The Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) has announced nearly $50,000 in grants for 15 innovative classroom STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematic) projects in grades 6-12. Due to COVID-19 and the shift to remote learning TAF expanded the scope of its grant review process to support distance learning and teaching using novel ways to use incorporate…
Autonomous robot works in hospital to support COVID-19 patients and families
Over the past year, sick patients stepping into the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado hospital in Mexico immediately have their temperature, blood oxygen level, and medical history recorded. But not by a human — instead, they’re approached by RoomieBot, a completely autonomous humanoid robot that runs on Intel technology.…
Automated hand sanitizer using Arduino
This tutorial explains how to automate a hand sanitizer bottle. Sanitizers can be found for use at many public places (and especially recently, given the COVID-19 pandemic). However, each press of the cap leaves behind several types of germs on it. One way to avoid this is to automate the bottle so that users never…