Get Your Kids into Robotics
Have you got kids? Kids that you know are bright, yet are bored to death with the math and science being taught in their school? It’s unfortunate because the number of jobs that require skills in math, science and technology is growing rapidly. Who’s going to fill these sought after, high-paying jobs? Don’t let your kids be passed by, by their more educated and determined counterparts in countries like India and China. It’s a competitive, flat world now, and others are out to eat your kid’s lunch, literally. But you can get them educated, and more importantly, excited, in science and technology by getting them into the cool hobby of robotics.
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by LEGO Mindstorm NXT Zoo
Have you got child that enjoys building things? Well, do his or her future a favor throw out that regular set of Legos and replace it with Lego’s Mindstorm NXT. Instead of building objects that just sit there and do nothing, they’ll be building simple to complex robots that are not only fun to create, but educational as well. The robotics industry promises great careers and financial rewards for any young person going into the field and you’ll be doing your son or daughter, or any child you know for that matter, a great service exposing them to this field now. We mention this today because just last month No Starch Press released their new 336-page book entitled The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Zoo!: A Kid-Friendly Guide to Building Animals with the NXT Robotics System, which promises “you’ll have hours of fun with these animal-like models that walk, crawl, hop, and roll!”
Read MoreHawks Prove Realism of Woewee’s Flytech Dragonfly
Wowwee! Home Robot manufacturer Wowwee could not have bought publicity like this if they tried! The goal of any robotics company making simulated lifeforms is to make them as lifelike as possible, hopefully to the point they fool other living lifeforms. Wowwee’s FlyTech Dragonfly, the world’s first remote-controlled flying insect, has met that challenge by fooling real life Hawks. Without any effort by Wowwee’s marketing department, publicized reports of hawks attacking FlyTech Dragonflys are making news, providing evidence of the realistic nature of their product. An article in the Manhasset Press, fifth grader Danny McGorry tells the story his Dragonfly’s losing battle with a Red-tailed hawk.
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