089 - Multidisciplinary Projects with Zack Dowell
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| YouTube | iTunes In This Episode Can a fish be trained like a dog? Can a school project be both art and science as well as entertainment and curiosity? How do we bring engagement back to the classroom? Today's podcast will grab you by the ears and entertain them all the way through. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. We want parents and educators to learn the tools they need to get and keep the interest and curiosity of teenagers. Today's guest is a special...
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088 - Designing Success with Tracy Hazzard
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| YouTube | In This Episode How does a young lady pursuing a career in biogenetics find herself a successful artist? How can a small company file a lawsuit against a huge company without getting crushed? How do you fall in love with 3D printing after avowing never to use it? The stories behind these curious juxtapositions are waiting for you in today's podcast. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing podcast. I am Steve Kurti, aka "the Mad Scientist", and I'm pretty jazzed about something that happened this last week. We just finished up our first Inventor Camp of 2016 in Apple...
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087 - Games and Politics with Jay Obernolte
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| YouTube | In This Episode What is it like to write a video game from code in a printed book? Can techie kids learn to have good people skills? How does a computer game programmer become a politician? You'll have to listen to today's episode to learn the answers to these fascinating questions. Hi, this is Steve, "The Mad Scientist" Kurti, and today's guest on the Table Top Inventing podcast is a first for us. We've had game-changing researchers, game-changing teachers, game-changing investors, and other game-changers on our podcast including other programmers. However, we've yet to...
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086 - Understanding Engineers with Joanie Connell
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| YouTube | In This Episode How much does work-life balance matter to today's professionals? Why do people communicate differently on email vs phone vs face-to-face? What are the effects of helicopter parenting on the kids we are trying to protect? Today's podcast will reveal the answers to these crucial questions. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. The best information on how to raise intelligent, curious, successful kids is out there, and we're collecting...
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085 - Young Makers with Peggy Healy Stearns
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| YouTube | In This Episode Can you learn to write software without programming experience? How is educational software unique? How important is technical confidence for young learners? Join us for a look at technology through the lens of educational software. Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. Hearing the stories of others who have been down a tricky path and navigated to success has a way of inspiring confidence that I too could find success. Today's...
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084 - Succeeding at Education with Ted Dintersmith
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083 - The Longterm View with Peter Skillen
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082 - Getting What You Want with Scott Glaser
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081 - Project-Based Learning with Ben Owens
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080 - Powerful Girls with Kiki Prottsman
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In This Episode
- What is the best way to get a flight into space if you are not currently an astronaut?
- How serious is space tourism?
- How can we feed that inner drive to explore?
Today's episode is about exploration which reminds me of a quote by T.S. Elliot.
We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
That's a great commentary on getting perspective, but Elliot is not suggesting we can get perspective without exploration. Instead, he is saying to get your rear end up off the couch and go see some new scenery!
You better strap yourself in with a 5-point harness for today's episode! We are blasting off with Jason DiVenere. Jason loves to explore. For fun, he might hop on a plane to Sydney, Australia, for lunch or an afternoon at the Sydney Opera House. During college, he spent time driving around the Mojave desert in southern California for the DARPA Grand Challenge team at his university.
Somewhere along the way, Jason became enamored with space travel. So in addition to exploring the desert in southern California or flying all over the world, his ultimate goal is to travel in space.
This goal drove him to some interesting lengths, but you'll have to listen to the rest of the podcast to satisfy your curiosity.
But before we jump in, Jason wanted me to point out that in our interview he is sharing his opinions. We mention Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic, but he is not speaking in anyway for those companies. He is only sharing his experiences and perspectives.
Jason's story is compelling. He ended up working for the front-runner in space tourism simply because he wanted to go to space and he wouldn't take "no" for an answer! He's got curiosity AND grit--both characteristics that we want to see in every teenager.
If your teenager likes to build things but you're worried that they need more challenge, sign them up for an Inventor Camp near you. Inventor Camp is full of excitement and learning. We use powerful technology, and we don't dumb down the difficulty. Students get immersed in real scenarios, and versatile, real tools such as 3D printers, computer programming, and electronics.
Original Episode Date: 3/4/16
Category: Business Professionals