. There are several factors to consider in this effort, from technology to accessibility. Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly…

De Blasio Visits Brooklyn Navy Yard as NYC Companies Make Components To Combat Coronavirus The Brooklyn Navy Yard, part of the arsenal of democracy during World War II, is now home to a budding effort to make supplies for the…

Coronavirus: 5 Ways To Work From Home With Your Kids (And Stay Sane)   Managing the closures of schools, offices and care facilities can be overwhelming for working parents. • Flexibility is key during this challenging period; perfectionism the enemy.…

They asked Katherine Johnson for the moon, and she gave it to them. Wielding little more than a pencil, a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds in the country, Mrs. Johnson, who died at 101 on Monday…

Vita Zhou, 8, has become an online celebrity with his learn-to-code videos amid a nationwide push to train young people in technology. SHANGHAI — A bespectacled eight-year-old has become the poster child for China’s campaign to dominate the world of high…

Successfully Navigating the Fourth Industrial Revolution Requires Agility Agile organizations treat disruption and adversity as opportunities. They grab the initiative and turn the environment into a critical supporter of their vision. In contrast, organizations that cling to the status quo…

It is important to note that while automation will change 50% of jobs, it is not expected to eliminate more than 5%. Rather than being replaced by computers, most workers will instead work alongside rapidly evolving machines. The future of…

This year, something truly amazing happened in the Broadcom MASTERS National STEM Competition. Both the participants and organizers were excited to witness a historic moment. For the first time since the competition was launched in 2010, all top 5 prizes…

Neil Gershenfeld outlines the impact of fab labs NEIL GERSHENFELD HAS BEEN CALLED THE INTELLECTUAL FATHER OF THE MAKER MOVEMENT. He’s spent more than a decade bringing the means for invention to remote corners of the globe via fab labs—facilities…

Building Internet-connected things seems obvious today, but what about when there’s no Internet? The concept often feels like something out of a science fiction movie or a doomsday prepper’s handbook- and while this device can work in both scenarios, it’s…

Just as communications and computation went from analog to digital, resulting in PCs and the Internet, the digitization of fabrication is leading to personal fabricators that will allow anyone to make almost anything, anywhere. The development of digital fabrication is…

Three for one The University of Maine just set three world records in one fell swoop. Using the world’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer, a UMaine team built the world’s largest 3D-printed boat, which also happened to be the world’s largest solid…

The year 1969 was a pivot point in culture, science and technology. On Jan. 30, the Beatles played their last show. On July 20, the world watched in awe as Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin become the first humans…

MIT’s Mini Cheetah robots are small quadrupedal robots capable of running, jumping, walking, and flipping. In a recently published video, the tiny bots can be seen roaming, hopping, and marching around a field and playing with a soccer ball. They’re…

School Fab Lab’s 2019-2020 student program is now available for participating schools We are excited to announce that the program is available online and has been updated based on your feedback. We continuously work to keep the program updated as…

A new report by Pew Research Center found that American’s digital literacy is lacking, with 40 percent of adults answering questions correctly on average. The study asked U.S. adults about a wide range of tech topics from who owns social…

Across the nation, innovative programs are preparing students to enter the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. These subjects, often called STEM, can open up new pathways to success in the 21st century workforce and also means new opportunities…

This years Dezeen Awards have drawn together a coveted array of brands, designers and agencies who have worked on, and carried out, show-stopping projects over the past year. With a jury comprised of international architects, designers and academics such as…

The promise of machine learning (ML) for species identification is coming to fruition, revealing its transformative potential in biodiversity research. International workshops such as FGVC and LifeCLEF feature competitions to develop top performing classification algorithms for everything from wildlife camera…

Quantum processor completed calculation that conventional computer can’t in its lifetime, study says Google said it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research, saying an experimental quantum processor has completed a calculation in just a few minutes that would…

The Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence is calling for the U.S. government to make a $120 billion investment in the nation’s AI ecosystem over the course of the next 10 years. The report calls efforts by the Trump…

Astronauts make history with 1st-ever all-women spacewalk originally appeared on goodmorningamerica.com Two female astronauts have accomplished something no women have done before. U.S. astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir stepped outside the International Space Station Friday morning, the first time…

“We’re trying to understand how to decompose existing plastics as well as design new compostable plastics that use biomaterial—trees, grass, corn stalk—as a starting point. I use computational methods to study polymer structures and how to decompose them. Enzymes have…

Greetings with some good news for the women’s world. Just recently, one of the most prestigious mathematics prizes in the world – The Abel Prize was awarded to a woman for the first time ever. Yes! Karen Uhlenbeck is a…

