iRobot Demonstration Attracts a Crowd With the push of a joystick button, the robot seemed to come alive, with its ‘head’ (a.k.a. video camera) rising from about a foot off the ground to higher than six feet. The robot was brought to Empow...
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Westford Robotics team boosts STEAM locally and internationally “Younger kids are the future of our society,” says 17-year-old Mohak Jain, of Westford. “It’s that simple; their minds are open to bright possibilities, and yet, when they grow...
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Empow Studios hosts workshops to benefit cancer care and research When Taylor Tutwiler rides her bike each year as part of the Pan-Mass Challenge® (PMC) to benefit the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, she has a goal and it’s personal. “Many...
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Students Explore Speech Recognition Software There's no way around it: kids need to learn how to type, and not with one finger. Texting doesn't count. However, it's not hard to imagine their world as adults when their voices will do much of the...
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Empow instructor shows augmented reality is not just for Pokémon GO fans Many nights during this past summer, parks were literally crawling with kids. It's an odd time to be out, but the kids, of course, weren’t there to kick a ball. They were...
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Collaboration is key to successful FIRST LEGO League season Attending a FIRST LEGO League (FLL) robotics competition is exciting. As energetic music pumps through the venue, it’s like watching a beehive, with various competitions happening...
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The complex and limited options for after-school care in Lexington Parents who work outside of the home understand the dilemma. Unless they have flexible work hours, there is a continual effort to bridge that gap between when school ends and when...
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How mentoring has helped this camper become an aspiring teacher When 22-year-old Lynne Richman had her first taste of STEM camp, she was 12-years-old and hadn’t really had a chance to explore technology. “The camp was called ‘iCamp,’” she...
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How iRobot is reaching kids in local communities How do you clean a gutter? Better yet, how do you get a robot to clean a gutter? And why don’t Roomba vacuums fall down stairs? Lots of questions were asked as Bedford, MA based iRobot made a visit...
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Navigating STEM, STEAM and 'Next Generation' Learning “I want to be an engineer,” beamed my 12-year-old daughter. Two minutes later she said: “Actually, I may want to be an artist.” My reflexive response: “You can do both.” Many educators argue...
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