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5 Questions from a Year of Education on the International Space Station

This year, we’re celebrating a Year of Education on the Station as astronauts and former teachers Joe Acaba and Ricky Arnold have made the International Space Station their home. While aboard, they have been sharing their love of science, technology, engineering and math, along with their passion for teaching. With the Year of Education on the Station is coming to a close, here are some of the highlights from students speaking to the #TeacherOnBoard from across the country!

Why do you feel it’s important to complete Christa McAuliffe’s lessons?

“The loss of Challenger not only affected a generation of school teachers but also a generation of school children who are now adults.” Ricky’s personal mission was to bring the Challenger Mission full circle and give it a sense of closure by teaching Christa’s Lost Lessons. See some of Christa’s Lost Lessons here.

Have you ever poured water out to see what happens?

The concept of surface tension is very apparent on the space station. Fluids do not spill out, they stick to each other. Cool fact: you can drink your fluids from the palm of your hand if you wanted to! Take a look at this demonstration that talks a little more about tension. 

How does your equipment stay attached to the wall?

The use of bungee cords as well as hook and loop help keep things in place in a microgravity environment. These two items can be found on the space station and on the astronaut’s clothing! Their pants often have hook and loop so they can keep things nearby if they need to be using their hands for something else. 

Did being a teacher provide any advantage to being an astronaut?

Being an effective communicator and having the ability to be adaptable are great skills to have as a teacher and as an astronaut. Joe Acaba has found that these skills have assisted him in his professional development.  

Since you do not use your bones and muscles as often because of microgravity, do you have to exercise? What type can you do?

The exercises that astronauts do aboard the space station help them maintain their bone density and muscle mass. They have access to resistance training through ARED (Advanced Resistive Exercise Device) which is a weight machine and for cardio, there is a bicycle and treadmill available to keep up with their physical activity.

Learn more about the Year of Education on Station. 

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Red Hat Launches OpenStack 14 with New and Improved Features

In a bid to tie application development and deployment environments based on kubernetes closer, Red Hat has launched the latest version of the OpenStack cloud computing platform called OpenStack 14. 

Red Hat has now made it easier to automate the deployment of kubernetes distribution on both virtual machines and bare-metal servers running on Red Hat enterprise Linux (RHEL) as Red Hat OpenStack 14 is based on the rocky distribution of OpenStack.

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High-end Authentication and Distributed Storage: Advanced Blockchain Trading Platform

#Amazon, the internet retail behemoth with its future throttle innovations and web services, has recently won two blockchain-related patents, solidifying its presence as a potential contender in the blockchain domain. These two patents may change the consumers shopping experience on Amazon, and persuade Amazon shoppers not to buy elsewhere.

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The idea of a smart city is imprinted in the technology sector’s viewpoint diverting technologies to innovate more in the domain. The cities are called smart when technology is incorporated into all fields, raising the level of ease with improved scope for research and development. 

The adoption of these systems into the daily life of the people living in cities, making them healthier, safer, and more prosperous, is occurring at a slower pace than expected. The abrupt hike in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, broader availability of low-cost IoT sensors, and distributed hybrid multi-cloud IT architectures have unraveled a plethora of opportunities in the development of smart cities. Factors that drive the growth of interconnected smart cities are: Read More

The amount of data generated by the devices that people transport has increased exponentially and has had a knock-on effect in several professions. For criminal lawyers, the potential evidence available has increased, and this increase in data has reflected in all branches of law. The data generated by the legal process are already digitized and combined with other technologies. It has the potential to make lawyers’ jobs easier.

Gamification: Effective Means of Event Management

Mummification, along with live video features and chatbots are one of the most talked about event trends today. Even though the term gamification is spread like wildfire throughout the event industry, there is still confusion about what gamification is and how it can enhance an in-person event.

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New ‘Facebook’ for animals could help protect endangered wildlife

Wildbook uses AI to turn whale-watching and safari photos into a new kind of tool to track threatened animal species. 

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