We think it’s cool and incredibly powerful for kids who are interested in a career in tech to
get to look at a video of professionals and say "Hey, that looks like me!".
Once you start working in science and technology, you never know where it will lead you, from
the far reaches of the galaxy to the bare ground. For example, a new study demonstrates,
incredibly, that some insects use the stars for navigation. As a part of this study,
scientists placed dung
beetles in a darkened planetarium, and found the creatures were no longer able to
move in a steady, straight line. But when the researchers turned on the Milky Way display in
the planetarium, the beetles could crawl along in direct paths. Cosmic.
As you ponder the meaning of insects using astral navigation this weekend, hook the laptop up
to your TV and tune in to Google Developers Live
on Sunday
evening. Lay back on the sofa and check out live demos from the LA Video Hackathon to see what
other developers are doing with YouTube and Google TV, and join in by posting comments tagged
with #ythackla. (Of course, if you already have Google TV, you won’t need to get up from the
sofa to turn off a screensaver.)
We publish a Fridaygram
each week with all sorts of cool, fun, and downright nerdy stuff. We like our Fridaygrams to
range wide, like all the way from Women Techmakers to starry-eyed beetles.
Fridaygrammy hat tips to Ashleigh Rentz and Phoebe Peronto for their contributions to today’s
post.
