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Easter is a week away. If you are looking for a unique gift to tuck into your child’s Easter basket, check out the 6 in 1 Educational Robotics Solar Kit, sold through Daily Sale.com.Buy today for...
examiner.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

DOWNINGTOWN - Downingtown Area Robotics' Competition Team 1640 placed in the top four alliances held at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Championship on April 27.
dailylocal.com (9 days ago)

Austin-based re:3D just started a Kickstarter campaign for the Gigabot, a large-format 3D printer designed to build things on a 24x24x24 inch built envelope, allowing you to make much larger objects than you can with similar printers like the Makerbot. You can get the bot kit for $2,500 or a pre-assembled unit for $4,000.
techcrunch.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

Meet Elmo 2.0. The robotics startup XYZBot has launched a Kickstarter project for a new bot called Fritz, a robotic puppet head whose facial expressions can closely mimic those of a human, and who can be controlled remotely via computer, joystick or gaming controller. Fritz also has a text-to-speech feature, allowing a new breed of robo-ventriloquists to make their...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 20 days ago)

Getting children interested in robotics is easier than ever these days. A number of platforms exist that provide an introduction to the subject and some—like the Thymio—are appearing inside classrooms. The Thymio comes from Switzerland, where it was developed by Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology. It wasn’t developed to walk, take over human tasks or entertain—at least...
pcworld.com (1 month and 4 days ago)
Kids build and program their own robots during the robotics challenge at the UW-Fond du Lac campus. Saturday, April 6, 2013. Patrick Flood / The Reporter Media.
fdlreporter.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

Three times this season a Phillies starter has gone seven or more innings. The Phillies are 3-0 in those games. They are 0-5 in the rest of their outings. Two of the three games in which a starter has pitched seven or more innings were started by Cliff Lee, including Tuesday night’s 8-3 win over the New York Mets. Lessons learned: Having your starter go deep in a game helps...
nj.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
Christopher Dock Mennonite High School's robotics team is named 2BDetermined, which is fitting because its determination sparked a successful robot design that claimed worldwide recognition. The team, represented by Johnathan Capps, 17, a junior; Issac Moyer, 17, a junior; Zachary Potter, 15, a freshman and Isaac Zehr, 15, a freshman, recently returned from the Vex World...
thereporteronline.com (21 days ago)

In what might seem like an odd pairing, Birmingham City University and Westfield Sportscars have joined forces to develop the world’s first build at home electric race car kit. The iRACER is an all-electric vehicle designed to educate and excite, while also supporting the growing forces urging the sport of racing to go local-emissions-free. ..
gizmag.com (2 months and 13 days ago)

It is time to get those plant and vegetable seeds started for the garden. A seed starter kit is the fastest way to germinate plants and vegetables. The opportunities are endless when using these kits, and starting in mid to...
examiner.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
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