Cantor and Infinity

A quick look at Cantor's contribution to our idea of infinity.

What is the name of this post?

In the spirit of brain hurting logic puzzles, check this one out:

If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the likelihood that it is correct?
a) 25%
b) 50%
c) 60%
d) 25%

Thanks for the brain hurt io9:  http://io9.com/5854921/this-logic-puzzle-will-make-your-brain-hate-you

world's oldest computer rebuilt with lego!!

Way too cool:

Lego Antikythera Mechanism

Starfish Medical Tour!

Wow. Thursday was truly awesome! Dean Addison, of Starfish Medical, took us on a tour of their facilities. The kids got to see all kinds of cool and amazing technology.

What an incredible experience for these kids, (and us!). I'm sure we'll never forget it.

cryptarithmetic

How come I've never heard of this before???

You make a arithmetic problem out of letters which have associated number values, and make a cool phrase like this. You can try to decipher this one:

SEND+MORE=MONEY

or put this way

SEND

+MORE

-----

MONEY

so, since the letters are all digits from 0-9, and we know that S + M creates a carry, that carry (M) must be 1. You can use logic and modular arithmetic to derive the values for the remainder of the letters. Cool...

Robotics Comic strip by Team Turtle!

Here is a comic that the team did for part of their research project:

Yay team(s)!

What an incredible weekend. Both of False Bay School's robotics teams did an amazing job at the Vancouver Island Regional Qualifier. Way to GO!!

Team Turtle was one of two teams invited by Starfish Medical to visit their facilities in Victoria!