An Australian teenager's simple idea that would allow a complete quadriplegic to control a wheelchair by voice has earned her international recognition and a top science award for school students, handed out by Commonwealth science agency CSIRO.
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January 18, 3:34 PM
Wow, and she's only 16 - amazing!
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This is a model of the Mars Science Laboratory rover, named Curiosity. The real rover is currently on Mars with a mission to investigate the past and current habitability of the Red Planet. On August 5, 2012, it touched down at Gale Crater, near the equator. This model has a fully articulated arm, deployable mast, and a working rocker-bogie suspension system that allows the rover to climb over large rocks and keep all six of its wheels on the ground. Delete the scoop?
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A robot elephant driven by an elephant! Gotta love Legos! Delete the scoop?
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MAKE magazine's annual Maker Faire, for amateur inventors and visitors, that has grown from 20,000 in 2006 to more than 100,000 in 2011 in San Mateo, Calif. (RT @thekulway: Be a tinkerer! Delete the scoop?
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Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics in LEGO #lego #robots #asimov • A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. • A robot must obey the orders given to... Delete the scoop?
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In the world of technology, having one of your inventions rendered in Lego form is the equivalent of a musician being parodied by... Delete the scoop?
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One hacker has her own idea of what a Lego set for girls should be. If 10,000 people agree with her, the toymaker could find itself producing her hacker-focused design. Read this blog post by Daniel Terdiman on Crave. Delete the scoop?
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16 yr old Yaya Lu documents her 8 years of robotics competitions and her learning journery at her website yayalu.net . She is a complete champion.