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2013-05-23 18:02:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This week on the FTC Blog, read about Parker Owen, The FTC and FRC student who created a prosthetic leg out of a $20 bicycle and won the 2013 FFIA Award for his work!

2013-05-21 22:32:16 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 0 +1s)

Come to the COCC track to show your support for the Boston bombing victims. Optional donation tables available to help victims through The One Fund. Most laps and fastest mile time during event win a Support Boston shirt.

You may also request tee shirts via phone or at the event.

(541) 350-2665

2013-05-21 22:23:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

My Small Group Communication class is hosting a walk/run event to support Boston bombing victims through The One Fund. Please take a look!

2013-05-15 00:00:50 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

My small group communication team is putting on a walking event to support Boston bombing victims. We are considering selling a tee shirt as part of our project. If we offered a tee shirt that looked something like this, would you be interested in buying it? Feedback is welcome.

2013-04-26 18:55:49 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/robotics/

FIRST World Champs! Check out FTC matches!

2013-04-18 15:25:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I had the pleasure of seeing this team live at the Silicon Valley Regional.

This is why I love FIRST!

2013-04-06 20:00:30 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Having fun at Silicon Valley Regional!

2013-03-30 23:47:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

I had a lot of fun in +FIRST Tech Challenge over the last four years with my two teams! I've moved on to mentoring now (and finishing out my time in FRC) and preparing for my first term at +Oregon Institute of Technology, but my teams (4666 and 6742) are still having lots of fun with technology and FTC robots! They've started a Google+ community open to anyone interested, especially other FTC teams who want to join in the discussion and share their work.

2013-03-21 05:59:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

I'm accepted to +Oregon Institute of Technology!

2013-03-14 06:31:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Nate Gardner was tagged in Nate Gardner's album.

2013-03-14 06:17:06 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Profile picture?

2013-01-23 21:10:34 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I just got my FTC #6742 shirt! This team is both the question and the answer! Go Electronical Engineers and Loco-Motives!

2013-01-15 18:43:25 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

It does not matter if you work or you don't work. It does not matter if you work in a office or work at home. It does not matter if you are an introvert or an extrovert. Almost all of the time, in small and big ways, you are trying to persuade another human being.

Hence if there is one skill you should get good at, it is probably getting better at the art of persuasion.

And in helping you get better at that, there are few people as engaging and, ahem, persuasive, as Dr. Robert Cialdini. It was so amazing to see him live.

Here's is a great 11 min video that does a great job of providing you with a hyper fast and valuable education on getting better at the science of persuasion.

#getbetter   #bepersuasive   #winwin  

2013-01-14 21:49:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Doing my high school at COCC is especially great when I can get indoor rock climbing as a PE class. Having lots of fun at BRG! What a cool playground!

2012-12-16 08:28:55 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Smiling

2012-12-15 08:49:35 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

I really like the new Google+ iOS UI! It feels very upbeat and all-around Googly!

The new feature-set as well as minor improvements are noticeably great, too. When I click the photo icon I immediately have access to instant upload photos. It doesn't re-define the already great Google+, but it certainly will keep me coming back. Very pleasant app experience!

2012-12-11 03:09:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Cool!

Micromachined biomimetic artificial haircell sensors

http://medx.mech.northwestern.edu/publications/papers/194.pdf

2012-12-11 01:55:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Hello there, I'm Nate. I work at PixelWorks Studios as a photographer and studio assistant. I shoot with a Canon EOS 7D primarily using a 24-105 f/4L, a 70-200 f/2.8L, and a 14 prime f/2.8L. I really enjoy my work and being part of this community!

2012-12-11 01:50:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://petersobot.com/passiton/?33

2012-11-21 15:33:08 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Cool robots! Thanks 5200 for uploading all of this. Some of these innovative designs are motivating improvements for the Loco-Motives (4666) and sister team Electronical Engineers (6742). There's a lot to be learned from watching these strategies and robots.

FIRST rocks.

2012-11-10 05:01:19 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 0 +1s)

Google Students hung out with 4 people. #hangoutsonair

2012-10-19 14:51:09 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

This is amazing. Hats off to Coke Zero, totally inspired idea.

2012-10-19 01:27:50 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Go Loco-Motives and Electronical Engineers!!! Thanks +Timothy McCay for mentoring!

2012-10-15 14:45:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Electronical Engineers, sister team to the Loco-Motives, is developing an arm prototype for this year's FIRST Tech Challenge game. The team of mostly middle school students is implementing statics and dynamics concepts to make sure the arm can raise and lower easily without tipping the robot. They're also programming preset positions so their arm can raise to the height of each goal with the press of a button then be fine tuned from there.

Challenges so far have been using bearing surfaces on the joints for smooth movement and determining the right length of moment arm on the reverse side to provide enough reactive moment without breaking the string planned to drive the arm or moving the center of mass too far back so gravity still creates enough moment to drop the arm.

2012-10-15 00:09:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Go FIRST!

2012-09-03 19:58:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The Fliz bike... No pedals, gears, or seat. Not that I'd take this up a hill, but it certainly looks more fun than a skateboard for doing effectively the same thing. 

2012-08-22 13:57:37 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

I don't use G+ for posting from my mobile device very often because posting links requires a desktop browser.

