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  • Meet Rhea: The 7th Grader Who Built a Muscle-Controlled Robot using SpikerBit
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    Meet Rhea: The 7th Grader Who Built a Muscle-Controlled Robot using SpikerBit
    • May 21, 2026
    • by Sanja Gage
    Every once in a while, an email lands in our inbox that reminds us exactly why we do this work. Last week, one came from Rhea R., a 7th grader who took home third prize at her middle school science fair with a project she calls FlexBot: a robot car you drive with your muscles. […]
  • A Teacher, His Students, and AI Revived SpikeHound. Now Anyone Can Extend It.
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    A Teacher, His Students, and AI Revived SpikeHound. Now Anyone Can Extend It.
    • April 29, 2026
    • by Sanja Gage
    About thirteen years ago, we linked to a piece of neurophysiology software called SpikeHound on our website. It let students and researchers record and analyze neural spikes in ways that classroom software usually could not. We linked to it, moved on, and honestly, kind of forgot about it. SpikeHound did not disappear. The first version […]

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