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May 17

F1 in Schools’ race car team

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A team of race car engineers from Austin’s Akins High School will compete in the F1 in Schools world finals in Austin in November after winning a wild-card spot at the national competition May 10 and 11 in Michigan.

Manoel Belem’s insight:

Uma alternativa para as escolas simularem o ambiente empresarial de desenvolvimento tecnológico, inovação e competição, que deve chegar ao Brasil em breve.


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May 16

Cells as living calculators - MIT News Office

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Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.

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May 10

ArduSat 1 - your own satellite!!

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The most powerful Arduino-compatible board in the world (or out of it!) has now landed.Use it to build your own satellite for your classroom or hackersp…

Manoel Belem’s insight:

The ArduSat Payload Processor Module (ASPPM) is 17 Arduino-compatible boards all squashed into one. This board is the brains of the ArduSat-1satellite payload scheduled to launch into space in August 2013, designed to run multiple simultaneous experiments in Low-Earth Orbit


See on freetronics.com

May 07

Voice-controlled Home Automation

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Using Tasker plugins AutoVoice and AutoRemote to control a Micasaverde Home Automation gateway and Google TV. Less than $300 in Home Automation equipment use…

Manoel Belem’s insight:

Take your Android and say:

READ IT….done  UNDERSTAND IT…done.

Now you are an expert in this subject!!!! 


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May 05

NASA-UFRGS - Centro do clima espacial

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The Space Weather Action Centers are an exciting way to involve students in real NASA science and expose them to NASA data in an informative and fun learning environment. :Code 672.0

Manoel Belem’s insight:

IMPERDÍVEL!!! para qualquer tipo de público…


See on inf.ufrgs.br

May 04

LIVE WEBCAST Sunday @ 9 pm ET: See Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower

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NASA will offer live views of the 2013 Eta Aquarid meteor shower on Sunday night (May 5) from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. ET (0100-0700 GMT).

Manoel Belem’s insight:

Chuva de meteoros domingo a noite !!! [transmitida ao vivo pela NASA]


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my Haiku poem to go to Mars with MAVEN

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Join us as we learn about the history of water and climate on Mars. Could Mars have had life?

Manoel Belem’s insight:

small embrace
from earth’s race
an orbital interlace


See on lasp.colorado.edu

May 03

Space Hacker Workshop a sure sign of Silicon Valley’s space craze

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The Silicon Valley Space Center, Google Nexus Ones in space, NanoSatisfi and the tremendous buzz are all signs that the valley is on the cutting edge of the citizen space movement.

Manoel Belem’s insight:

About us…


See on mercurynews.com

Apr 30

Spaceship makes first powered flight

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The spaceplane being developed by UK billionaire Sir Richard Branson has made its first powered flight.

Manoel Belem’s insight:

USD $200K /seat


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Apr 29

Espaçonave em teste!!!

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