29 October 2010

Dean of Invention ~ Planet Green's STEM TV...

Betty Klinck in the USAToday writes that Planet Green show aims to inspire kids with science...
"Dean Kamen, the [Dean of Invention] show's host and inventor of various medical technologies as well as the two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter, the Segway, says he wants the show to get kids excited about STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), although the series is not aimed just at children. [...] In each show, Kamen takes his audience on "field trips" to labs and other research sites to investigate breakthrough inventions, including a trip to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to study robotic prosthetic limbs, a feature on the first episode. "We want the opportunity to present this information in a way that is broadly interesting and accessible from kids to adults. We want kids to say, 'I wanna get involved,' or 'I wanna build that reality.' We want to build the army of kids who are going to be the next generation of saviors," he says."
Cool! We need far more STEM superheroes!

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