The Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship, established by Google in 2004, This scholarship continues to support under and post-graduate women completing degrees in computer science and related areas, recognizing and encouraging the next generation of technical leaders and role models.This year 62 students get scholars and finalists in the U.S., 17 in Canada and 91 in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. read the full post @ Google Blog.
Researchers from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shown the first controlled flight of Robotic insects. They are half the size of a paper clip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, the robot was inspired by the biology of a fly, with submillimeter-scale anatomy and two wafer-thin wings that flap almost invisibly 120 times per second.