Animatronic Dragons

Here at Topics, we support almost all STEM education efforts, but this animatronic dragon has us scratching our heads. Do students really need to learn how to build fire-breathing robots?

Dale Dougherty, founder of MAKE Magazine, thinks that building robots could be just the sort of project twenty-first century students need. Dougherty and other “Makers,” a growing group of tech enthusiasts, believe that tearing apart technology and making it into something new is the key to learning how our technologically advanced society functions. "The hands-on imperative means getting your hands on a computer to open it up and see how it was made to figure out how to make use of it," Dougherty said.

Do these crazy contraptions really represent the future of our children’s education? Find out more and decide for yourself by clicking here.