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Chip is an easy and fun electronics kit for everyone.  Attach the Pixel Power base and play.  Plug Chip into an Arduino and he becomes a friend you can program. Chip's cross activity design builds S.T.E.M / S.T.E.A.M skils. CHIP -  An electronics kit with character  Chip is cute and playful. Whether he is on your desk in his Pixel Power board or in an Arduino, his big LED eyes draw you in. His large size makes him easy for makers of all ages and skills to build.  . Chip is easy to build for all skill levels, especially  beginners .  Chip encourages exploration and play. Chip can be used to learn other skills, such as programming.  Chip is fun.  Chip builds S.T.E.A.M. Skills Many soldering kits do not offer anything more than a battery and a LED. Once completed, those kits end up in a drawer, never to be used again. At the other end of the spectrum, there are electronic kits that are really interesting but have so ma...

This month, we take another journey into Agile thinking. We will go in-depth into an article on Examiner.com titled “ 5 Fails Agile Entrepreneurs May Regret and Never Recover ” with Taffy Williams, Examiner writer and entrepreneur, and the co-founder & CEO of Colonial TDC. Taffy gives examples from his experience of Agile ways of thinking and insights on how investors think . Give it a listen or a view!

Printed Electronics, Wearable tech, cloud tech, robot tech, education tech, and Interactive Reality will be present at btrax 's Japan Night VII. Six innovative companies were selected at the JapanNight semi-final in Tokyo  earlier this month .  On November 5, they come to SF to pitch at the popular  A utomattic Lounge in San Francisco . Check out your Nerd Stalker discount tickets here . Check them out!

First Thin Smart Fabric Sensors to Measure All Aspects of Physicality: Force, Location, Size, Twist, Bend, Stretch & Motion Patented Monolithic Fabric Sensors Let You Answer Calls from a Shirt, Predict Diabetic Events & Measure Gait through Insoles, Show Hand/Foot Location on Gym Mats, &  Track Driver Alertness in Steering Wheels For Clothing, Shoes, & Gear for Sports, Medical, Gaming, Robotics, Aerospace, & Security  Applications Include Controllers, Measurement, Monitoring, 3D Modeling, & More Berkeley, CA, October 27, 2014 – BeBop Sensors, Inc. www.bebopsensors.com , the wearable sensor technology company created by musical instrument inventor Keith McMillen and KMI, announced today their first products, BeBop Wearable Smart Fabric Sensor, the first and only ultra thin wearable smart fabric sensor that measures all aspects of physicality, including bend, location, motion, rotation, angle, & torque.  Employing BeBo...

It’s no secret that women in tech roles in STEM—the science, technology, engineering and math industries—face significant challenges.  Catalyst ’s groundbreaking new global report,  High Potentials in Tech-Intensive Industries: The Gender Divide in Business Roles ,  shows that those on the business side are impacted too, and it reveals a culture that is particularly unwelcoming to women, no matter what the job. This research is the first to study men and women in business roles in technology-intensive industries such as high tech and telecommunications, oil and gas, and automotive manufacturing. It shines a light on the male-dominated culture of STEM companies as a whole and provides specific steps organizations can take to better attract and retain talented women across both its tech and business sectors.   “STEM companies face a serious talent drain as women take their skills elsewhere, but these organizations also have a remarkable opportunity to turn things aroun...

We like to introduce you our latest content partner- Retrenders . Retrenders is a  complementary trendy blog focused on products and trends from all around the world – with a focus on art, fashion, videos, books, and toys – and bring them to you. If you look at our logos, it's Ying and Yang. We are excited to collaborate with Retrenders as they will bring more depth and variety to our tech blog and they are much like us - indie, small and stalkers. We have a tab on our website to get to their content. Check them out.

This entrepreneur spun away from the high tech but mature semiconductor market to being an entrepreneur at 500Startups and closing a seed round from GGV Ventures. Vijay Ramani is betting on mothers and sliming down their children's closets. TotSpot is a community of moms that have a marketplace for children's clothes. Please give it a listen.