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Friday, February 13, 2009
Tech Citizenship
Local techs lending a hand
By Mass High Tech staff
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Quincy town departments kick in to aid robotics team
Quincy’s Public Works Department, School Department, Access Cable Station, and Park Department have coordinated with the public schools’ competitive robot building group, Team HYPER, to provide the furniture, space, food, technology and other necessary materials for the Annual Eastern Massachusetts FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League Tournament. Team HYPER hosted the event, which took place at North Quincy High School in December. More than 600 students, their families, and coaches were in attendance from more than 40 elementary and middle school teams from across the region. The competing students programmed robots they constructed from LEGOs to carry out specialized missions, such as moving an object from one location to another, moving a lever and inserting one object into another. The competition takes place on a four-foot-by-eight-foot playing field with volunteer referees guiding the event.
Atrion answers SOS for wireless network for Save The Bay
Atrion Networking Corp., a Warwick, R.I.-based provider of information technology and managed services, has donated a wireless network to the nonprofit Save the Bay, which is focused on the future of Narragansett Bay. The security-enabled network provides the nonprofit organization and its visitors with the tools, security and Internet access needed for organizational outreach and private events.
The wireless network was installed at the Save the Bay Center in Providence, where, in addition to its own initiatives, the organization hosts various corporate and private events. Previously, in order to ensure the integrity of Save the Bay’s network, visitors to the center did not have Internet access. With high speed and security features, the donated network enhances Save the Bay Center as an event venue and provides an increasingly requested service for authorized visitors.
New site from Mad*Pow helps African AIDS orphans
Mad*Pow has launched a website it created pro bono for Orphan’s Dream, a nonprofit Christian charity dedicated to building an orphanage in Africa for AIDS orphans. Mad*Pow, of Portsmouth, N.H., donated its expertise throughout 2008 to the nonprofit group. Mad*Pow’s solution is a site that builds a connection between those in need and those who can help. The company says it carefully selected from the best of social networking, geographic information systems, and customer relationship management applications, and used these tools to allow visitors to experience a sense of context, proximity, investment and immediacy. While the orphanage’s core need is financial, the site gives equal real estate to all of the ways a visitor can help: by spreading the word, lending a hand, or by donating.
Intel teams up with groups to enhance education worldwide
Intel Corp. and two nonprofit organizations have joined forces to raise awareness and funds so children in developing countries can attend primary school, and their parents can earn higher incomes. Intel, Kiva.org, and Save the Children have kicked off a year-long effort called the Small Things Challenge. Kiva.org is a company that connects online lenders with entrepreneurs in developing countries.
The three organizations are calling on people worldwide to signal their support at www.smallthingschallenge.com for the need to increase access to education and to foster economic development in emerging countries. Intel will donate 5 cents for every person who clicks on the “We’ll donate 5 cents for you” button on the website. The company will provide up to $300,000 this year to the Small Things Challenge, in addition to the $100 million that Intel is investing in other education programs this year.
Raytheon’s MathMovesU moved in 2008 more than 40,000 students
More than 4,000 employees of Raytheon Co. (NYSE: RTN) volunteered in MathMovesU initiatives and events in 2008. Approximately 40,000 students nationwide benefited from the involvement of these volunteers in events that included Raytheon MathMovesU Day, Pi Day, the Texas Girls State Fair, MISS Adventures Camp at the University of Arizona, the STEM After School Experiences program at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, and a baseball and math lesson at the Osceola Middle School in Seminole, Fla.
Since its inception in 2005, MathMovesU has touched the lives of more than 700,000 students, teachers and parents. Last year, the program reported a record high in Raytheon employee volunteerism and in the number of grants and scholarships awarded.
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