Lab Access

Three Hundred Twentieth Post: Lab Access

You know the schools have pretty good lab equipment. Most of which an undergraduate couldn’t afford and without the class would not have access to. Other than being a graduate student or lab assistant usually is no way to get access to the equipment. That is why if safety regulations permit, students should be able to sign out lab equipment. It would be similar to signing for a library book or logging onto a computer. The type of equipment is only different, such as electrical, physics, and chemistry equipment.

What is the benefit? For science and technology students it would give them greater experience conducting experiments and they could work on design projects or additional projects to broaden their learning. Everything in lab is structured and serious. Students never get to “play” and have fun like classic inventors did.

On a different idea, there are some sites on how to program for the Game Boy Advance. They state that because Nintendo uses standard electrical components it is easy to program. Of course, Nintendo doesn’t make it easy for the programmer. So why not switch to a platform that allows programming and although it doesn’t have the graphics power of a Nintendo DS, has a wide range of applications? That would be the Palm OS. Just a thought for the amateur programmer.

Well until we build our own labs, like Peter Parker... May the Creative Force be with You

Happy Easter Everyone!