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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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The organization has taught more than 1,000 elementary, middle, and high school students across 38 cities in Montana and three of the state’s Native American reservations. Computer science is not a K–12 requirement in Montana,” Smith says. The nonprofit was one of seven winners last year of MIT Solve’s Gender Equity in STEM Challenge.

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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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Early assessments suggested that safety applications would not consume the entire available bandwidth, and, therefore, the program proceeded with an assumption that both safety and non-safety applications would be supported through this nationwide network of DSRC equipment. But if you’re broken down in Montana, you need a cell phone.

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DOE and USDA award $10M to advance biofuels, bioenergy, and biobased products

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With up to $3 million in available funding, DOE has selected two projects: one from Ohio State University and one from Massachusetts Institute of Technology that will receive between $1 million to $2 million. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The USDA is funding five projects for a total of $7.3