A Map of Europe Made Out of Lego
Oct 30th, 2010 | By FrankI can’t add anything here to make this any cooler. A map. Made out of Lego. What else do you need? Via Gizmodo
Education
To Mars and Beyond
Oct 20th, 2010 | By BarbAs a young girl reading OMNI magazine, I couldn’t imagine saying no to a one way trip to explore space. I’m a little older now and would ask more questions, such as the ones posed in Cosmic Logic on MSNBC. It discusses a paper written by Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Washington State University and Paul Davies, Arizona [...]
USA Science and Engineering Festival
Oct 18th, 2010 | By SueThe USA Science and Engineering Festival expo is less than a week away, and here’s a commercial highlighting some of the great exhibits that will be featured:
It’s all about the spatial thinking…
May 17th, 2010 | By FrankFrom the most excellent comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Inventor of Rubik’s Cube to appear at USA Science and Engineering Festival
Apr 13th, 2010 | By SueYou may remember that we’ve mentioned the USA Science and Engineering Festival, which will be held in October in Washington, DC. It is a great idea to celebrate science and engineering, and raise awareness of the importance of STEM education here in the US. There’s already a great lineup of universities, public agencies and private [...]
Popular Science Archive now online – and free!
Mar 4th, 2010 | By SueYes, that’s right, 137 years of awesome issues of Popular Science magazine are now available online by searching the archive at the PopSci website. If you’re a science or gadget nerd, you’ll have lots of fun checking out the science frontiers of decades gone by, and even checking out the advertising and graphics styles for [...]
Does GIS Make Kids Gullible?
Dec 17th, 2009 | By BarbI just read a weird article about “Some Ways to Make Children Think Santa Exists” that includes children follow Santa’s journey on Norad all the way up to a voice transmorgified phone call from Santa. Like “How to Lie With Maps“, it unitentionally raises some questions about how kids are influenced by technology. I would [...]
British Geological Survey Maps
Dec 15th, 2009 | By BarbThe British Geological Survey, the world’s oldest national geological survey, is offering GEOSCIENCE, a free service for sharing geospatial information including maps, 3D maps, and photographs. The GEOSCENIC is really cool because it is geological photos from their archives that can be used free of charge for non-commercial purposes. They have a make-a-map function for [...]
The Geospatial Semester – a great program for high school students in Virginia through JMU
Nov 10th, 2009 | By SueJames Madison University has a great new partnership with high school in Virginia for a program called The Geospatial Semester . From the Geospatial Semester webpage: “The Geospatial Semester is a unique partnership between high schools in Virginia and the Integrated Science and Technology department at James Madison University (JMU). High school seniors participating in [...]
New GIScience track at the 2010 ESRI User Conference
Nov 3rd, 2009 | By SueThe Call for Papers has gone out for the new GIScience Research track at the 2010 ESRI International User Conference. “Papers in this special track must focus on cutting-edge research in GIScience. Full papers will be included in a special issue of Transactions in GIS to be distributed at the 2010 Conference. Abstracts (500 words) [...]
