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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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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. But it’s way weirder on video! ???? ?RHP

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Video Friday: FridgeBot

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. The bioinspired system uses ultrasound measurements of muscle dynamics to develop a personalized and activity-specific assistance profile for users of the exosuit. Not the kind with legs or wheels, but still.

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Explore Pioneering Software at the Computer History Museum

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The programming language and environment was developed at Xerox Parc , in Palo Alto, Calif. Understanding how a technology develops Brock grew up during the rise of personal computers and computer networking. “These historical source code releases are something that’s unique to the Computer History Museum,” he says.

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

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Networks that link personal computers in offices. One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.”

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Riding the tide

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Montgomery has been asked to explain to the public why Charlotte residents should be interested in driving electric—how EVs save money, how much better they are for the environment, and how they encourage energy independence. He didn’t ask for that job. We meet beforehand, usually between 2 and 6 of us.” Blue Ridge Parkway Drive in April.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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I want to build more robots that improve the environment we live in. SS MAPR prepares for its maiden voyage on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia. My personal experience confirmed those observations. Surprisingly, many founders I talked with echoed the shortage of roboticists in climate tech.