Game Contest – $25,000 Prize – Hurry, Ends March 3rd

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How exciting is a chance to win $25,000! GameSalad and GameSpot have just introduced the Unicorn Apocalypse Mobile Game Contest. Enter for your chance to win $25,000! This contest is big but it ends fast so you’ve got to HURRY, this contest ends March 3rd. Detailed instructions appear below. Students and Teachers can get GameSalad at discounted prices. Please note: … Read More

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Rhino 5 New Features and Upgrade Options

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What’s New with Rhino 5.0? Rhino 5 * has worked hard to become much faster and to handle working with project teams and much larger models. Plus there have been thousands of improvements made throughout to help you design, model, present and realize all that much faster. Enhancements have been made in Rhino 3D in nearly every aspect from Modeling, Editing … Read More

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Infinity Project presents STEM Education Webinar

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Attend this webinar presented by Infinity Project to learn how you can use project-based learning as a method to increase your students achievement in Science and Math. STEM Education Webinar for Today’s Classroom Thursday, February 28th 4:30-5:30 PM Eastern Register Now Presented by Infinity Project, a national leader in engineering curricula, this STEM webinar is geared towards teachers, career & … Read More

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Exporting 3D Models as 2D Sprites

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There was a comment on our blog recently that asked whether or not it’s possible to use a 3D Design package like the Autodesk Maya 3D Animation software to create 2D Animations. This is entirely possible and the workflow is used widely in 2D video game development. The basic workflow consists of creating your model in your 3D modeling software … Read More

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Animation Contest from Nickelodeon

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Get Your Animation Seen! As part of their Animated Shorts Program, Nickelodeon is searching for creative minds to showcase their original animations. Nickelodeon has set three main criteria; the animated shorts must be comedic, character driven and have kid appeal! As most often with cartoons, there should be a funny lead character and a couple supporting characters. Storylines must be … Read More

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Office 365 – What is it all about?

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The new release of Office 365 may leave you wondering what is Office 365 and how it can help you. Let’s take a look… What is Office 365? By definition Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud productivity suite designed for consumers, students, and faculty at affordable pricing. It takes pieces of the traditional Office applications (think Word, PowerPoint, Excel…) and … Read More

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Electrical Engineering Curriculum with NI myDAQ

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Penn State is bringing the NI myDAQ into their Electrical Engineering program. The key benefit if the myDAQ in this case is hands on learning. Together with LabVIEW and Multisim this tool can be used in controls, circuit series, junior and senior design studies. It is also a cost efficient choice because together myDAQ and LabVIEW can replicate over $50,000 of … Read More

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New Music Contest from Avid

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If you love to make music this post is for you! New Song Competition from Avid and Abbey Road Studios. For all you artists and musicians out there, enter your original songs or tracks for a chance to have them mixed and mastered by the professionals at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Avid, the leader in audio innovation has joined … Read More

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STEM Education Webinar Announcement

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If you are looking to engage your students in STEM you’ve come to the right place! We are presenting a webinar that will talk about solutions for STEM education that are designed to engage your students with hands-on, project based learning. Sign up for the “Effective STEM Education Solutions” Webinar Wednesday, February 13, 2013 3PM Eastern The webinar will discuss: … Read More

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Global Game Jam 2013 – Are You Ready?

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Dream of collaborating with thousands of Video Game Creators around the world? YOU CAN at Global Game Jam. This year, Global Game Jam 2013, takes place January 25th through January 27th. There are currently, a record breaking, 275 development sites from 58 different countries registered including the prestigious MIT Game Lab, School of Visual Arts in New York, and many … Read More

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