This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to Rachel P.! My oldest son is just weeks away from starting his senior year of high school. My baby is starting his senior year, people! {pause to collect myself} When he was a freshman, he received his own computer, an Asus netbook. What's a netbook you ask? Nobody remembers. They're already obsolete, but Asus is alive and kicking. In fact, they just released the ASUS Chromebook Flip C100. A sleek, ... [ Read More ]
Teach Kids to Code with Youth Digital
It's Hour of Code Week, also known as Computer Science Education Week. Schools and youth groups across the country are introducing kids to coding through tutorials at Code.org! The site offers loads of tutorials, some of which focus on coding logic and don't even require computers. My friend Beth Blecherman of the TechMamas blog has a great post for parents about teaching kids to code. It's full of resources and useful tips. A few weeks ago, I ... [ Read More ]
Wearables That Track More Than Our Steps
We think about today's high tech wearables helping us get or stay fit, I'm already 8,000 steps in and it's only 2:00!, or maybe giving us another way to check Twitter or email on the fly, but some companies are taking wearables a step further. Why not use tiny sensors to measure more than a person's health? A short while back I shared how one company is attaching sensors to surf boards to measure ocean health. A wearable for surfboards, if you ... [ Read More ]
Great TED Talks by Women in Computer Science
Don't miss Angelica Lim's playlist of TED Talks by Women in Computer Science, a list of 24 videos with super smart women talking about bleeding edge technology. These fab women in computer science cover topics like: Ground-breaking wearable tech--this is not your tech geek friend's wristwatch. Don't miss this talk by MIT's Pattie Maes. Robotics Tinkering Online education These videos are especially great to share with girls based on ... [ Read More ]
THOR SMS App for Hot Topics in Reddit
I'm super proud of the Older Maker Teen(OMT) for making something. Last week he created a really cool text app for that lets users get a link to a hot topic on reddit! Reddit is a popular news site, a social network, a community. It skews male and techy. Maybe young, too? At any rate, OMT was procrastinating on some back-to-school summer homework and created a cool SMS app that let's you text to get links to hot topics on subreddits, smaller ... [ Read More ]
Sol Republic Tracks Air Review + Giveaway
As a tech blogger, I get the chance to try out some cool products. Even better, I get to share products I like with you. Which is to say that I received a review pair of Sol Republic's Tracks Air SOL REPUBLIC Tracks Air Wireless Headphones (affiliate link) wireless on-ear headphones and I'm giving a pair away to one lucky reader! This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to our winner, Angie! They require some very basic assembly. That is, you ... [ Read More ]
Luz Rivas, Founder of DIY Girls: It’s STEM Girl Friday!
Last fall I wrote about the crowdfunding campaign from a cool group called DIY Girls. Today I'm shining the spotlight on the group's founder, Luz Rivas. Luz is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and grew up in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles. After learning to program in 5th grade, Luz decided to pursue a technical career. Her persistence led to an acceptance to MIT. She has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a ... [ Read More ]