Celebrating invention, inspiring youth from Lemelson-MIT Educators
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Ever since I saw Dr. Crusher in Star Trek: The Next Generation magically diagnosing patients by scanning their bodies through a tablet known as the ‘tricorder’, I became obsessed with creating an all-purpose machine like it. It wasn’t just the novelty of the machine, which could be recalibrated to do a var…
This is a brief but incredible life story of Nobel laureate Har Gobind Khorana who was born in poverty in a remote village in India before independence . It should inspire everyone. I hope it will incentivize teachers to think of the potential of every student and nurture them to realize their full potential. https://th…
Qubits are the building blocks of a quantum processor, and they get their name from the fact that they recount a series of complex superpositions of two fundamental quantum states. The ability of qubits to encode significantly more databases than a traditional bit — an infinite set of states between zero and …
I have a business idea that I believe will transform and or change the way listen to music. However being based in Botswana has proven to be a challenge due lack of skilled dedicated manpower. Can you advice on how I can go about to execute this.
The global system is changing, so fast and events economy and pandemic are speeding up up the rate of change. Technologies are accelerating and we see massive leapfrogging in developing world , that is a clear indication developed world should work away from the reliance on aids and donation.it's not a sust…
Open platform learning can be taken as tool for making better world
[Image Credit: Tom Campbell] Racial discrimination dates as far back as the early 1500s at the start of colonialism. This means, although colonialism ‘supposedly ended’ decades ago, we have still not been able to fix the way we see ourselves despite all the intellectual advancement technology has broug…
We have some great at home free engineering challenges for k-5! http://www.educatingyoungengineers.com/challenge-may-411-balance-challenge We give our some free legos!
The Educating Young Engineers team will be post weekly Engineering challenges that students can do at home with supplies readily available. They will also be proving prizes every week. We hope to excite some some young engineers. Good luck everyone enjoy! http://www.educatingyoungengineers.com/
Educating Young Engineers is an organization that focuses on furthering elementary engineering education. Due to the recent school closures caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, they are now creating challenges for elementary students to complete while at home. In the upcoming weeks, they will post a new desi…
As part of the Cambridge Science Festival, The Invention Convention will be postponed. This is in the interests of everyone's health in response to COVID-19. The new details are TBD. Stay tuned! Although our registration page & details will change, registration is still open: https://lemelson.mit.edu/events In the m…
We announced the 2019-2020 InvenTeams over the national news wire. The teams and their projects can be found on our website here. Congratulations to the students and teachers!!!
I had the honor of being the lead teacher for the 2017 DIY Girls InvenTeam at San Fernando High School, my alma mater. The girls invented a solar powered tent for homeless individuals in Los Angeles, providing them with a phone charging port, UVC LEDs for sanitation, and LED lights. This was one of the best e…