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Google Holds Global Science Fair

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-cheating-kid dept.

theodp writes "Google put out an APB Tuesday, looking for young Einstein and Curie wannabes for its new global online Google Science Fair (nice Rube Goldberg YouTube promo, btw). Students between the ages of 13-18 with access to a computer, the Net and a browser can compete for prizes that include a trip to the Galapagos Islands, scholarships, and a five-day trip to CERN. Google hasn't yet figured out a way to web-enable science fair boards, so projects like Crystal Meth — Friend or Foe will have to be created as Google Sites (example). Unlike a typical local school science fair, the judges here are the real deal, so you can forget about blaming scientifically-clueless students, parents and teachers for your loss this time, kids!"

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  1. My take on Google's resources: They're Misdirected by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    And here's why:

    Save for search, Two Google key products hereunder need serious updating as outlined:

    1: GMail: The interface needs more functionality. Heck, one cannot sort! Imagine that. Functionality like that of CloudMagic would not hurt if inbuilt by default and not having to get it via an extension.

    2: Google Docs: The Spreadsheet needs serious love to make freezing rows, coloring columns according to programmable logic a snap.

    Why 'waste' resources of these so called science fairs? Who is advising folks at Google?