Today's Top Story

Pres. Obama Approves $70 million for Robotics; STEM Problem Not Addressed

... NSF, NASA, NIH and the Dept of Agriculture to provide $70 million to support research in next generation robots that will work closely with human operators – allowing new ability for factory workers, healthcare providers, soldiers, surgeons and astronauts to carry out key hard-to-do tasks. The overall goal is to foster “co-robots” that work closely with people.
... Robotics funding is part of a larger Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. Details here.
... Award-winning high school physics teacher Amir Abo-Shaeer has answer to STEM problem - and he’s successfully practicing it.