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Ask an Astronaut Episode Four Has Landed

July 18, 2019

In this episode, Astronaut Tom makes a distinction between Einstein’s general and special theories of relativity, talks about time travel, and demystifies everyone’s favorite irrational number, Pi. And over at the Brain Exchange, Ground Ctrl gives us a sweet technology demo on making your own drone out of legos. Email your questions to therealastronauttom@nullgmail.com and […]

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Upward Bound Senior Spotlight: DeShauna Johnson

July 16, 2019

DeShauna Johnson is interested in comedy. When asked if she’d ever participated in an improv show or a comedy open mic, the recent Thomas Jefferson High School graduate deadpanned, “I am the mic. And I improvise every day of my life.”  That spirit of improvisation has helped Johnson continually reimagine and revise her vision for […]

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The AIM Institute Brings Kid-Friendly Programmable Robots to the Agnes Robinson Waterloo Library to Teach Youth about Technology

July 11, 2019

To encourage interest in STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—the AIM Institute’s Brain Exchange will showcase a kid-friendly, programmable robot as part of a fun, family get-together Friday, July 12, 7pm at the Agnes Robinson Waterloo Library, 23704 Cedar Drive. The event is free and open to the public. The Dash robot, designed by Wonder Workshop, […]

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Ask an Astronaut Episode 3, Featuring Guest Director Michael Wu, Hits the Internet Today

June 27, 2019

This week, we are joined by guest director Michael Wu. Michael is attending Summer Academy, a free, seven-week long summer program that continues the intensive academic support and tech education we provide our Upward Bound students during the school year. (Upward Bound is a federal TRIO program that helps students from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed in […]

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Highlander Code Camp Students Visit Hudl

June 26, 2019

Last Thursday, Highlander Code Camp students toured the Lincoln headquarters of Hudl, a video streaming service for athletes and coaches to review and improve gameplay. With over 1,900 employees and satellite offices in Omaha, Boston, London, Sydney, and Mumbai, Hudl is one of the Silicon Prairie’s most impressive tech entrepreneurial success stories.  The field trip […]

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