Dr. Esther Duflo has just become the second woman in history and the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Prize in Economics! The 46-year-old MIT professor shares the prize with her husband, Dr. Abhijit Banerjee, and colleague Dr. Michael…

In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, protesting outside the Swedish parliament and grabbing the world’s…

Empowering young women with 21st century job skills in STEAM fields Simone Amber School Fab Lab Makerspaces are innovation centers designed to inspire youth to learn about 21st-century job skills in Science Technology Engineering Art and Math (STEAM) subjects. We…

Maybe you didn’t grow up dreaming of being an “augmented reality journey builder” or “master of edge computing” or a “cyber calamity forecaster.” But someone will. The big picture: Jobs of the future will be heavy on the use of algorithms,…

Boston Dynamics is putting Spot to work. The company has announced a new leasing program for its Spot robot (formerly SpotMini), which is aimed at construction, entertainment, and other automation-friendly industries. But is the world ready for this semi-autonomous quadruped?…

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — Juliet Basinger pressed a button on a remote control, and the drone she built did a somersault, first in one direction, then in another, before taking off around the room, cheekily snapping photos of the adults…

A new US Air Force kit that can turn a conventional aircraft into a robotic one has completed its maiden flight. Developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and DZYNE Technologies Incorporated as part of the Robotic Pilot Unmanned…

As a high school teacher, I’ve seen a lot of cheating. So much, that I’ve concluded most adults don’t realize how many kids, even otherwise good and honest kids, cheat in school. If you think of cheating as simply acting…

Automatic license plate reader cameras are controversial enough when law enforcement deploys them, given that they can create a panopticon of transit throughout a city. Now one hacker has found a way to put a sample of that power—for safety,…

They’re tech heavy, extremely connected and the most senior among them is about 9 years old. Say hello to Generation Alpha. Why it matters: Millennials are reaching universal adulthood, and Generation Z is coming of age. Generation Alpha is falling…

Think polarization and inequality are bad now? Buckle up: big cities are poised to get bigger, richer and more powerful — at the expense of the rest of America, a new report by McKinsey Global Institute shows. Why it matters:…

Much of the discussion around the future of work focuses on what is already disappearing: jobs in factories, on farms, and in restaurants. But coming automation-fueled job losses and changes will reverberate far beyond — and eventually reach seemingly safe…

As automation gnaws at the economy, Fortune 500 companies have come out with training programs to prepare their workers for a future in which their jobs change significantly — or cease to exist at all. Why it matters: Alongside those…

The shift towards automation in transportation and mobility is expected to eliminate jobs, but it could also create opportunities, like training the artificial intelligence that powers machines. The big picture: Members of the workforce who will be impacted need to…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) often describes DeepRacer League, which launched in November 2018 at the tech giant’s AWS re:Invent 2018 conference, as the world’s first autonomous racing league open to everyone. But entering the tournament entails devising an algorithm that…

There are NO pictures to do this justice. Early numbers say 400’000 across Australia. 100’000 in Berlin. 100’000 in… Posted by Greta Thunberg on Friday, September 20, 2019

Rocket travel in space will get us from London to New York in 40 minutes, Quidditch-style aerial sport matches will be played in stadiums around the world and the daily commute will take place in the sky via drone-style air…

Almost all teachers believe persistent myths about learning, a new survey finds. More than three-fourths of teachers think that people are either right-brained (creative) or left-brained (analytical), and that those designations affect how they learn. And nearly all teachers endorsed…

Have you ever gotten curious about maker education? Maybe you’ve seen a lesson where students are encouraged to learn the basics of engineering or STEM concepts in a hands-on way. Or a Language Arts lesson that encourages students to get…

It seemed like an impossible idea. In 2014, an MIT project called CityHome proposed a sleek robotic armoire that would live inside your apartment, amplifying a tiny footprint with Jetsonian features like a kitchen and bed that could slide out…

It’s getting easier and easier to use AI to generate convincing-looking, yet entirely fake, pictures of people. Now, one company wants to find a use for these photos, by offering a resource of 100,000 AI-generated faces to anyone that can…

#Fab15 ended last week with great success. Fabbers from around the world traveled to Egypt to share their innovations with other makers. Fab Conference Each year members of the more than 1,600 worldwide Fab Labs gather to share, discuss, collaborate…

Winners also Announced for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s $1M Bonus Prize for Underwater “Sniffer” Technology Today, XPRIZE, the global leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, has announced winners in the $7M Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE,…

10 Surprising Ways 3D Printing Is Being Used Now Image Provided By : interestingengineering   1. A new generation of prosthetics “Turning disabilities into superpowers” is the defining vision of UK-based Open Bionics. Their mission is to create “affordable, assistive…

