Yoonseo Kang was a member of his high school Robotics team. He thought he might like to study engineering and economics in college and his family was looking forward to his successful college career. However, according to an interview by MAKE, Yoonseo watched the Open Source Ecology’s (OSE) founder Marcin Jakubowski’s TEDTalk and decided to take [...]
Posted in Back to School, Design, Economics, Electronics 
Tags: alternative education, invent, make, MIT, Open source, TED, Thiel Fellowship 
Comments OffHacking with electronics is an important part of the maker culture. With the open source Arduino prototyping platform, young people are creating increasingly sophisticated and interesting “hacks” that deal with cameras, computers, and more. What better way to learn about design, engineering, and technology than through electronics! As fans of both the maker culture and electronics, [...]
Posted in Design, Electronics, technology Tags: Adafruit, Altoids tins, Arduino, binary, Breadboarding, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, make, resistor color codes Comments OffSteve Jobs, founder of Apple, died on October 5, 2011, losing his long battle with pancreatic cancer. Steve changed our world in so many ways that it is difficult to imagine where innovation goes from here. Learn more about the amazing man and his vision and unique technology philosophy that made all the difference. Thanks [...]
Posted in Culture, Design, STEAM, technology, TED Tags: Apple, disruptive innovation, icon, iconoclast, innovation, Inspiration, STEAM, Steve Jobs, technology, the arts Comments OffAlthough it is very sad that the iconic Apple founder and leader has had to step down to focus on his health, it is inspiring to see such courage and grace in the face of incredible personal adversity. As most are aware, Steve Jobs has battled pancreatic cancer since 2004.It is likely that his health [...]
Posted in Culture, Design, Electronics, Music, STEAM, technology Tags: Apple, Arts, Humanities, iPad, IPod, NeXT, OSX, Pixar, STEAM, Steve Jobs, Tim Berners-Lee Comments Off
