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My five- and seven-year-old constantly fight over who gets the iPad first. We have one, and they get to use it in tiny doses, usually when I'm at my wit's end. Their favorite app? ScratchJr, MIT's ...

VERNON HILLS, Ill., July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- hand2mind ®, a trusted leader in hands-on educational resources, today announced an official licensing agreement with the Scratch Foundation and is ...

Researchers developed the first AI to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch by compressing billions of years of evolution into mere seconds. It's not only fast but also runs on a ...

Northwestern University took to YouTube to share a video that shows a ‘walking’ robot that a group of engineers created using AI. They also added how it was created from scratch and took only seconds ...

Over the past few years, I’ve wanted to learn more about coding, beyond my basic understanding of HTML and CSS. I started out on Codecademy learning basic front-end web stuff, then got into learning a ...

If you try talking to young children about the joys of programming, you may witness eyes glazing over faster than ever. But mention robots and smartphone control, and see how laser-focused their ...

Students will apply their knowledge of physical science concepts to create a lunar lander game using Scratch. They will use Vernier force and acceleration sensors to understand forces and integrate ...

Marina Umaschi Bers, SM ’97, PhD ’01, was working as a journalist in her native Argentina in 1992 when an assignment put her in touch with MIT mathematician and computer scientist Seymour Papert—the ...

Another day, another inventive use for Willow Garage's PR2 robot. In this case, it's the students at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab, who've successfully programmed a PR2 to ...