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Video Friday: Robot Friends

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia ERF 2022 : 28–30 June 2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands CLAWAR 2022 : 12–14 September 2022, Azores, Portugal Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today’s videos. Robotstart was there in person, so check out its coverage at the link below. I love the bungie idea here. [

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Attendance at IEEE’s STEM Summer Camp Breaks Records

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First offered in 2018, the summer camp program gives teens an opportunity to explore a variety of engineering disciplines through hands-on design challenges, field trips, industry speakers, and more. It was great to see the students interacting in person and having a ton of fun with their instructors, residential advisors, and each other.

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Q&A With Co-Creator of the 6502 Processor

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Bill Mensch: I went to Temple University [in Philadelphia] on the recommendation of a guidance counselor. We tried to start our own company [with some other Motorola engineers] and when that didn't happen, we joined an existing [semiconductor design] company, called MOS Technology, in Pennsylvania in 1974. And lower cost was key.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. Networks that link personal computers in offices. The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Laser printers.

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Tiny Exploding Houses Promoted 18th-Century Lightning Rods

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That was the idea behind the thunder house , which in the second half of the 1700s became a popular means of getting out the word about Benjamin Franklin’s experiments on the lightning rod. Parisian designers came up with a lightning-conducting hat [left] and umbrella [right]. Done right, tech literacy might soar!

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Hyperloop: An Engineering Marvel or An Elite Day Dream

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Electric skates can transport eight to sixteen persons or a single-passenger vehicle. Since the hyperloop is relatively a new idea and not many people have been in a hyperloop we will start discussing how it would feel to be in a hyperloop. Hyperloop: How Much Do The Tickets Cost? ” Now the real question.

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