Madison Student, Bishop’s Orchards Help Share The Apple Pi
For the first time in Apple Pi history, the brainy team of high school-age robot engineers will be headed to the annual National Championship of the FIRST Robotics Competition. The competition, pitting Apple Pi’s robot against hundreds of other robots nationwide, will be held in St. Louis, MO., April 25-28….
Lose a Smartphone, And You Lose a Lot
Say you just lost your wallet with $40 cash in it. You’d feel bad, right? There’s the inconvenience of canceling cards, getting a new driver’s license, etc. But what if you lost your wallet with $900 in cash in it, plus your address book and your bank passwords? That’s what Now that…
Furious BBC tells Virgin to pull ‘Dr Who advert’
The BBC is demanding that a Virgin Media television advert featuring David Tennant is pulled off air because they say it is trying to cash in on the success of Doctor Who. Bosses are furious the rival broadcaster has included references to the hit sci-fi show in its new commercial…
Magid: Girls Around Me app a reminder to check your privacy settings
As far as I can tell, the app “Girls Around Me” wasn’t violating any laws. But it was high on the creepy scale when, according to reports, women’s identity, photographs and location were being revealed to strangers, even though the women never opted into the service. Although the developer, Moscow-based…
BlackBerry event bottle attack victim dies
Company director Ashley Charles, 25, was remanded in custody yesterday, charged over the attack which police are now investigating as murder. Mr Sherriff, a married telecommunications professional from Preston, Lancashire, was rushed to the Royal London Hospital after suffering a neck injury at the club in Southwark on Tuesday night. His…
Lindbergh robot gives man its best shot
RENTON Jimmy Keum stood at the free-throw line. The Lindbergh High School basketball standout was blindfolded. He wore a New York Knicks Jeremy Lin jersey tucked into a pair of black shorts and waited to be handed a basketball. At the other end of the floor was “Air Ball,” a…
Longmont robotics team part of scrimmage competition
Robotics players from Altona Middle School’s Arkham Asylum Members team Trey Gallagher, 13, Arman Long, 14, and Rhett Sandal, 14, from left, compete in a scrimmage on a practice field set up in downtown Loveland on Saturday. (Steve Stoner) LOVELAND — Robotics team players often do not get the chance to play robot,…
Cimarron-Memorial robotics team rolls into excellence Las Vegas Review
Like a zany Japanese game show, you don’t know what to think of it. Two boys in spandex tuxedos dance erratically on the bleachers, their faces hidden behind white skintight hoods. About 20 high school students jump up and down, oversized Uncle Sam hats bobbing on their heads. A team in…
Nokia Lumia 900 Expected to Shake Up Smartphone Market
Nokia’s Lumia 900 smartphones will reach AT&T stores on Sunday for $99.99, and one analyst said it could be the start of something big: Windows Phone as a market disrupter between the successful iPhone and Android phones. Windows Phone, Microsoft’s mobile operating system that’s used by Nokia in its Lumia…
Highland HS robotics team among EV programs ready to take on the world
An East Valley robot is headed to a national robotics championship this month after beating teams from Arizona, New Mexico and California at a recent regional event. The Highland High School Robotics Club also known as the 39th Aero Squadron or Team 4314 took first place in January at the Teams…
