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By Star-Bulletin Staff

A three-school alliance of robotics teams from Waialua, McKinley and Campbell high schools won the 2010 BAE Systems FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Robotics) regional competition at the Stan Sheriff Center yesterday, according to a news release from the governor's office.

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Source: Honolulu Star Bulletin

Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a day to celebrate women and girls in technology. It is in honor of Ada Lovelace, obviously, who is often credited with writing the first computer program.

Ada Lovelace was often ill as a child, but she kept up her education during her illnesses. She learned mathematics and science from private tutors. She then went on to work and correspond with Charles Babbage, leading to the important work of hers that we know today. She worked with him in relation to his mechanical analytical engine. This engine was inspired by Babbage’s difference engine, a version of which is on display at Mountain View, California’s Computer History Museum. It is quite an impressive sight to see it in action!

Read More http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/03/ada-lovelace-day/#ixzz0jXZMdXsJ

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Source: Wired News

Compact fluorescent bulbs flooding island; goal is to get them into every home

By Greg Wiles
Hnolulu Advertiser Staff Writer

As many as 90,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs will be given away for free on Moloka'i in coming weeks in an effort to illuminate every home on the island with the energy-saving lights.

Starting March 27, students, their mothers and teachers will begin handing out the lights at Moloka'i schools to people who bring in their old incandescent bulbs.

"We're attempting to make the island 100 percent CFL," said Kimberly Svetin, one of the volunteers working on the project.

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Source: Honolulu Advertiser

International Women's Day (8 March) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.

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By Sylvia Ann Hewlett

What's the biggest emerging market of them all? I'll give you a hint: The answer isn't geographic but demographic. The answer is...women.

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