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Crayon Physics is an innovative physics puzzle game in which you get to experience what it would be like if drawings you create on your computer were magically transformed into real physical objects. Through 70 levels, your success relies on nothing but your imagination, creativity, and ability to wield a miniature crayon.

NASA is taking a leading role in the effort to inspire interest in STEM through its unique mission, workforce, facilities, research and innovations. NASA is continuing to pursue three major education goals: strengthening NASA's and the nation's future workforce, attracting and retaining students in STEM disciplines, and engaging Americans in NASA's mission. Read the highlights of NASA's education strategy in pursuance of these goals, and learn about the education milestones and accomplishments achieved by NASA Education in 2009.

"Hundreds of aviators from around the world have descended upon Reno, Nevada, for the 2011 Women in Aviation, International Conference. Pilots, mechanics, engineers and aviation enthusiasts alike are all taking part in this year's conference devoted to the themes "Inspire, Enthuse, Innovate." Today we bring you the last of our daily updates from the conference, as Coast Guard aviators share their stories with those in the aviation field and learn from those with whom they share the skies."

"With so many startups on the scene, it is easy to get lost. Fortunately, most innovation is centered around a short list of fundamental ideas. In this post, we'll walk through nine clusters of education tech companies."

"aimed at kids between 5 and 12 years old, but grown ups can have just as much fun testing their brains with one of these innovative games. "

"The New England Air Museum inspires students of all ages through innovative and hands-on education programs in support of Connecticut's frameworks for science, history and technology. These lessons and activities can be delivered independently or to supplement a visit to the New England Air Museum. Hands-on Build and Fly activities spark the imagination, challenge the inquisitive mind, and can serve as an engaging anticipatory setting for further study in science, history and technology. "

In 2010, the girls entered the worldwide FIRST LEGO League science and engineering challenge, which focused on robotics applied to medical issues. Having decided to work on hand and arm prosthetics, they met with prosthetics manufacturers and doctors.

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used minecraft for educational purposes. 'Nuff said. "

"The team, led by Professor Simon Cox, consisted of Richard Boardman, Andy Everett, Steven Johnston, Gereon Kaiping, Neil O'Brien, Mark Scott and Oz Parchment, along with Professor Cox's son James Cox (aged 6) who provided specialist support on Lego and system testing."

"3D-Printed "Magic Arms" Help Little Girl Play and Hug 2-year-old Emma wanted to play with blocks, but a condition called arthrogryposis meant she couldn't move her arms. So researchers at a Delaware hospital 3D printed a durable custom device with the tiny, lightweight custom parts she needed. Emma calls them her "magic arms.""

"The Orbitwheel is like a cross between a skateboard and inline skates - but with more freedom and simplicity than either! The Orbitwheel is a brand new concept for wheeled sports and the concept is simple: two feet, two wheels... and you're ready to go"

"For scientists and engineers in the new social robots field, finding out what gives a robot the appearance of emotion or personality is essential. In the case of these little LEGO walking bots, it is mostly a matter of the way they move. The particular motions and speed create a pattern of movement that we interpret as a personality"

"About a third of the food produced for human consumption never gets eaten. That's a lot wasted-some 1.3 billion metric tons worldwide each year,"

"The gigantic dimensions of this ultra-lightweight revolutionary airplane - capable of flying day and night without fuel - are its trademark feature. To build it, the whole team had to push back the frontiers of knowledge in materials science, energy management and the man-machine interface. Every one of its take-offs, propelled silently by its four electric motors, inspires us to consider using clean, new technologies to free our society, little by little, from dependence on fossil energy. "

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"additive manufacturing as a means to bring social benefits to the developing world. The students designed Big Red, a 3-D printer that takes shredded plastic waste, melts it, and uses it as its "ink" to print composting toilets and parts for rainwater collection systems"

"Access4Kids with the aim of opening up entertainment, educational benefits and social media available on tablets to children with fine motor impairments. The wireless input device uses a sensor system to translate physical movements into fine-motor gestures to control a tablet."

"WOOF's winning project will enable waste plastic to be used as filament for 3D printing machines, to create new products. The winning team, Bethany Weeks, Matthew Rogge and Brandon Bowman, plan to work with US based NGO, Water for Humans (WFH), to address local issues in water and sanitation in Oaxaca, Mexico."

"Best known for his "inventions", Rube's early years as an engineer informed his most acclaimed work. A Rube Goldberg contraption - an elaborate set of arms, wheels, gears, handles, cups and rods, put in motion by balls, canary cages, pails, boots, bathtubs, paddles and live animals - takes a simple task and makes it extraordinarily complicated. He had solutions for How To Get The Cotton Out Of An Aspirin Bottle, imagined a Self-Operating Napkin, and created a Simple Alarm Clock - to name just a few of his hilariously depicted drawings. "