Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 12:36AM That’s right. We are continuing our expansion! Be sure to “like” our fanpage on Facebook! Just visit this link, and click that magic button. Be a part of this continously growing community, and stay updated!
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Brien
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 9:08PM I am very excited to see us moving right along! The process has taken a long time, and has been difficult at certain parts, but everything is starting to come together!
Over the next few months, you will see this site and the mission of our organization changing! On the site side, there will be some updates content-wise. In terms of the organization… well… see soon enough! All of us here are very excited about this, and we can’t wait to get the community involved in what is looking to be a spectacular resource for everyone.
I strongly recommend that you subscribe to the “Team Chatter RSS” feed found at the top left of the page to get the latest information.
This is going to be a good, folks. Stay tuned!
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Brien
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 9:04PM TEDTalks (hd)
Each year, the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference hosts some of the world’s most fascinating people: Trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses. These podcasts (also available in audio format) capture the most extraordinary presentations delivered from the TED stage.
MAKE Magazine
MAKE is a quarterly publication from O’Reilly for those who just can’t stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives. It’s the first do-it-yourself magazine dedicated to the incorrigible and chronically incurable technology enthusiast in all of us. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend technology any way you want.
This tutorial on Pachube.com (“a data brokerage platform for the internet of things”) shows how to connect anInspeed Vortex wind sensor to the Internet with an Arduino and ethernet shield.
Visions for Tomorrow
Visions for Tomorrow website and the blog, How You Can Save the World.
Is literacy in danger because of technology? Will students stop reading and writing all together because they spend lots of time on the computer?
I have talked to some parents who legitimately worry about their children slipping away from the traditional ways of books, pen and paper. Afraid of change and yearning for a return to the “good old times,” some worry that technology they do not understand or use will destroy the children’s motivations to read and write. Not familiar with sites such as Facebook, Twitter, deviantART, YouTube and other blogs or forums, some parents cannot participate in the activities of their children, adding a fear of being disconnected from their children and leaving them with feelings of inadequacy.
Along the same lines, science fiction shows such as Syfy’s upcoming Caprica, will display a world where technology is run amok, used by a lazier younger generation. Yet it’s doing the exact opposite in our world: it’s sparking a definite, driven creativity that’s enabled by technology, rather than hampered or perverted by it.
All the best,
David B. Mittelman
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 11:13AM This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the FIRST kickoff again for another year. I met a lot of great people, and it looks like we might actually get some ground on getting IDEAS off the ground. I will try and keep you updated as we go along, but I got a lot of verbal promises from a lot of people in FIRST. I will keep you all up to date as things get more official.
All the Best,
David B Mittelman
Founder, IDEAS
Thursday, June 11, 2009 at 9:43PM Exciting things are stirring in the folds of IDEAS people. This week we will submit the first of what will be many applications for grant money to move IDEAS from a dream into reality. If all goes well, next week there will be an application sitting on a desk to be reviewed to grant us our first grant. Only one of many. I know some of you who were following thought we were shooting for Boston. Well, turns out Brooklyn is easier right now. That doesn’t mean that Boston will not happen. It will, in due time. In the mean time, do we have plans! Here’s the low down:
I’ll keep ya’ll updated with news as we go forward. I’ll tell you one thing though: Things are getting more exciting every day!
Best Regards,
David B Mittelman
Founder of IDEAS
