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I must admit it has been exciting to see manufacturing making headlines so much of late. The topic of manufacturing appears to be a current darling of the political talking heads. Much has been discussed about the role of...

IBM's Watson—the same machine that beat Ken Jennings at Jeopardy—is now churning through case histories at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, learning to make diagnoses and treatment recommendations. This is one in a series of...

The high school students from the Instituto Frances de Laguna, in Laguna, Mexico, hope to perform well at the Alamo Regional FIRST Robotics competition, which starts Thursday at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center. The...

How one little robot named Baxter could take over the last of America's manufacturing jobs.

San Antonio’s The Randomists - 2013 Alamo Regional FLL Champions and Global Innovation Award Semi-Finalists This being National Robotics Week, we are pleased to publicly congratulate The Randomists, a local FIRST Lego League...

In a high stakes competition, what team would deliberately put itself at a disadvantage? Americans must confront a similar question as we consider our path forward in the 21st century.

Woodlawn High School’s robotics team, Panthrobotics, is using Kickstarter to raise five-thousand dollars to build a 120 pound robot. Kickstarter is...

First routine I programmed while trying to learn how to program these Propellor Servo Controllers.

Daniel Eiland is raising funds for Panthrobotics (FIRST Robotics #3337) Etch-A-Bot, Name-A-Bot on Kickstarter! Why shouldn't you have your name etched in the cold-metal of a 120 pound competitive monster robot? Help us build...

For most children, being part of a team – whether sports, cheerleading, or even a band or Scout troop – is a normal part of growing up. For children with autism spectrum...

Vivek Wadhwa takes his findings to Congress on America’s arcane immigration policy and how it’s leading to a growing brain drain.

In Paul Graham’s view, startups are qualitatively superior to large corporations in just about every way. Leading the list is the ability of founders to choose one another and then hire employees considering nothing but merit....

"We have to move from an engine of bureaucracy to an engine of innovation," said Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter, announcing this week that at least 1,000 high schools around the country will be opening up Makerspaces...

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