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What happens when you mix a group of bored, teenage boys, a challenging bet and a $50 budget? For Austin Twede and Porter Harding, both 19 from Idaho Falls, Idaho, you wind up with a fully-functional 50-foot-long backyard roller coaster. 
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You're never too old for rainbows, explosions, or rainbow explosions. (RT @isteconnects: Let's end Friday on a fun note with 24 awesome #science experiments everyone will love!
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Fun projects with beautiful photos of each
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Chris Anderson, the former editor-in-chief of Wired, is the cofounder of 3D Robotics, which sells small UAVs. How did he make the jump from editor to entrepreneur? These are the three factors lowering the barriers of entry.
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The inspiring story of Chris Anderson and 3D Robotics
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Research in the science of learning shows that hands-on building projects help young people conceptualize ideas and understand issues in greater depth.
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It’s been two days, but Simon Tian’s Neptune Computer Inc. is off to a good start on the latest wearable start-up to win the attention of Kickstarter
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Another awesome teen maker
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Inspired by the rescue of 33 miners trapped for 69 days, and Chile’s poor mining safety record, engineers have devised a potentially lifesaving high-tech jacket… (This Jacket Just Won Intel’s Top Prize for Innovation
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Inspirational story of wearable tech solving problems
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March 11, 2014 1:44 PM
It is more often than not that innovation arises from tragedy or in this case an incident that trapped 33 miners. The article explains how engineers have developed a new safety vest to be worn by underground miners, which is only an increase on the PPE and not better mining practices, but it is an innovation none the less.
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We make the Pibow case for Raspberry Pi® and also have a shop for Makers with breakout boards, cases, tools, components, and more! (Win a Deluxe Raspberry Pi Starter Kit from Pimoroni! Via F. Thunus
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Great opportunity to win a gift for your Young Makers
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For Young Makers who want to take their idea to the next level
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Nick DiAlosio who sold his app to Y! for $30MM
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We asked eight innovative Stanford GSB alumni entrepreneurs including Kiva’s Jessica Jackley (MBA ’07) and Design Within Reach’s Rob Forbes (MBA ’85) to shed light on how they come up with their best...
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Think about this....Grown ups who say they don't like science were once kids who loved science. We are all natural born scientists.
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Students in Matamoros, Mexico weren't getting much out of school -- until a radical new teaching method unlocked their potential.
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So inspired!
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When it comes to creativity, one of our biggest concerns is usually how we can be more creative, or how to come up with better ideas.
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Lots of good ways to help you out of a creativity slump.
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Christian Science Monitor
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Makers can be artists too
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MIT's new time-of-flight (TOF) 3D camera adds the ability to work with translucent objects, motion, fog, rain, and other factors that totally confuse previo...
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Cool project by MIT Makers
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We need to convince kids that smart is cool
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Tiffany Shlain, award-winning filmmaker, speaker, and founder of The Webby Awards, introduces us to her husband, Ken Goldberg, a professor of robotics, to dive into the past, present and future of robots and why it is that humans are so fascinated...
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Robot's sharing through community...fascinating!
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RT @LewisJPerelman: Very cool: The Modular #Robots Are Coming, One Toy At A Time - @popsci #innovation http://t.co/eMrdiaqEnb
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Cool toy for young makers
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'In order to improvise and adapt, the mission must be clear so that team members can act with passion and purpose rather than mere obedience to authority'.
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In honor of my jazz musician son
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Love this list!
Luís Cálix's curator insight,
November 23, 2013 7:11 PM
Ainda a propósito das competências TIC para o séc. 21. Um útil infográfico trazido por Ana Cristina Pratas. 
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December 8, 2013 12:38 PM
This is chart helps to explain why the world of work today is vastly different from the world your parents prepared for. 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
December 23, 2013 3:02 AM
21st Century Skills our kids will need to have before they leave school.
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The Maker Education Initiative's Maker Corps addresses the need for personalized support and expertise to bring more making into existing educational programs across the nation. APPLY NOW TO BE A 2...
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Get involved with Young Makers.
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A new book on Apple's enigmatic design genius argues that Apple owes its success primarily to being a dream enabler for designers.
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Inspiration for some young maker future product designers
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The most important phrase in innovation is "this might now work." If there isn't a risk, we're not innovating. (RT @pash22: This Might Not Work - Is this the most important phrase in innovation?
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The DIY Gamer Kit allows you to hack together your own hardware and software to create a handheld console of your own design.
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A great way to get kids excited about building game devices rather than just playing on them.
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Now thats a Maker Project!