093019WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/23245/20190709/bees-are-the-most-important-living-being-on-earth.htm

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2120832-robotic-bee-could-help-pollinate-crops-as-real-bees-decline/

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092719WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

You have a dog? How about one of these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmNaLtC6vkU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8YjvHYbZ9w

How about something smaller:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYFPgdk2FUQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sjX-sQyLsY

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dmac

092519 WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Don't think robots are nimble enough to take your job? Look at this:

https://www.bostondynamics.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sBBaNYex3E

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dmac

092419WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Greta Thunberg tells the UN that its climate goals are not good enough.

Who is Great Thunberg and what is she talking about?

https://www.wired.com/story/we-are-nowhere-close-to-meeting-our-climate-goals/

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dmac

092019WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

What is cryptocurrency?

https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-cryptocurrency/

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091919WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Is there a dearth of tech talent or not?

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/the-myth-of-americas-tech-talent-shortage/275319/

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dmac

091719WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Climate change is definitely happening. Look what it will do to these 3 American cities:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/climate-change-timeline-st-louis-san-francisco-houston

What will climate change do to Revere?

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dmac

091619WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Forget about self driving cars!

How about flying cars?

http://theconversation.com/the-future-of-flying-cars-science-fact-or-science-fiction-76701

What would be some of the issues that need to be resolved? Traffic, Safety, Cost?

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dmac

090619WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Hurricane Dorian has decimated parts of the Bahamas. President Trump has suggested they get 'nuked'. Can it happen?

https://www.axios.com/trump-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes-97231f38-2394-4120-a3fa-8c9cf0e3f51c.html

https://www.livescience.com/trump-hurricane-nuclear-bomb.html

Should we do it?

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dmac

090519WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

https://www.insider.com/samsung-galaxy-fold-release-date-us-revealed-2019-9

https://www.coindesk.com/samsung-to-release-crypto-friendly-edition-of-galaxy-note-10-smartphones

https://www.coindesk.com/samsung-to-release-crypto-friendly-edition-of-galaxy-note-10-smartphones

https://www.polygon.com/pokemon/2019/9/4/20849424/new-sword-shield-pokemon-nintendo-direct

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090419WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

One of the coolest websites on the net is Google Maps which not only lets you find your way around the block but allows you to visit far off locations.

Pick a place that you always wanted to go and use Google Maps to 'walk down the street'.

https://www.google.com/maps/

Leave a comment telling us where you went and why!

dmac

090319WarmUp

Today's GrokIt:

Computer science jobs are the No. 1 source of new wages in the United States, she said, with a half-million unfilled openings nationally. In Massachusetts, there are nearly 18,000 open IT jobs. So how do you go about getting these skills.

Interesting article about CS pathways in high school:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2019/08/29/more-high-schools-are-forging-path-careers/cS4jgallqRgOUl2ZZsnLCN/story.html

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Damian