Category Archives: National Instruments

Free STEM Education Webinar

National InstruScience Technology Engineering Mathments and The Infinity Project are hosting a webinar for educations across the US that are interested in increasing student engagement in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering & Math] through high-tech engineering. Continue reading

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National Instruments iPad Apps and DIY Theramin Project

National Instruments has released a great project for myDAQ that involves creating a Theramin. A theramin is considered the world’s oldest electric instrument. It was played by floating your hands in the air between two magnetic fields. Continue reading

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How to fix “Unable to Start License Manager Server” Error, Hint: Debug Log

In many new installs of LMTools the configuration looks correct, but does not start the server. In most cases it is because no debug log was created during the install. Continue reading

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Great Items from K12Lab

K12Lab posted it’s Best of 2011 List, here are some of the highlights: Continue reading

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Change Videos Using Temperature

Creative ways to make science, technology, math and engineering something that students want to learn. Plus some really great contests for you to win cash for yourself and/or software for your classroom. Continue reading

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Interesting STEM News from K12Lab for Education

A high school robotics class teamed up with a regional health care clinic and together they’ve created a Knee Brace Simulator. Utilizing LabVIEW for Education and the NI myDAQ. They developed a solution for keeping weight off the knee during recovery. Here’s a video with Evan Reyier, Rita Collier and Dr. Larry Kravitz explaining how it was done.
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Make Your Own Air Guitar with LabVIEW, myDAQ and $25

The folks at National Instruments never cease to amaze me with all the fun, interesting projects that they come up with using LabVIEW and the myDAQ. Check out this project playing the National Anthem on air guitar. For more fun ideas from NI, click here. Continue reading

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Meet the NEW LabVIEW for Education

LabVIEW has a full range of data collection and control devices for science and engineering applications. With the hands-on training of the myDAQ hardware incorporated with LabVIEW, the engineering experience for the student will be the same as a professional where they will use the same tools and work flow. Continue reading

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Fun Ideas from Teachers (courtesy of K12Lab Powered by LabVIEW)

Looking for inspiration for Back-to-School projects? Look no further! K12Lab has some great material that you can utilize for your class. Hot trends this month include…
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An Exciting September – Three products to electrify your back to school experience

There are quite a few reasons why I am excited that September the 6th is rapidly approaching. The first day of school is an exciting one, but this year we have three reasons to bring the excitement level of our students up a few notches. Continue reading

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