{"id":17475,"date":"2013-03-07T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=17475"},"modified":"2013-03-06T20:06:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T02:06:37","slug":"sxswedu-replicating-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/sxswedu-replicating-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSWedu: Replicating The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"
Second only to the holodeck, the replicator<\/a> is the piece of Star Trek technology I\u2019ve always wanted the most. Sure, transporters and warp drives are damn useful for conquering space-time, but for meeting material needs, the replicator wins. Luckily, a replicator also seems to be a lot closer to actually happening than the former two.<\/p>\n At the SXSWedu <\/a>in Austin, TX, educators and technologists strive to collaborate for the benefit of students everywhere, which explains why there\u2019s a maker room at the conference. The maker movement<\/a> is a community with DIY as its ideal. It\u2019s hands-on in the extreme. Education can so often be academic in the figurative sense of the word, hands off and theoretical only. For some kids, that approach doesn\u2019t work at all, but hands-on education flips the switch that allows them to learn.<\/p>\n