03/05/2012 - EdSynergy

Open Education Week Starts Today

Posted on 03/05/2012 by GaryPage

This week is the first “Open Education Week” ever held, and to celebrate the event there are webinars about how to access and use open content education resources being held around the world. You can find more information at http://www.openeducationweek.org/ About Open Education Open education is about sharing, reducing barriers and increasing access in education.
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Robots that Fly and Cooperate

Posted on 03/05/2012 by GaryPage

Students (and you) will find this TED Talk, which blends computer science and mechanical engineering, amazing! At the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab, at the University of Pennsylvania, flying quadrotor robots move together in eerie formation, tightening themselves into perfect battalions, even filling in the gap when one of their own drops
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