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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.
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Category: Engineering
On Saturday, the Free-Ride family went to the Maker Faire. The place was abuzz with things to do and see and hear (and taste and feel), so we'll just give you the snapshot....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:31 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Astronomy/astrophysics
I've mentioned before that I grew up in a family that was fairly captivated by the U.S. space program, especially the Apollo program that brought humans to the Moon. But as impressive as those manned missions to the Moon...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 7:29 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: History of science
Why would a Luddite celebrate the world's first computer programmer?
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 9:33 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Book review
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century by P.W. Singer New York: Penguin 2009 For some reason, collectively humans seem to have a hard time seeing around corners to anticipate the shape our future...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:25 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You may remember that last year we were inspired by Bake for a Change to dabble in "green" gingerbread construction. As 2008 draws to a close, the challenge has been issued once again to make a house both good enough...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 8:57 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Once again, I'm teaching the relatively new ethics module in "Introduction to Engineering". Today was the discussion of what kinds of ethics might reasonably govern an engineering student's behavior, and how these might be important on the road to becoming...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:41 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Speaking of science fairs, if you know of kids (grades 5-12) in the San Francisco Bay Area who are looking for a challenge, this one might be of interest: It is not too late to participate in this year's Tech...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 1:19 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As I mentioned earlier, the sprogs and I decided to try our hands at building an entry for the contest to build a gingerbread house using sustainable building design practices. We read up on principles of sustainable design and stocked...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 2:00 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In an earlier post, I shared the responses freshman engineering students had made (via electronic clickers) to a few questions I asked them during an ethics lecture I was giving them. My commenters are pretty sure I left out options...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:05 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In the freshman introduction to engineering class, where I am teaching the ethics module, the students have electronic clickers with which to respond in real time to (multiple choice) questions posed to them in lecture. I took advantage of this...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:38 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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