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Solid learning is a concept for integrating 3D printing into
education to create a teacher-customizable hands-on learning environment for
personalized individual student learning, using objects and equipment printed
at need. The pilot for this program is currently participating in the #SciFund
Challenge:
http://www.rockethub.com/projects/7377-stemulate-learning-using-personalized-robot
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Some weeks ago I read an article on the New York Times talking about Kickstarter. The author was exploring the logic of the platform and especially in which way backers shouldn’t really be considered like investors. Delete the scoop?
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This is currently crowdfunding a project at RocketHub - check it out! http://www.rockethub.com/22021 Delete the scoop?
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UCSC is beginning to look seriously into crowd funding for small science and engineering projects (like student senior projects, which typically have budgets around $2k–3k and have very short timelines for finding donors). Delete the scoop?
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A colleague sent this to me, I'm passing it on to you. Looks important and interesting: Wildfire, increasing with climate change, deposits increasing amounts of light-absorbing black carbon [soot] on the cryosphere [snow and ... Delete the scoop?
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Scientific research costs money. And in times where the economy isn't exactly booming, it's an area where, wrongfully I believe, budget cuts are quite likely to occur. When austerity reigns, governments and funding agencies ... Delete the scoop?
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Scientific American (blog)Kids Lead Crowd Funded Scientific Mission to Nicaragua: Science Education is ...Scientific American (blog)The team is raising money for the expedition using a crowd funding strategy a growing trend in the scientific... Delete the scoop?
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Teacher continues seeking support for sensory courtyardFremont TribuneThe sensory courtyard will be designed to stimulate all five senses. Along with benefiting the ... Delete the scoop?
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Crowdfund Bill Nye's science game, the Showrunners documentary, and a ...io9Crowdfund Bill Nye's science game, the Showrunners documentary, and a massive poster of Wile If you grew up watching Bill Nye, or just love anything that combines education... Delete the scoop?
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What other ways could researchers fund studies in the future that don’t come with the political strings that are bundled with public financing or getting money from private companies? The immediate answer: Crowdsourcing. Delete the scoop?
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Help @CodeHS so they can bring #CompSci to high school students across the nation? Delete the scoop?
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Champaign/Urbana News-GazetteScientists seek help in learning about digestive microbesChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette"I think the microbiome in particular lends itself well to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding," Leach said. Delete the scoop?
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Rocket Hub isn't specifically for social change projects, but it does play host to the brilliant #SciFund Challenge: “The #SciFund Challenge is an experiment – can scientists use crowdfunding to fund their research? Delete the scoop?
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Crowdfunding gears up for a fresh startPhys.OrgHis Minneapolis company SmartThings recently raised more than $1.2 million in just 30 days on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.com to launch a product line that allows users to monitor their homes by... Delete the scoop?
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Yikes! I have a blog again! The infamous Pepsigate happened about a year ago. Getting off of a network was a relief of sorts - no ... Delete the scoop?
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The Regenerative Zoo: Preserving our most endangered species from extinction using stem cells
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"Oliver Ryder from the San Diego Zoo will highlight efforts of The Regenerative Zoo in a TEDx series called DeExtinction. The talk will be hosted on March 15th by National Geographic. http://tedxdeextinction.org/ "
A realy interesting project over at RocketHub, supporting species recovery efforts using stem cells and living hosts to attempt to repopulate lost animals into the modern world. Delete the scoop?
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Almost 50,000 projects have sought financing on Kickstarter since the site began on April 28, 2009. About half successfully reached their fund-raising goals. Each dot represents how much a project raised by its deadline. Delete the scoop?
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Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former ... Tags: Crowdfunding, engadget ... Delete the scoop?
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Map the Pounds of Bacteria Living on Your BodyMashableAccording to uBiome, it's the world's first effort to map the human microbiome with citizen science. Delete the scoop?
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GigaOMPave takes on student debt with crowdfunding site for education and careersGigaOMGiven the rise of crowdfunding platforms, it's not surprising to see such a model target education and career-building. Delete the scoop?
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Two of a Kind: Where Technology Meets Social InnovationHuffington Post"Citizen science," as this is known, is just one example of the broader topic of crowdsourcing to achieve a goal. Delete the scoop?
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uBiome has launched the world's first citizen science effort to map the human microbiome, the microorganisms that inhabit every inch of our skin as well as our ears, mouth, sinuses, genitals, and gut. Delete the scoop?
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ecodads Launches Crowd-Funding Campaign to Support California's Landmark ...Sacramento BeeSuccessful completion and evaluation of this ecodads project is part of a larger effort to make the EEI curriculum available to all 150,000 of the state's... Delete the scoop?
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2013 might be the year scientific research gets in on the crowdsourced funding fun. Delete the scoop?
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Crowdfunding gears up for a fresh startPhys.OrgHis Minneapolis company SmartThings recently raised more than $1.2 million in just 30 days on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.com to launch a product line that allows users to monitor their homes by...See... Delete the scoop?
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New Crowdfunding Platform, ScitechStarter, Focuses on Science and ...Crowdsourcing.orgNew Crowdfunding Platform, ScitechStarter, Focuses on Science and Technology Innovators. document Crowdfunding, Tools. Delete the scoop?
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