The 2015 WorldSkills Competition in São Paulo, Brazil is just days away! In preparation for the largest vocational education and skills competition in the world, participants are fine tuning their work. Competitors in each country have been chosen to compete based on their hard work and demonstrated mastery of their skill. The WorldSkills organization spent these final weeks celebrating the dedication … Read More
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One of the most common mechanics that you’ll find in almost any video game is the ability to shoot something. Bullets, fireballs, arrows, etc. As a game designer, you can have your character shoot whatever your heart desires. Of course, implementing a shooting mechanism is not quite as simple as running a function called ShootBullets(). In this post, I am … Read More
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fischertechnik celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, on Sunday, July 26, 2015. The company hosted a FANCLUB day at fischertechnik headquarters in Waldachtal, Germany. Here, people from all over the world could enter their own designs for display and view the many exhibits of fischertechnik systems released over the years. These incredibly innovative systems were invented by Professor Artur Fischer, … Read More
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Studica would like you to meet our new friends, Dash and Dot! These fun, interactive robots are the latest from Wonder Workshop – a company dedicated to teaching children the fundamentals of programming. Developed with Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards, these robotic devices offer new lesson plans to help K-5 educators use Dash & Dot to teach young … Read More
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On the heels of the recent release of fischertechnik Education’s elementary STEM sets, the company announced it will offer educators access to the complete fischertechnik Introduction to STEM I curriculum. That’s right. They are so confident in the positive impact the Introduction to STEM I set will have on your classroom that they are giving you a download of the … Read More
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Seeed Studio is a maker’s paradise. This company specializes in creating innovative, open hardware platforms for makers to grow their ideas and create all new technology. The best thing about Seeed is its ability to work with leading technology providers of all scales to provide access to multiple platforms – like Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Maker Pro and more. Take for … Read More
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WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 is just around the corner on August 11th-16th. The WorldSkills organization just released a Visitor’s Presentation video – giving competitors a peek at what could be in store for them. Competitors in the Mobile Robotics Competition will be expected to carry out two tasks over the course of four days using the provided robotic components. As … Read More
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Smith Micro has upped its game with the release of Anime Studio 11. Used by professionals, hobbyists and students alike, this software offers users an intuitive and affordable feature set. An interface you can easily understand, a visual content library and tools such as a bone rigging system, Smart Bones™, frame-by-frame animation, bitmap to vector conversion – all of this … Read More
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PTC Creo is an industry-standard 3D Design software. It is used for a wide number of applications across many different industries. I’ve recently been learning my way around the product and thought I would share the workflow for exporting an STL file from PTC Creo Parametric. First off, an STL file is known as a stereolithography file. The file extension … Read More
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Studica is certainly in high gear during this year’s conference season. Come visit us at the U.S. News STEM Solutions in San Diego, CA from June 29th – July 1st. This event is great for those educators and admins looking for the latest breakthrough in STEM education. Some of the best minds in academia can help you design a path … Read More
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