Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

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So I purchase some nutrition bars from a prominent online store.  If you click on 2 boxes (12 bars each), they charge you $30.  But if...

So I learned that this is called a Van de Graaff Generator. It generates very high voltage electricity.  The guy setting it up asks me...

Awesome presentation on Interplanetary Travel by Charlie Kuehmann, VP Materials Engineering at SpaceX and Tesla.  Interplanetary travel an...

So I am reading this book called "Israel's Edge." It's basically about their elite genius program, "Talpiot,...

This is a beautiful set of nested brass weights from France.  It dates back to 1852! The weights range from 1 gram to 500 grams.  T...

Thought this was a pretty stunning puzzle of The Atom .  With sections for: composition, atomic model, thermonuclear fusion, periodi...

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So earlier in the week, I had a great opportunity to visit the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).  It was fascinating to see the...

Education is fundamental to learning, development and preparation for career and life.  We've always believed that if you invest in...

I was so excited by this photo in the Wall Street Journal today. YuMi, an industrial robot by ABB, is adroitly writing Chinese calligra...

Ok, this gives me tremendous technology hope for the future.  This 4-year old kid is working diligently on her smartphone, while he...

So I overhead a conversation of 2 young women in Starbucks talking about their college education.  One of them while acknowledging th...

So here's a sign at on the miserable state of education in America.  "Develop Your English Skills For A Career In The Federa...

The the other day, I was walking through the grass. I came across these toys horses that had been left in a pile. I thought ab...

So this was a shirt of a local college campus that I took yesterday.  It shows aspirations to be all sorts of things...from a doctor ...

So this is what the state of education in the United States has come to. We were having dinner last night with another couple.  They a...

Thought this was an awesome photograph. Taken on the Washington, D.C. Mall... You can see the Capitol of the United States in the ba...

What an absolutely gorgeous staircase. A modern spiral with vivid orange and white.  When I look at this, it's almost as if the ...

Another great article by Bret Stephens in the Wall Street Journal today. The usual saying is that freedom is not free (i.e. that we mus...