How does Finland’s top-ranking education system work? Finland has been a top contender on every Program for International Student Assessment survey. The country built a comprehensive education structure designed to offer citizens free education with no dead ends. The inspiration…

The end of winter in Austin, Texas, means that you can count on two things: bluebonnets and South by Southwest (SXSW). The annual conference brings together the best in movies, interactive technology, and music. First held in 1987, SXSW lasts…

Interviewé lors de la Maddy Keynote, Neil Gershenfeld, père spirituel des fab labs, revient sur le succès du concept et sur les enjeux du machine learning. Il a bouleversé l’univers de la conception et de l’artisanat il y a 20…

Jennifer Gonzalez on the Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools In her SXSW EDU keynote, Jennifer Gonzalez explores the Aerodynamics of Exceptional Schools. In any school, just as in air travel, different forces impact our progress: some of these forces push us…

A 29-year-old computer scientist has earned plaudits worldwide for helping develop the algorithm that created the first-ever image of a black hole. Katie Bouman led development of a computer program that made the breakthrough image possible. The remarkable photo, showing…

If you can train yourself to decide things like this, you’ll make better choices in life. When we talk about great leaders, we often talk about decisiveness. Great leaders don’t overthink, we say. They don’t succumb to “analysis paralysis.” And that…

Caroline Latham – Leaving a Legacy to Remember It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of St. Joseph High School’s Principal, Caroline Latham. Mrs. Latham was an incredible principal, colleague, teacher and friend. She will be…

23 Women Leading the World of Fashion Technology Despite progress, women are still underrepresented in the technology sector, but growing in the fashion technology space. 2017 was actually the first time in over a decade that the World Economic Forum…

The concepts of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality were presented on February 8, 2019 at Fab Lab Ajaccio.   FabLab Ajaccio / School Fab Lab Augmented Reality Simone Amber the President and Nader Shaterian, both founders of “Fab Lab Connect” gave…

Adobe adds AI-powered ‘zoom and enhance’ feature to Lightroom CC Adobe has announced a new feature for its suite of photo-editing apps called Enhance Details that uses machine learning to artificially improve the resolution and picture quality of zoomed-in images.…

women in science Last December, Donna Strickland became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 55 years. Today, on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, it’s more important than ever to celebrate Donna’s achievement.…

The Most Popular Digital Education Tools For Teachers And Learners Hundreds of digital education tools have been created with the purpose of giving autonomy to the student, improving the administration of academic processes, encouraging collaboration, and facilitating communication between teachers…

First Look—Atlas3D Sunata 3D Printing Simulation We recently took a look at the current state of 3D printing simulation software in a two-part article series (here and here). In those articles, we spoke to several companies about how simulation in 3D printing…

Mars rover named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin. The UK-assembled rover that will be sent to Mars in 2020 will bear the name of DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin. The honour follows a public call for suggestions that drew nearly 36,000…

Fablab Zoi Our goal is to empower people with knowledge and technology to make this world a better place to live. We aim to support education, investigation and technological development. We can help you to make your ideas reality using…

AI Teaches Robots How to Walk Artificially intelligent (AI) systems have imbued robots with the ability to grasp and manipulate objects with humanlike dexterity, and now, researchers say they’ve developed an algorithm through which machines might learn to walk on…

Augmented Reality for 2019 – Predictions It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! We all love to make speculations…

Types of Machine Learning and Top 10 Algorithms From detecting skin cancer to sorting corn cobbs to predicting early equipment maintenance, machine learning has granted computer systems entirely new abilities. Algorithms are the methods used to extract patterns from data…

Inauguration of The First School Fab Lab Fab Lab Connect in partnership with the University San Francisco Quito, has built a new School Fab Lab in Ecuador to develop the next level of curriculum in STEAM education for K-12, working…

Cecilia Payne “Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. […] Every high school student…

The San Francisco de Quito University and Schlumberger Will Promote The First School Fab Lab in Ecuador The San Francisco University of Quito and Schlumberger, the world leader in oil services, have partnered together and will sign an agreement with…

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Honors American Frances H. Arnold American Frances H. Arnold has won half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work in changing how chemists produce new enzymes, sharing the prize with another American, George…

This Robotic Skin Can Turn Pretty Much Anything Into A Robot What it is: Yale researchers have developed hardware that turns any inanimate object into a robot. The researchers originally developed this hardware for NASA, so that actuation and sensor…

Megan Smith on How Tech Drives Change www.makers.com/conference Megan Smith reveals new ways tech can effect change and how women can incorporate STEM into our daily lives because “practice makes permanence.” The former Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science and…

Most Educated Countries In The World South Korea comes out far ahead in first place. Image: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Where in the world is the most educated country? It’s South Korea, according to the OECD’s assessment of the percentage of people between the…

