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Learning about code already pays off for one Lexington school
I recently wrote about the upcoming Computer Science Education Week and how a technology industry organization is encouraging every school to spend at least an hour the week of Dec. 9-15 introducing...
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Lexington has come a long way in just a few years
Lexington changed a lot between the time I went away to college in 1976 and returned in 1998. But I think it has changed even more profoundly since then. The earlier changes were mostly physical — vast...
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What did Code for America fellows think after month in Lexington?
Livien Yin, left, Erik Schwartz and Lyzi Diamond spent February in Lexington as Code for America fellows. Photo by Tom Eblen Three young technologists spent February getting to know Lexington. They...
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IBM retiree helped invent word processing in Lexington
This IBM photo from June 1957 shows an early prototype of the MT/ST, the first word-processing machine, that Leon Cooper helped develop at IBM labs in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The project was later moved to...
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Morehead space program shows Eastern Kentucky can aim high
Zach Taulbee, 21, of Prestonsburg uses a computerized CNC machine to make an aluminum part for a small “cubesat” satellite. Taulbee is an undergraduate and machine shop manager at Morehead State...
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Kentucky development leaders showcase high-tech innovation
Jason Mize, left, a partner in the Lexington company Really Big Spiders, demonstrated its online game, “Tales from the Strange Universe,” to Jonathan Gay of the Kentucky Innovation Network. Lexington...
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Newton’s Attic teaches kids engineering through fun and games
Kate Golden, 10, rode The Device, which sling-shots riders down a 125-foot-long track at Newton’s Attic. The non-profit company uses hands-on fun and games to teach kids engineering, technology and...
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Kentucky Typer is a high-tech guy, but his passion is old typewriters
Bryan Sherwood repairs old typewriters and buys, restores and resells them. Photos by Tom Eblen By day, Bryan Sherwood is an IT specialist for a Lexington accounting firm. But he spends most evenings...
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New phone app gives architectural tour of downtown Lexington
Richard Greissman remembers sitting in the State Theatre one Saturday in March 2008 as several hundred citizens urged developer Dudley Webb not to demolish 14 old downtown buildings for his ill-fated...
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Transylvania University biology students study bats around campus; No, this...
Transylvania University biology student Kelli Carpenter makes notes while she and two other students work with instructor Josh Adkins to detect bats on Transylvania’s campus. Photos by Tom Eblen When...
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