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Young scientists come to Washington
The Broadcom MASTERS 2011 finalists on the steps of the Capitol Building. Credit: Broadcom Foundation On a chilly, rainy October morning in Washington, D.C., two middle school students from Hawaii sat shivering on a tour bus as they waited to depart for a photo shoot at the U.S. Capitol. “I don’t know how people live here,” said Jordan Kamimura, 14, of Hilo, Hawaii, through chattering teeth. But the temperatures proved no deterrent for the pa…
Dancing with Robots
Sprague’s Sprockets, a team of two boys and two girls, waited nervously for its turn at the search-and-rescue station as the RoboCup Junior competition got under way. The students from Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, N.Y., had checked the settings on their robot’s infrared sensors. They’d tweaked their computer program and loaded it into the robot. Soon, they would send the robot along a path with turns, obstacles, and even a ramp…
Computers with Attitude
It’s been a long day at school. You’ve got a heavy evening of homework ahead. You switch on your computer to work on an assignment. An animated kid on your computer screen smiles and says, “Hey, it’s good to see you again. But you look tired. Are you doing OK?” You reply that you’re feeling pretty wiped out, but you’ve got a research project to do. You rub your eyes and yawn. “I know the feeling,&#…
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