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"N-1. There are tons of things on your to do list, in your portfolio, on your desk. They clamor for attention and so perhaps you compromise things to get them all done. What would happen if you did one fewer thing? What if leaving that off the agenda allowed you to do a world-class job on the rest? What if you repeated N-1 thinking until you found a breakthrough?"

"The Earth's climate is a solar powered system. Globally, over the course of the year, the Earth system-land surfaces, oceans, and atmosphere-absorbs an average of about 240 watts of solar power per square meter (one watt is one joule of energy every second). The absorbed sunlight drives photosynthesis, fuels evaporation, melts snow and ice, and warms the Earth system."

"Here are 10 websites that have collected hundreds of textbooks and are providing them for free, giving every child an equal opportunity to lean!"

"The free engineering textbooks in this category are designed to help mechanical engineers to prepare for their exams. Become a master in topics such as computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, control engineering or automation and robotics engineering with our mechanical engineering books."

"From Google glasses to smart watches, headbands & purses, tech companies are creating wearable gadgets that use cameras and voice recognition, let you read email on your wrist, warm up your jacket and let doctors diagnose remotely. "

"The smartest bands will track a user's pulse, sleep patterns and more, helping to paint a holistic picture of wellness. However, a high degree of style will become increasingly important as functionality becomes standardized."

"**Programming fundamentals and logic lessons for kids!** The fuzz family crash landed on Smeeborg and they need your help navigating the Technomazes! Use drag and drop commands to direct your fuzz through the colorful lighted maze. Don't get lost, or your fuzz might not be too happy!"

"project to take the Skylon spaceplane into the orbit. During most of time it would be used as a normal airplane, like taking off and landing on conventional runways, but the main difference is in the power source of this aircraft. It will be powered by a Sabre engine, specially designed for its purpose. It will be working like a normal jet engine in the lower attitude, breathing in oxygen and when in higher altitude of outer space it will act as a rocket engine. So, we may call it some sort of a "hybrid engine"."

Although not intended to replace conventional watercraft, the PlanetSolar team make a note that it was boats that allowed the first great explorations of our world. "

"3D has gone beyond portable. Sunglass brings design to the cloud, allowing you to virtually gather around your 3D assets with your design team, anywhere in the world, from your desktop, web, or mobile client. Sunglass gives you granular control so that you can securely and easily share sensitive designs on a need-to-know basis with coworkers, clients, and contractors. You can chat with your team in real time, and annotate directly on the models in a shared virtual space. Instant collaboration is as easy as sharing a link; people will receive specific access rights to the right version of your design, directly in their browser without having to download any software. Sunglass truly enables global collaboration, "

"Project-Based Learning, by definition, is flexible. It encourages learner-centeredness, provides the possibility of more authentic work, and allows learners to self-manage and self-direct in places they used to have their hands held. But this has its drawbacks. Learning is a capacity-building endeavor that seeks to, well, build capacity will ironically depending on that same capacity to progress,"

"list of links to technology sites recommended by W.A.T.T members. "

"This website contains numerous information sheets and exercises to enhance the study, understanding and teaching of DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY."

" there are a number of ways that teachers can bypass the system and offer students the tools and experiences that spur an innovative mindset. Here are ten ideas:"

" smartphone app: a tap of the screen and the hand automatically arranges itself into a preset grip. The thumb can move into 24 different positions and new, extra-sensitive fingertip electrodes also give improved dexterity."

" story of Sophie Germain, an 18th-century woman who assumed a man's identity in order to pursue her passion-attempting to prove Fermat's Last Theorem."