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Kid’s Computer Camp
John describes the museum’s multi-dimensional way of telling people about software and making it attractive to kids. A new middle school program called Design – Code – Build using centered around the Raspberry Pi , a credit card size computer. More than 400 students (as young as 11 or 12 years old) will be involved in…
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Secrets to Moderating Success
John describes how he took several CHM tours with subject matter experts to learn the various aspects of computing. It was like going to graduate school he said. Putting very smart people on stage who can express themselves well is essential for a good program. John prepares by asking the speakers the questions he thinks…
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Len’s current CHM activities, Preserving Software and Planned Blockbuster Software Exhibit/Initiatives
Len explains that in addition to sitting in on “boring” CHM admin committees, his personal project (for last two years) is discovering, preserving and distributing old historic software, which was largely ignored at TCH in Boston. A lot of software can be preserved if we make the effort. Len describes several recent CHM software initiatives…
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Len Shustek on Silicon Valley
Len comments about the transformation of Silicon Valley (SV) from an engineering to software/web & mobile apps centric hub. Any hope that IoT/M2M/sensor farms/robotics will cause SV to build hardware again? Len says there will be a balance of hardware and software but it will never be as it was in the 1970s to early…
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Len on the Future of Hardware vs Software in Silicon Valley
In answer to an audience member question, Len says that the emphasis today is on software and that is appropriate. But it’s a pendulum that swings back and forth. Len predicts that every object we’ll soon own will be a combination of hardware and software designed into small packages.
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Silicon Valley Research
The panelists talk about the state of current research in Silicon Valley and beyond.
