Feb 28 Teens take STEM reporting to the airwaves By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Teenagers in Oakland, Cali. are ready to go on the air with their STEM reporting. Youth Radio, a program underwritten by the National Science Foundation, is teaching high school students how to be in-depth reporters covering science and… Continue reading
Feb 25 Watch ‘Beloved’ A-10 Warthog aircraft may not survive Pentagon attack By Justin Scuiletti Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Messaging monopoly? Why Facebook is willing to pay $19 billion for WhatsApp By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 19 Google to expand Google Fiber technology By Bridget Bowman Google announced Wednesday that it plans to expand its fiber optic communication technology, known as Google Fiber, to an additional 34 cities this year. Continue reading
Feb 15 Social entrepreneurs use mobile technology to take on challenges of developing world By News Desk From products that help small businesses track their finances to a text message-based app that helps workers in India’s informal workforce find better jobs, cell phone technology is being used across the developing world to solve serious problems and respond… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch Mobile phone usage explodes in Africa, spurring innovation By PBS News Hour A drive through Kenya’s bustling capital of Nairobi reveals a nation in love -- with the mobile phone. Across the African continent, improvements in mobile phone technology and greater access to the internet are spurring new innovations in the tech… Continue watching
Feb 14 How to stay ahead of robots in the ‘second machine age’ By Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee The robots are here. Now what are humans supposed to do to make a living? MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee want to see America creatively invest in the skills and entrepreneurship that will give humans the competitive edge. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch In ‘second machine age’ of robots, it’s time for humans to get creative By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 13 Are robots outsmarting us? By Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee Robots are no longer futuristic. They’re driving our cars, beating us at Jeopardy, and as software, booking our travel tickets. Leading the second machine age, they're not just automating manual labor anymore; they're giving our cognitive function a run for… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch From ballet shoes to human tissue, printing ideas into 3-D reality By PBS News Hour With the push of a button – plus a lot of design work and hours of waiting – the emerging technology of 3-D printing can produce food, plastic phone accessories, even human tissue. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien explores how businesses… Continue watching