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Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code

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Now that you’ve engaged your students with awesome Hour of Code fun, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Root Robotics for going far beyond the hour! Root’s a versatile, engaging robotics and coding program that grows with students from pre-K up through grade 12. Coding & Robotics Solutions (Grades K-12).

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Root Robotics–Great Way to Extend Hour of Code

Ask a Tech Teacher

Now that you’ve engaged your students with awesome Hour of Code fun, I’m thrilled to introduce the incredible Root Robotics for going far beyond the hour! Root’s a versatile, engaging robotics and coding program that grows with students from pre-K up through grade 12. Coding & Robotics Solutions (Grades K-12).

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Building and training human tendons in the lab

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Professor Pierre-Alexis Mouthuy , based at the University of Oxford in the UK, is taking this a step further with tendon building, by using humanoid robotic arms and soft bioreactor chambers to ‘train’ tendons to deal with the stresses they will encounter in the human body. Robot shoulders. “We TALK LIKE A… BIOENGINEER.

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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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Professor Jeffrey Catchmark and his team at Pennsylvania State University in the US believe they have one such solution, using common plant-based materials to create sustainable food packaging. This makes plastics a major source of pollution, and there is a global drive to reduce their production and use.

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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

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Dr Chi Hwan Lee, associate professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering at Purdue University, is developing smart contact lenses that can do just that. This means the sensors can exist on flexible, stretchable, transparent or biodegradable substrates, including soft contact lenses. WHAT CAN SMART CONTACT LENSES DO?

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What causes problems with the lower urinary tract?

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In the US, a team of doctors and researchers, including Professor Cindy L. At Duke University School of Medicine, Professor Cindy L. Professor Cindy L. Did you know that urinating a lot at night might be due to a heart problem? Or that a condition such as diabetes might affect urination? How is Cindy studying LUTD?