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City X Project | Using 3D printing, scanning, and modeling to imagine a better future with kids around the world.

City X Project | Using 3D printing, scanning, and modeling to imagine a better future with kids around the world. | Sizzlin' News | Scoop.it

In eight cities around the world, workshops will teach 3D modeling, scanning, and printing to children aged 8-10 within the framework of Stanford’s d.school design process.

 

In these activities, kids will use new technologies to model solutions for major real-world problems within the context of the fictional “City X,” the first settlement on an Earth-like alien planet.

 

3D technologies will help kids bridge the gap between digital and physical worlds, explore cultural differences, and co-create like never before.

 

The project’s driving philosophy is that we can’t build tomorrow until we imagine it today. And who’s more imaginative than kids?

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Now that's education! Making it relevant - hands-on in the real world!

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How Much Stuff is Out There in the Universe (Interactive Infographic) | Geeky Stuffs

How Much Stuff is Out There in the Universe (Interactive Infographic) | Geeky Stuffs | Sizzlin' News | Scoop.it

When people read about the universe, they often have trouble visualizing just how big it truly is. When thinking on the scale of atoms, the size of the universe is unimaginably large.

A single drop of water contains over 1.5 sextillion atoms, and there are approximately 75 sextillion drops of water in the ocean. While the ocean covers nearly 70 percent of the Earth's surface, water only represents a small fraction of the Earth's weight. Over 1,300 Earths could fit inside Jupiter, and the Sun could hold nearly 1,000 Jupiter-sized planets.

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The universe sizzles! Have you ever really thought about how huge is this universe? The interactive infographic puts you there...right in the midst of the ObservABLE Universe vs. the ObservED Universe.

 

Here is an interesting tidbit from the infographic: If you lined up every pixel contained in 14.66 BILLION copies of this infographic, the length you would create would represent The Observable Universe's diameter and ONE PIXEL would represent our solar system's. That's all.

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