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While planning this week’s blog, my head has kind of been in two different places. On one hand, I found some intriguing research relating to the relationship between technology and kids that I had spent some time reading up on and was planning to write this blog post about. On the other hand, my plans were at least partially dashed when I got home from work and read about NASA’s Curiosity Rover finding seasonal methane patterns and organic molecules in the bed of a dried-up crater lake on Mars. So, to appease both sides in my internal struggle, I’m going to discuss...

Hi, all. Today I wanted to try a little something different for our blog. Recently I was uploading our Electrode Disc Set product to our online store, and I realized that the instructions for its use are rather generalized. I thought it would be a cool idea to come up with and share some experiments that are possible with it. This exercise is two-fold. For one, it will provide you with a jumping-off-point on how to use this product. Secondly, however, I want this to illustrate that many items are able be used to investigate various scientific principles. Though we...

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has massive potential to be one of the most revolutionary forces in human history. Besides being the dream of every science fiction fanatic, it is already revolutionizing the world in which we live. This week while browsing through the happenings in the world of science, I found an article which caused me to turn my head and wonder just how close we are to the world of tomorrow where sentient robots are our coworkers, friends, and peers. While I’m well-aware these wild dreams are just the futurist in me getting riled up, that excitement isn’t totally...

Apologies for the slight delay in getting out a blog this last week. Aside from this blog, I also do work as a technical writer. Technical writers, for those who don’t know, work to organize information in ways that are user centered and easy to understand. My task as a technical writer often involves me learning and relearning information so that I can create a document that effectively serves the needs of whoever will be using it. For example, if I were writing a menu for a restaurant, I’d try to make sure that each section of the menu was...

I woke up one day earlier this week to a text from a friend of mine: “Do yourself a favor and go see Ready Player One in theaters. Don’t miss seeing it on the big screen. This movie is pure eye-candy.” I started reading the book that night with hopes of overcoming my glacial-pace reading speed and finishing it before the film leaves theaters. My brother had been raving about the book to me for years, and I would have felt guilty pulling the classic “I’ll-wait-for-the-movie.” I’m glad I started reading, as it pulled me in right away. I can’t wait to...