SFL VR App for the HTC Vive is Now on the STEAM App Market With the SFL VR app, anyone can experience a digital fabrication laboratory from anywhere, using virtual reality! You can get the app through the STEAM platform for…

Ultimaker Original: Assembly, Disassembly in SFL VR App As is often the case, something done in virtual reality is easier than in reality. Just as this “Ultimaker Assembly & Disassembly” video represents, a finished 3D printer can be taken apart…

School Fab Lab Makerspace Stations at Fontbonne Hall Academy “You really can learn how to use the laser cutter, you can learn how to use the vinyl cutter, how to do virtual reality easily.” Mary Ann Spicijaric, Principal of Fontbonne…

AR Software Used to Build School Fab Lab at St. Joseph High School The Principal of St. Joseph High School, Caroline Latham, credits adding a School Fab Lab Makerspace to the Brooklyn all-girls school to be one of the most…

School Fab Lab VR App in STEAM Market for HTC Vive School Fab Lab Virtual Reality makes it possible for anyone to experience a digital fabrication laboratory from anywhere, using virtual reality! The School Fab Lab Virtual Reality App (SFL VR…

School Fab Lab Augmented Reality App Demo The new School Fab Lab Augmented Reality App is a tool that makes it easy to design, configure and transform your school’s space into a Makerspace! With the SFL AR App, you can…

SFL Makerspace Provides Valuable 21st Century Skills Many parents of high schoolers are concerned about their children receiving the right skills to succeed in the job market of the future. Forward-thinking 21st century skills such as digital design, fabrication, and prototyping are not…

World Economic Forum: Must-Have Skills for Children Are children learning the right skills to succeed in the job market of the future? The World Economic Forum wrapped up in Davos, Switzerland at the end of January, and School Fab Lab collected essential…

Fab Lab Connect at Silicon Valley VR Expo 2017 Fab Lab Connect experienced a variety of virtual reality-related exhibitions at the Silicon Valley VR Expo at the San Jose Convention Center earlier this year. In an effort to develop the…

Fontbonne STEM Program Integrated with SFL Makerspace This year, Fontbonne Hall Academy is a proud partner of Fab Lab Connect to promote STEM education. As such, they have built a state-of-the-art facility – School Fab Lab / Makerspace – that…

STEM Fair Day in the School Fab Lab at Fontbonne Hall Academy The STEM Fair Day at the new School Fab Lab / Makerspace at Fontbonne Hall Academy in Brooklyn had the students bustling this fall. Of course, the students…

The Marshmallow Challenge Helps Lessons Stick The students of St. Joseph High School participating in their School Fab Lab are advised to expect anything. One day early in the school year, it was marshmallows. On the curriculum is “The Marshmallow Challenge”…

“Fab Lab” will be the key to bridging the gap between curriculum, STEM and beyond By Meaghan McGoldrick Fontbonne Hall Academy opened its doors to prospective students and their families on Saturday, October 21 at an open house the school’s…

Everyone is a Maker in the SJHS FabLab From: St. Joseph High School Blog Page Discovering Your Inner Maker Today’s students often enter high school with very little experience making things themselves; with readily available pre-made products getting more sophisticated…

Fontbonne Hall Academy Debuts New School Fab Lab – Makerspace Implementing the new School Fab Lab / Makerspace program at Fontbonne Hall Academy, all-girls Catholic High School, is empowering teachers and engaging students. By adopting the established turnkey layout, equipment,…

Curriculum for School Fab Lab Makerspace at Saint Joseph High School Fab Lab Connect met with teachers and Fab Managers at Saint Joseph High School in Brooklyn this summer. They had an excellent experience putting together Curriculum for this school…

School Fab Lab Opening Reception at Saint Joseph High School Saint Joseph High School, located in Brooklyn, New York, embarked on their journey with Fab Lab Connect’s School Fab Lab last week. Long eager to learn and embrace digital fabrication tools,…

Fab Lab Connect Launched its School Fab Lab Program in Partnership with Saint Joseph High School in Brooklyn, New York and New York University. Fab Lab Connect is happy to announce the recent inauguration of a School Fab Lab at…

Fab Lab Connect Brings School Fab Lab Program to the Community Schools expressed an interest in introducing their students to digital design and fabrication with a program that fits their requirements. The School Fab Lab Makerspace program offers a solution that…

First School Fab Lab in Brooklyn, New York This past week, School Fab Lab began working with Saint Joseph High School teachers to begin integrating the First School Fab Lab program. Working with staff, the first installments for their School…

School Fab Lab Event Last week Fab Lab Connect hosted the first School Fab Lab showing what is possible for under $30,000, People of all ages were able to experience what School Fab Lab is and what it will offer.…