S.T.E.M.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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The Frog Problem?
Can you solve this puzzle? With the help of Excel my calculations show: Formula: x = 2^(n-1) 512 Possible jump combinations. The average number of jumps are 5 or 6 jumps. Each have 126 possible combinations or a 24.61% change of happening. Take a look at how I did my calculations.
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50 Years Later – What now?
July 20, 1969, a date that shall ever be remembered for when mankind took it’s first step in becoming a space faring race. The moon landing proved that great things can be accomplished when people look to the future and work together to make their dreams come true. Landing men on the Moon required a large commitment of resources ($25 billion; $153 billion in 2018 dollars)[1]. At its peak, the Apollo program employed 400,000 people and required the support of over 20,000 industrial firms and universities.[2] The general public’s commitment to the space program is a fraction of what it was 50 years ago. People today are more interested on other…
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BostonDynamics Dancing Robot
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Why not to buy Apple products.
The National goes undercover to investigate some of Apple’s controversial business practices including allegations of overpriced repair charges and the battery/slowdown scandal.
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How not to build a computer.
A couple of weeks ago The Verge uploaded a video to YouTube detailing how to build a $2,000 gaming computer. This video was riddled with so many errors and inaccuracies that if you follow their instructions you can destroy your computer. It is amazing that the video was uploaded without any editing or anyone noticing the egregious errors. After the sever backlash from the internet they have removed the video. If you are thinking of building your own custom built computer, take a look at the following videos and see for yourself “How not to build a computer”. Here is the article on The Verge about the PC build: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17828092/gaming-pc-build-custom-how-to-asus-intel-geforce-cost…
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Tabby’s Star
Tabby’s Star, more correctly known as KIC 8462852, is a very special and unique star. After citizen scientists analyzed data from the Kepler space telescope, they discovered that it has a very unusual luminosity dimming pattern. Up to 22% dimming of the star’s luminosity. This amount of dimming does not correspond with other stars observed. Why is this so unusual? The Kepler space telescope observes changes in the brightness of distant stars to detect exoplanets. Launched on March 7, 2009 it surveys a portion of our region of the Milky Way to discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near habitable zones and estimate how many of the billions of stars in the Milky…
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