What better way to motivate youngsters to take up electrical engineering than getting them to build something themselves? This Ringo DIY Mobile Phone is a neat little open source package, which comes with everything needed to build a mobile phone from scratch. Well almost scratch. You do have to do a bit of soldering, but the boards come ready made. So no clean rooms required.
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Everyone has heard that sea levels will rise and that there will be flooding, fires, and drought all due to climate change. But what does that actually mean? What does it look like for the people who will be affected? Climate researchers and planners are using virtual reality to show people what it will really be like to encourage more to act against it.
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How do you get everyone to get on board for making changes in their lives to become closer to climate neutral? More education? Fees? Free electric cars all around? That last one would be nice but there’s a cheaper solution: Stories.
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Part of overcoming climate change is understanding climate change. You can’t make good choices if you have bad information. To this end, Italy has made it mandatory for children to learn about it in school so that the country as a whole can meet climate goals.
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The world is in trouble and children should be aware of it but talking to your kids about climate change can be a little unnerving. After all, you don’t want to scare them but you also want them to be aware so that they can make good choices with their own life. This piece from NPR shares six solid tips for talking your kids about climate change.
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What is the climate crisis? You might be a bit confused as to what’s causing it and why it’s such a big deal. Why do we care about emissions? What’s the big deal with the oceans getting a little warm? Why is it a crisis? Well this article lays out the basic issues clearly.
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Art books are awesome. They’re so inspiring! Art makes the world a more interesting place and now you can get some for free. The Guggenheim has released 200+ art books for free online for you to check out and enjoy.
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The issues surrounding climate change are really frightening and it’s important that we talk to our children about it. But when we do so, we shouldn’t make it all gloom and doom. Talking to children about climate change should be a positive, hopeful discussion.
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Like space? Who doesn’t! The last great mystery, not counting the depths of the ocean which is a lot like space but wet. Anyway, NASA’s media archives are free for you to check out and enjoy all you want through their media page.
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Climate change is a big deal but not everyone understands it. This isn’t their fault, it’s a lot of information to take in! And everyday, it seems that we are finding out something new about the issue. It’s a lot to keep up with. Thankfully, BBC has help, in the form of a bot. The Climate Change Chat Bot will help anyone get up to speed on what’s going on with the climate.
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Learning a new language is a goal that many people have for many different reasons. It’s not easy though. There are a lot of programs and apps out but this one is a bit unique. Earworms Musical Brain Trainer will help you learn a new language with music.
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There are some harsh places to live in the world but that doesn’t mean that you can’t be as Eco-friendly as possibly when living in them. A school in India is located in one of the harshest environments in the world and they’re focused on green education, despite very little actual greenery.
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There’s a movement to encourage girls to code or in general just be more involved in STEM fields which is great. Diversity is awesome. The Mantra Binary Bracelet has an interesting approach to encouraging people. This piece of jewelry comes with free lessons on coding.
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Wanna make a video game but don’t want to spend any time learning how to code or render characters? I get it, that stuff takes time and maybe, additionally, you or the person you have in mind for this project is still in elementary school. If any of this sounds like you, Bloxels is the game board that can help you live your video game dreams.
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Access to full scholarly papers is expensive which means that people just aren’t able to access the raw information for their own studies or just to draw their own conclusions. The system is not one that’s greatly favored by people and in response to that, Quantitative Science Studies was created, the newest open access journal.
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