Over Coffee® | Stories and Resources from the Intersection of Art and Science | Exploring How to Mak

Over Coffee® | Stories and Resources from the Intersection of Art and Science | Exploring How to Mak


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Making Drones Easy–and Fun
April 01, 2016

Would you believe there's a drone you can program to fly, in about ten minutes? - Meet the "CoDrone".  This is a new robotics kit, created by San Diego-based robotics "edutainment" company Robolink, Inc. -

Preparing the Festivities
March 18, 2016

Long Beach Carnevale is just about to give everyone a taste of Venetian tradition. - Since 2012, organizer Joseph Mascheratti has been bringing a version of centuries-old Venetian Carnevale to Long Beach.  Long Beach Carnevale 2016,

Inspired By Robots
March 14, 2016

Arielle Singer knows how to build a robot in a short time. - She also knows all about professionalism, troubleshooting and dealing with the unexpected. - As a Student Ambassador for FIRST® Robotics, Arielle was onsite at the 2016 Los Angeles Regional...

Power On the Move
March 06, 2016

At CES® 2016, in Las Vegas, was an innovation we've wished, many times, to have had with us on the road. - Meet the "M-Edge": power bags and backpacks. - These are bags designed to charge your technlogy while you're on the go.

Robots At Your Fingertips
March 06, 2016

These robots are made of cardboard, wood and plastic. - And they're controlled by hand gestures. - You're looking at the world's first hand-gesture-controlled robotics kit--the Ziro. - Professor Karthik Ramani is chief scientist and co-found...

Where Workouts Become (VR) Play
February 28, 2016

Gaming and working out never used to have anything in common. - Eric Janszen and Eric Malafeew are changing all that. - They're the co-founders of Cambridge-based virtual reality game startup VirZOOM, Inc.

Real-World Robotics
February 19, 2016

What if any small toy could become a robot? - Mu has now made that a reality--for around twenty dollars. - Mu, the world's first artificial intelligence for toys, launched at CES® 2016 in Las Vegas in January.

Setting Up for Success
February 12, 2016

Entrepreneur, author and coach Maxwell Ivey knows how to make a business idea a reality--and a success. - The way he gained that knowledge, is what makes him unique. - Max grew up helping to run his father's carnival, in Texas.  Today,

Bringing Safety Onto the Field
February 05, 2016

What if part of an athlete's gear could warn of a possible head injury? - That's the idea behind the FitGuard, a new wearable created by Anthony Gonzales and Bob Merriman.  This is a "smart" mouth guard that lights up when a player has taken a hea...

“Smart” As a…Duck
January 29, 2016

Edwin the Duck has taken on his own personality. - That's according to Brand Manager and Creative Director Garrett Curry, who introduced us to Edwin at CES® 2016. - Indiana-based pi lab created Edwin as their first product.