Revealed today was the new JIMU Robot BuilderBots Series: Overdrive Kit. It's a box of blocks and power pieces that exist to introduce kids to STEM learning. In the box is "over 400 parts" that can ...
A Saturday morning in Wisconsin doesn’t always come with the sound of whirring motors, clicking gears, and kids cheering as ...
The bell rang, and students started streaming into the classroom in twos and threes. Chatter filled the room as one booming voice shouted directions. Around 60 students gathered for teacher Ian ...
Andrew Hamilton School students know: Of course LEGOs can be used for learning. Excited kids and teachers were gathered around wooden LEGO tables during Hamilton’s FIRST LEGO League competition when ...
I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...
There's a new STEM option in town. The Robot Inventor kit can be turned into five robots, which can play basketball, walk, and shoot darts at intruders. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...
Sixth-grader Rory Hinkle (right) works with fifth-grader Annika Bock on their robot mission Wednesday at Prairie Creek Intermediate School in Cedar Rapids. The team will be competing Saturday in the ...
Students ages 9 to 14 traded their books and pens for wrenches and pins as they went head-to-head at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, or FIRST, Lego League Robotics ...
Lego's Mindstorms have been a popular platform for teaching robotics. The new Mindstorm NXT takes this to the next level with a sophisticated NXT control module featuring a pair of built-in processors ...