2012-07-17 06:32:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Events would be really interesting if a list of local, public events was easily viewable, especially on mobile, then refined for the things Google thinks you'll like best, a feature hopefully also with an opt-out for different result orders.

2012-06-19 20:59:32 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 1 +1s)

Check out this beautiful collection of photos revealing how transport and communication systems work in the US, even the routes taken by pizza delivery drivers in New York City.

Has anyone come across a more global series? Would be interesting to compare different countries.

Read more: http://goo.gl/bTtxe

2012-06-19 20:47:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

2012-06-18 23:50:32 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

http://www.udacity.com/hschallenge

Spread the word, inspire our youth to learn!

2012-06-07 06:53:05 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Beautiful

2012-06-03 00:49:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

This is a Plea

My 40D seems to have died this afternoon.  As far as I can tell, it's a sensor issue.  My images all turn up blank (black).  I need to send it in for repair, or replace it, but I honestly can't afford it right now.  Even a couple hundred bucks would break the budget, and if you know me, photography is the one thing I live for.

This really hurts me to ask, because I'd rather give to the community here than receive from it, but if there's something I've shot that you would like on your wall, now would be a really good time to consider it.  I'll sign it, mat it, and send it to you.  If it's not in my galleries already, let me know, and I'll add it.

I need to keep shooting, and am not sure I can without your help.

I know this is very forward, and asking a lot.  I apologize for that.  I'm not sure whatelse to... more »

2012-05-27 21:28:59 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Couldn't help but laugh at this:

2012-05-25 20:16:46 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Autonomous flight with pre-planned waypoints:

2012-05-25 17:02:07 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Want to see more #leapmotion gesture control tech? Check out our hands-on here.

2012-05-25 17:01:20 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

#GeekPrideDay

2012-05-23 07:14:43 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

The Goog is pretty fun! #MoogDoodle

http://g.co/doodle/6a9kjn

2012-05-21 15:16:33 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

I want one. Actually, I want about three. One for me, one for my Dad, and one for my GF. =)

2012-05-21 14:59:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Leap 3D motion control system is 100 times more accurate than Kinect, will cost $69.99

2012-05-19 03:36:47 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hardware test on a new airframe with the aerobotics club- fully manual control, lots of fun! +COCC Aerobotics Club

2012-05-14 16:18:38 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Researcher builds Internet Protocol network using xylophones. Yeah, that's right -- xylophones.

R. Stuart Geiger, a graduate student at the Berkeley's School of Information, led the project.

Geiger's network protocol, Internet Protocol over Xylophone Players (IPoXP), provides a fully compliant IP connection between two computers. His setup uses a pair of Arduino microcontrollers, some sensors, a pair of xylophones and two people to play the xylophones.

The Arduino is connected to a series of LEDs. When the Arduino lights up an LED, the human player strikes the corresponding key on the xylophone.

The transmission rate is about one character per second, or one baud. That's still faster than hotel room Wi-Fi.
... more »

2012-05-14 16:15:04 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 2 +1s)

Latest simulation shows that the magnetic nozzles required for antimatter propulsion could be vastly more efficient than previously thought--and built with today's technologies

2012-05-13 01:16:39 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Per Jayden Newstead (who is on G+ but I can't +mention for some reason) arxiv.org/pdf/1205.1568v1.pdf says the odds of supersymmetry with respect the the Standard Model alternative have been reduced by a factor of 5,000 by LEP, LHC and the 125GeV Higgs observations.

2012-05-12 23:22:08 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

One missing feature from Google+ for iPhone: selectable text.

2012-05-12 21:59:23 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Interesting analysis!

2012-05-11 19:58:58 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Why did Mr. Ohm marry Mrs. Ohm? Because he couldn't resistor!

2012-05-11 16:17:50 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 3 +1s)

This new technology is amazing. This is how mobile devices and computers fade into the background and we can just focus on living and being human

Touché: Enhancing Touch Interaction on Humans, Screens, Liquids, and Everyday Objects

Let's discuss the applications:
1) No more keyboards
2) Yet we may still need output devices or digital displays
3) No more keys
4) More efficient energy use (notice at end of video how lights dim as persons state changes to sleep)

At Altimeter, we call this business theme part of the "Sentient World" where everything around us becomes self aware and intelligent. Hat tip to +Jon Cifuentes who sent this link to me.

Full article here
http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/everything-can-be-a-touch-screen-thanks-to-disney-research.php?ref=fpnewsfeed

2012-05-10 16:28:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

In my last physics lab, my group was given the task of designing a vessel that could cool a boiling liquid to equilibrium temperature in fewer than 30 minutes. We determined that having high surface area would be our primary strategy to do this. My group proceeded to rotate y = 1/x around the x-axis and adjust the domain until we had the appropriate volume. Problem solved! Next?

2012-05-01 07:10:15 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 3 +1s)

"Hochalm in Clouds"

Ay ay ay... with all the photos from the photowalk, I almost forgot +Michael Russell and #mountainmonday ! Here's a "historic" photo from 2007 - clouds were moving in and about comely Hochalm above Heutal in Austria on an October afternoon.

#mountains #austria #clouds #landscape