Category: STEM / STEAM

September 11 2001: How We Helped Columbia University

September 11, 2001 Lori’s mother’s birthday started out just like any other day. I was just getting up, Lori was already getting Kristen ready for school, Sunny (our currently 11 year old yellow lab who now has a tumor that is scaring us) was bouncing around as only he could do. Lori had the TV…

September 11, 2011
QR Codes

Ever see one of those square barcode like looking thingys? You can see them now in magazines and on office doors and even on T-shirts. So what is it? Well I did a bit of searching, and found that WikiPedia, has a nice, concise, explanation which I quote below: A QR code (short for Quick Response) is…

July 29, 2011
“Flash of Genius” Movie Review

Here is a real world engineering FACT: People / Companies WILL steal your ideas. I have had it happen to me….more than once. In fact, Lori was jumping up and down yelling because she knows, first hand, the pain of stolen ideas. When you design something, from your own brain…you will understand. If you are an…

May 3, 2011