Korea in space

The International Space Station is truly an international undertaking. Astronauts from 15 countries have visited and spent time there, and Canadians have been stationed there more than any other country except Russia and the U.S.

Now Korea has entered the club. Take a look at this video of the Russian launch, and try to make note of how different from the American launched these are

First Korean woman in space

Here she is, Yi So-Yeon.

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And Here’s the full story, courtesy of Space-Travel.com.

(h/t to Matt C.)

NXT tutorials

I sense a disturbance in the force.

While there are some of you that know a thing or two about programming the NXT Brick, I am sure that there are some more of you who are flailing away hoping that magic will happen, and your robot will do as you command it.

Arthur C Clarke, who just recently died, said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”.

I’m not seeing much “magic” in the classroom lately.

And so, we have some tutorials to watch, and we’ll do that over the next few days. But in case you want to come back to them, here is the link:

Easy peasy.