Bloxx Breaks Down Online Risks to Schools

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Holiday breaks from school are much needed vacation for both students and teachers. Most of the time, these breaks are also a great chance to indulge in online gaming, social networking and other online interactive experiences. Bloxx did a little homework to see what actually happened online over this past summer’s seven-week break. The findings are fascinating. Worldwide, over 7 … Read More

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How to Record Music with a Computer Part 2: Setting Up

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Ok, now you are at the point where you made the commitment, you are going to record music with your computer and have bitten the bullet and bought your software and hardware. Now you have to plug all this stuff in and make sure it all talks to each other.

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How to Get Started Recording Music with a Computer

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So, for years you have been wondering how can you record music using a computer. The problem is any product manual you have ever thumbed through gives makes your head spin so fast, you stop before you start. Fear not, I am here to help.

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Free Shipping Promotion!

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Studica is currently running a promotion for the USA and UK stores for free shipping on select items.

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Minecraft Surpasses 20 Million Registered Users

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I felt a need to understand why this game has become so addictive for my boys and their friends. Its retro look focuses on construction and creativity. Think Lego blocks, but on-screen with no instruction manual. Besides this component, there is considerable freedom to design and pursue your nonlinear objective.

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National Instruments Hardware and Software in Ontario’s Energy SHSM

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I was able to use hardware from the Fischertechnik Oeco Tech Renewable Energies Kit to construct the Solar Array, complete with DC Motor. The solar tracker is a part of this kit, and comes with graphical instructions for assembly and wiring. With this, I was able to add two Light Sensors and design a simple system for control using LabVIEW.

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Waterloo Labs, K12Lab, and National Instruments

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National Instruments are the makers of the myDAQ and LabVIEW software and they have a sort of “think-tank” called Waterloo Labs. On their website, you will be able to watch videos of the crazy projects that they come up with. Fortunately for all of us, they also post videos that show and describe how they accomplished their incredibly fun and unique projects.

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