Across the street from Modular Robotics in Boulder is an industrial air and gas supply store. They’ve got a sign out front with reconfigurable letters and for about three years, it said, “BaLLoon tiME kits Are iN StoCk”. I was never quite sure exactly what that meant, but everyone loves balloons! Diane Walsh, a math and robotics teacher in Connecticut, posted this video of students using GoPiGos for some balloon jousting, and I am a fan.

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
I’m at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC for the annual Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation meeting. Mark Yim gave the talk for