Inventors often get their start by taking things apart. With that in mind, we asked young folks at FIRST to draft a list of modern devices they’d like to dismantle and re-purpose into other products. 1) Turn a USB Webcam...
Read MoreBeyond the Bake Sale By Haley Dunn The Beatles proclaimed, “Money can’t buy me love.” However, money can buy plenty of other things. The value of a dollar is learned at a young age — even the youngest entrepreneurs know that a...
Read MoreThe Purple Gears – Cranking Out Innovation By Kim Wierman How do you lift batons from a vertical dispenser without using your hands? If you’re the Purple Gears, a seven student team from Raleigh, N.C., taking part in this...
Read MoreJon Dudas was director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 2005-2009. Afterward, while working as a partner in a private D.C. law firm, famed U.S. inventor Dean Kamen made Dudas an offer he couldn’t refuse – take over...
Read MoreA special guest appears tonight on Got Invention Radio – Jon Dudas. The former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is the president of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an...
Read MoreThe FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award is designed to get FLL teams excited about further developing their “Body Forward Projects.” The deadline for online voting for the teams has been extended to 5 p.m. EST, March 18....
Read MoreA Robot Competition Where Winning Isn’t Everything By Mike Drummond I’m sitting in the administration building at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, N.C. Just a few paces from me is the vice principal’s office. I used to spend...
Read MoreTime Warner’s One-Stop Shopping for STEM Late last year, Time Warner Cable launched Connect a Million Minds, a national afterschool initiative to motivate kids to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers....
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