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Future
Our friend Alan Kay is fond of saying “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” No where is this more true than the CES show, held each January in Las Vegas. Here are ...
Lasers
It can keep a car on the road, read a bar code, prevent blindness and entertain your cat. That is it? The laser. How is laser light different than regular light? Who invented lasers? How ...
Inventing the Future
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Computer scientist Alan Kay once said the best way to predict the future is to invent it. If this is true, what are inventors currently ...
Solar Panels
Like magic, solar panels can convert light into electricity. They can save you money, and our environment. When combined with computer-controlled motors and wind sensors, they can ...
Perplexing Puzzles
Cyberchase Tangrams
At the PBS Kids Cyberchase site, Tangrams is our favorite game. By moving shape tiles around you can copy designs and make buildings and creatures. All it takes ...
Giant Wind Turbines
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GIANT WIND TURBINES
Wind energy is getting a lot more attention lately. In fact, some people hope that wind turbines will someday be able to generate enough electricity ...
What Happens To Your Garbage?
What Happens to Your GARBAGE?
What happens to your used can, bottle or AA battery? What should you do with your old cell phone or computer? These Internet sites have the answers!
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Electric Vehicles
We’ve all grown used to stopping at the gas station, the smell of exhaust, and worrying about global warming. But thanks to stronger lithium-ion batteries and computer controlled ...
Light Bulb
Before 1880, when the sun went down, you either went to bed or you burned something — like whale oil or a kerosene lamp ...
Batteries
If somebody gave you a lemon, could you make a battery? Do you know which batteries don’t need to be recycled — and which do? Should you store ...