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.

Introducing the principles of better thinking.
Years ago, someone asked us what Cubelets were for. Our answer wasn’t well-articulated – and it likely involved excessive hand waving. Eventually, we went with