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CBC Information Morning - Moncton
Jeff Willson - Classroom robots
Air Date: Feb 15, 2017 1:00 AM AT
The executive director of Brilliant Labs talks about new educational robots. A more hands-on learning experience.
Huddle Today
New Brunswick’s Brilliant Labs Introduces Telepresence Robots
Feb 14, 2017 by Huddle Staff
FREDERICTON – Students and teachers from around New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and beyond will now be able to “beam” into a five-foot tall rolling robot that looks like a computer on wheels to gain access to the tech experts at Brilliant Labs.
CBC Information Morning -
Fredericton
Hour Of Code
December 8, 2014, Season 2014, Episode 300194277 14:40
Jeff Willson, the executive director of Brilliant Labs, talks about an initiative to get kids coding.
SAINT JOHN
RIPTIDE
Island View School Coding Event
November 28, 2016 Paul Vaughan
To help celebrate Computer Science Week, taking place from December 5th to 11th, students at Island View School participating in the Hour of Code will not only learn about the importance of coding but they will also get a chance to learn how to code alongside Saint John Riptide Basketball players.
Huddle Today
Brilliant Labs Wants To Bring An Hour of Code to New Brunswick Schools
Nov 24, 2016
Brilliant Labs has teamed up with New Brunswick’s department of education to bring an Hour of Code to New Brunswick schools for a week in December.
CBC NEWS - NEW BRUNSWICK
Grade 6 inventor in Fredericton helps people with disabilities
By Philip Drost, CBC News Posted: Feb 02, 2017 7:30 AM AT Last Updated: Feb 02, 2017 10:51 AM AT
A young student in Fredericton is using her brain to help people with disabilities.
Lily Dolan has created headphones that encourage people with neck problems to keep their heads up. If they don't, the music won't play.
CBC NEWS
VIDEO I
Bliss Carman students showcase coding talents with wearable technology
CBC News Posted: Jun 02, 2016 6:42 AM AT Last Updated: Jun 02, 2016 6:42 AM AT
It took them the better part of the school year but five students from Fredericton's Bliss Carman Middle School have created something truly wonderful. Their crimson gown, which swirls around the legs of a model, is a piece of wearable technology that incorporates heart. or rather, a heartbeat.
ADAFRUIT
This is the Perfect LED Dress for a Heart Truth Gala
#WearableWednesday
JUNE 8, 2016 AT 1:30 AM
This awesome LED gown was designed by students for model Sofia Bossenberry, a young girl that knows what it’s like to have a heart problem. It made its debut at the Heart Truth Gala sponsored by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick, Canada according to CBC News.
CBC Information Morning - Saint John
Andre Robichaud teaches at Fairvale Elementary. Ray Barriault is an instructor at NBCC in Saint John. Neil D'Entremont works at Ernst and Young, volunteers with the technology club at Rothesay High School, and support from Brilliant Labs.
CBC NEWS
Brilliant Labs to spark creativity at Nova Scotia schools
CBC News Posted: Apr 07, 2015 11:31 AM AT Last Updated: Apr 07, 2015 11:31 AM
The province is spending $400,000 to bring Brilliant Labs to each school board, a program that gives students a chance to experience everything from metalworking to fashion design to computer programming.
THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Brilliant Labs to bring hands-on tech learning to some Nova Scotia schools
FRANCES WILLICK EDUCATION REPORTER
Published April 7, 2015 - 11:46am
Students across the province will soon have access to 3-D printers, robotics and video production equipment through a new lab to be introduced in September.
Acadie Nouvelle
SAINT-ANTOINE – Un élève de 9 ans de l’École Camille-Vautour, à Saint-Antoine, a inventé un soulier électronique qui permet d’augmenter la sécurité des personnes non voyantes.
THE CHRONICLE HERALD
Student Superpower Challenge puts tech ideas in spotlight
Published April 5, 2016 - 7:20pm
Last Updated April 6, 2016 - 11:09am
A keen band of high school entrepreneurs did battle Tuesday at the Student Superpower Challenge, a competition to encourage high school students to devise tech-based solutions to real-world problems.
Entrevestor.com
Brilliant Labs Takes Hold in NS
June 24, 2015
by Sabina Wex
Brilliant Labs helps to teach students about technology through project-based learning, especially within the classroom. The not-for-profit uses projects, such as jewellery-making, video game design and entrepreneurship, to teach people about how they can not only consume technology, but create it. Brilliant Labs Nova Scotia received $400,000 from the provincial government in April.
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