by cgarcia | Feb 11, 2022 | STEAM
Today is February 11, which means it is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We are still far from a full and equal access and participation for women and girls in STEM fields and it is a problem that begins long before they enter the professional world...
by cgarcia | May 17, 2021 | STEAM
The word “robot” was first used 100 years ago during a science fiction theater play premiered in 1921. A century later, robotics has long ceased to be a futuristic idea and it’s already part of our present. From domestic robotics to industrial robotics,...
by cgarcia | Dec 9, 2019 | Education, STEAM
Everyday there are more and more countries committed to introducing children to science and technology through a new practical and playful learning model that fosters the development of the so-called STEAM skills. While we already talked about STEM fields in the 90s,...
by cgarcia | Nov 25, 2019 | STEAM
Do you remember our article about the difference between hardware and software? Today we should look back at those terms for a moment so we can start talking about Arduino, an open-source hardware platform based on a board that allows to create interactive electronic...
by cgarcia | Sep 30, 2019 | STEAM
Hardware and software are the two main parts of an electronic device, and thus two general ideas that we must know how to differentiate. Luckily, it is easy to do it at a glance: hardware is any physical device that we can see or touch (it is tangible), while software...
