Grade 3-5: Your code on the space station, $170 AI glasses that guide the blind, a robot that sits down to stay safe, the fake 'device infected' pop-up, and why you look for the lock!

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This week on TechCheck for grades 3–5: the Astro Pi challenge lets kids write pixel-art code that runs for 30 seconds on the International Space Station (word of the day: PIXEL); Barron Prize teens built $170 AI glasses that guide blind users and a cap that turns brain signals into speech (ACCESSIBLE); Digit 5 uses sensors to notice people and sits down to stay safe (SENSOR); New Jersey prosecutors warned students about look-alike apps that throw up a fake 'your device is infected' pop-up (POP-UP); and Chrome now warns before websites without https — we explain what the s means (ENCRYPTION). Vocabulary-rich and discussion-ready.This week on “Tech Explorers” (Grades 3–5):• Your Code Can Run in Space• A Teen Built $170 Glasses That Guide the Blind• A Robot That Sits Down to Stay Safe• The 'Your Device Is Infected!' Pop-Up Is a Trick• Look for the Lock: Chrome's New Warning0:00 Intro0:44 Your Code Can Run in Space2:03 A Teen Built $170 Glasses That Guide the Blind3:16 A Robot That Sits Down to Stay Safe4:35 The 'Your Device Is Infected!' Pop-Up Is a Trick5:50 Look for the Lock: Chrome's New Warning7:02 Recap & takeaways