Science Buddies Blog (Page 100)

October 3, 2011 11:45 AM

As a biomedical engineer at Medtronic, Katie Hilpisch is making a difference in people's lives. "It is rewarding to meet someone who finds out that you work at Medtronic and wants to tell you that someone they know has a Medtronic device." For Katie Hilpisch, a senior biomedical engineer at Medtronic, helping devise therapies for heart patients is all in a day's work! According to Katie, biomedical engineering offers an exciting combination of research, problem-solving, and… Read more

New Biotechnology Areas: Medical Biotechnology and Biotechnology Techniques

September 29, 2011 8:25 AM

Science Buddies new Medical Biotechnology and Biotechnology Techniques areas At Science Buddies, we find the diversity of science and engineering a constant source of excitement and inspiration. With over 30 areas of science represented in our library of Project Ideas, we encourage students (like you!) to explore areas of science that range from traditional subjects like chemistry and physics to newer areas like environmental engineering and biotechnology. Newton's Laws and… Read more

Science Buddies 2011 Webinar for Educators Available at YouTube

September 28, 2011 12:11 PM

Were you unable to attend our September 2011 webinar for educators? No problem! You can watch a video recording of the entire webinar (about an hour) when it's convenient for you. Our Science Buddies channel at YouTube contains other great videos you and your students may enjoy. Did you miss the project demonstration videos created by our Summer Science Fellows? Be sure and check those out, too! Read more

Introducing Project Idea "Kits"

September 20, 2011 10:28 PM

Many of the Project Ideas in the Science Buddies library enable science exploration with common materials, ones you might find around the house. Some projects, however, require an assortment of materials, not all of which can be obtained in a single stop at a local store. Plus, for a single science project, you may only need a small amount of a product, not a full roll or bottle. While we offer links to online sources for many specialty items, we are excited to announce… Read more

Color-Soaked Bugs: Color Sense in Insects

September 2, 2011 11:40 AM

Dr. Mohamed Babu, India, turned thirsty garden ants into a cool series of photos and an interesting hands-on look at color sense and insects. You've heard of being caught red-handed? The brightly colored abdomens of the bugs in a series of photos taken by Dr. Mohamed Babu (Mysore, India) leave little doubt as to which colors of sugared water the translucent-bellied ants in his garden had been sipping. Reportedly, his wife noticed that the ants turned white when they sucked up some… Read more

Form and Function: A LEGO Camera

August 26, 2011 9:52 AM

Legotron camera, by photographer Cary Norton. Image used with permission, courtesy of Cary Norton. Photographers with an engineering streak are always looking for creative ways get an image from an unexpected source. Sometimes invention starts with a big (and heavy) box! Other times, innovation comes in a smaller format, the challenge for a reduced (or upcycled) footprint being part of the novelty and the fun. Turning empty mint tins into pinhole cameras, for example,… Read more

New Summer Science Fellows Videos

August 22, 2011 9:41 AM

Our Summer Science Fellows recently turned the camera on themselves and had a great time shooting videos related to two of our Project Ideas. Here's a recap from Maddy: "In July, the six Science Buddies Summer Fellows met and discussed ways that social media could be used to connect more students, teachers, and families to Science Buddies resources. After considering the various ways individuals use online media, we agreed that a fun and engaging approach to getting the audience… Read more

Philo Farnsworth: The Student Who Invented TV

August 19, 2011 9:49 AM

Farnsworth invented the TV and landed on a U.S. postal in stamp in 1983. In later years, Farnsworth's widow, Pem, reportedly explained Farnsworth's relationship to the history of TV this way: "You take Farnsworth's patents out of your TV and you'd have a radio." Born on August 19, 1906: Philo Farnsworth. Philo Farnsworth? A household name? Maybe not. But if you have a TV in your house, you are using something Farnsworth envisioned as a high school student and spent many years… Read more

Slingshot Science: The Physics in Angry Birds

August 16, 2011 3:54 PM

It's hard to believe that a year ago I wasn't yet wise to the squawking, oinking, glass-shattering, wood-breaking, and highly addictive cacophony of Angry Birds. Slingshot a little bird through the air to knock down a structure that seems like a house-of-cards rendition of the Three Little Pigs? When it comes right down to it, that's exactly what you've got... a modernized and mobilized twist on the tried and true fairy tale story of the pigs who each tried a different building material to… Read more

Rowing in Icy Waters: An Extreme Challenge

August 11, 2011 9:05 AM

Screenshot from the Row to the Pole website for Day Thirteen of their multi-week row to the magnetic North Pole. The "Day Thirteen" update on the Row to the Pole website reads: "The crew fight against turbulence during a 20 hour row..." When the part-sledge, part-boat vessel pushed off on less than two weeks ago from Resolute Bay in Canada, four hundred and fifty miles of ice-riddled water stood between the six-man crew of the Old Pulteney Row to the Pole expedition and the magnetic… Read more

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