Giant Campus, Inc. is a Seattle based online education company, specializing in accessible and rigorous technology focused courses for students, grades 9 through 12, as well as for members of the United States military and their families. Giant Campus is geared towards developing original course content, mapping to both the http www.k12.wa.us CareerTechEd Clusters default.aspx Washington Career and Technical Education WA CTE and http www.tea.state.tx.us index2.aspx?id 6148 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills TEKS frameworks in business innovation, computer science, and digital arts. According to the company s Web site, both its public and private school programs are designed to inspire and prepare today s youth with technology while engaging them in 21st century skills such as creativity, problem solving, communication and collaboration. ref http www.giantcampus.com ref Founder Giant Campus was founded in 1997, by president and CEO, Pete Findley. The idea came when Findley was a business school student at the University of Washington , and he created a detailed business plan for a network of summer camps that would teach middle and high school kids new media skills including multimedia and web design on college campuses. This project earned him first place in a statewide http www.foster.washington.edu centers cie businessplancompetition Pages BPC.aspx business plan competition , along with 15,000 in seed money to launch Giant Campus. Within five years, Giant Campus was running Cybercamps at more than 70 colleges, including programs in China, Hong Kong, Korea and Saudi Arabia. ref Daley, Jason. From the Blackboard to the Boardroom. Entrepreneur Magazine, April 2010. http www.entrepreneur.com magazine entrepreneur 2010 april 205496.html ref In 2008, Findley was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Pacific Northwest. ref http www.ey.com US en Newsroom News releases Media Release 16 06 08CDC ref Courses Electives class wikitable Technology Digital Arts G ... more details
pp move indef File Shadow Hand Bulb large.jpg thumb right The Shadow Hand Shadow robot hand system File TOPIO 3.0.jpg thumb TOPIO , a humanoid robot , played ping pong at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition IREX 2009. ref Cite news url http www.popsci.com technology article 2010 02 ping pong playing terminator title A Ping Pong Playing Terminator publisher Popular Science ref ref Cite news url http www.gadgetrivia.com 8164 best robot international robot exhibition title Best robot 2009 publisher www.gadgetrivia.com ref File Automation of foundry with robot.jpg thumb right An industrial robot operating in a foundry File SWORDS.jpg thumb right Foster Miller TALON TALON Military robot s used by the United States Army Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robot s. ref name OED cite web title robotics url http www.oxforddictionaries.com view entry m en gb0714530 m en gb0714530 publisher Oxford Dictionaries accessdate 4 February 2011 ref Robotics is related to the science s of electronics , engineering , mechanics , mechatronics , and computer software software . ref cite web url http content.monster.com articles 3472 18567 1 industry 12 home.aspx title Industry Spotlight Robotics from Monster Career Advice accessdate 2007 08 26 ref The concept and creation of machines that could operate autonomously dates back to classical times , but research into the functionality and potential uses of robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century. Today, robotics is a rapidly growing field, as we continue to research, design, and build new robots that serve various practical purposes, whether domestic robot domestically , industrial robot commercially , or military robot militarily . TOC limit 3 Etymology The word robotics was derived from the word robot , which was introduced to the public by Czechoslovakia Czech writer Karel apek in his play R.U.R. Rossum s Univers ... more details
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