459: Ideas Have to Come From Somewhere
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459: Ideas Have to Come From Somewhere

Professor AnnMarie Thomas spoke with us about playful learning through joy, whimsy, surprise, and meeting new people.

We also spoke with AnnMarie about how adults can foster an environment that encourages innovation. See more about that (and the interviews of various engineers and makers) in her book Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation

You can find AnnMarie on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@AnnMariePT

If you want to know more about squishy circuits, check out AnnMarie's TED talk: Hands-on science with squishy circuits (or the related book Squishy Circuits (21st Century Skills Innovation Library: Makers as Innovators)).

She is the head of The Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas where she is a professor of engineering and entrepreneurship.

We also talked about the LEGO Foundation. More about that on LearningThroughPlay.com

AnnMarie suggested the cephalopod-centric novel The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler. Elecia countered with The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery (non-fiction).

And now, a question for you to ponder, what is your most meaningful learning experience?

Transcript

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31: If You See a Dongle Run Away

31: If You See a Dongle Run Away

Producer Christopher (@stoneymonster) joins Elecia to look through their mailbag and talk about gift ideas. Podcasts we like: The Amp Hour 99% Invisible Radiolab 5x5 network's Back to Work Accidenta...

19 Joulu 20131h 15min

30: Eventually Lightning Strikes

30: Eventually Lightning Strikes

James Grenning (@jwgrenning) joined Elecia to talk about how to be a good programmer using Test Driven Development (TDD). James' excellent book on how to use TDD: Test Driven Development for Embedded ...

11 Joulu 201356min

29: Ducking the Quadcopter

29: Ducking the Quadcopter

Kathleen Vaeth of MicroGen Systems (@MicroGenSystems) spoke with Elecia (@LogicalElegance) about energy harvesting using MEMS devices. Some introductory videos: BOLT™ Micro Power Generator An energy ...

4 Joulu 201345min

28: A Lot of Wish Fulfillment

28: A Lot of Wish Fulfillment

Author Laura Lemay (@lemay) spoke with Elecia (@logicalelegance) about writing books, APIs, code, and science fiction.  Laura wrote many of the Teach Yourself ... in 21 Days books: her bibliography on...

20 Marras 201348min

27: You Are Blowing My Mind

27: You Are Blowing My Mind

From the MEMS Industry Group Executive Congress: Ivo Stivoric, co-founder of the Body Media which was purchased by Jawbone CEO Sam Guilaume and Dave Rothenberg of Movea Stephen Walsh, ISKN – iSketch...

13 Marras 20130s

26: The Tofu Problem

26: The Tofu Problem

In this in-depth technical discussion, Dr. Ken Lunde helps Elecia understand how to internationalize her (memory constrained) device. CJVK Information Processing, Ken's excellent O'Reilly book on inte...

7 Marras 20131h

25: Thunderdome for Antennas

25: Thunderdome for Antennas

Jen Costillo surfaced briefly from her startup-induced blackout to share her wisdom about manufacturing consumer products. They discussed new product development and working from (and making modificat...

30 Loka 201351min

24: I'm a Total Fraud

24: I'm a Total Fraud

Listener Jim Gf posed an interesting question about how to tell if you are a good embedded software engineer. Producer Christopher White joins Elecia to fail to give an answer. While they mention the ...

23 Loka 201353min

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