Three Billion Birds – It’s a Big Number
Three billion birds – It’s a big number A recent report published in the journal Science indicates that there are 3 billion less birds flying around North America today than there were in...
Projects from the DeArmond Makerspace, Price Science Commons, and Dean Walton
Three billion birds – It’s a big number A recent report published in the journal Science indicates that there are 3 billion less birds flying around North America today than there were in...
Back on June 10th, 2019 I created a post on making gliders with a piece of paper, 3 Post-It notes, a few pennies, a shish kabob skewer and some 3D printed or laser...
Monday, November 11th, 2019, marks the next time the the planet Mercury can be seen crossing in front of the Sun from Earth. This event is known as a transit. In the case of...
My Colleague Theo Harrison and I are teaching a new course this winter. It’s called Visual Comunication & Technology. The class explores the pedagogical uses of high resolution video screens like the 50 million...
One of the highlights of the Portland Cre8Con Conference is the after-event party at the Wacom Studio. This is because Wacom has all of its wares out on display for testing. Their drawing tablets...
The UOregon Rover Once again our ARLISS (A Rocket Launch for international Student Satellites) team from the University of Oregon competed in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. This annual event is inspirational for...
One of the very cool things about being in the Price Science Commons at the University of Oregon is access to the 50 Million Pixel Visualization Wall. It is great for viewing global...
OK, so the only part of this entry that is related to me is that I worked to schedule this behind-the-scenes tour with colleagues that works at the Marine Station. It’s not much,...
It would be difficult to miss news about the recent Ridgecrest earthquakes in California that erupted on the Fourth of July. Five days later there have been hundreds of smaller earthquakes in same...
I am a little late with this one being that LGBT Pride Month is June and it is now early July, but I wanted to mention that the use of the Price Science Common’s...