Cisco Emergency responder Sue-Lynn & Sphero Educational Robots

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Our live guest this week is manager of Cisco’s Tactical Operations, a team that travels the world to disaster areas to help secure emergency internet communications. Sue-Lynn Hinson talks about her dual skills of being a first responder and software engineer.

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We also hear from several schools in the US that are using the Education edition of Sphero’s smartphone-controlled ball to teach robotics to their students. Yes, this is the same Sphero behind the hit Star Wars BB-8 toy.