Jan 08 Catching Cheaters on Open Online Courses EmbedVideo(5283, 482, 304); Several hundred college level courses taught by top professors are now available online for free, and several million students around the globe are signing up to take advantage of the new phenomenon. The classes are… Continue reading
Jan 08 One Professor’s Approach to Online Learning: He’s Learning Too EmbedVideo(5282, 482, 304); Online learning at the university level comes in a variety of flavors. The hottest one right now is the MOOC, or massive open online courses, that are primarily given for free and do not, for… Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds An Urban STEM school Turns Things Around Against All Odds… Continue watching
Dec 26 Commentary: A Tech To-Do List for Washington in 2013 Rob Pegoraro tries to make sense of computers, consumer electronics, telecom services, the Internet, software and other things that beep or blink through reporting, reviewing and analysis -- from 1999 to 2011 as the Washington Post's tech columnist, now… Continue reading
Oct 31 Paper Maps vs. Digital Maps EmbedVideo(4855, 482, 304); Hundreds of years ago, map makers mistakenly represented California as an island off the west coast of North America. Today's digital cartographers wouldn't dream of making such a huge mistake, but they're not perfect either. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch Report Suggests Potential for Spying, Stealing by Chinese Tech Companies in U.S. Two of the largest telecom companies in the world are looking to expand to the U.S. market. But the House Intelligence Committee has charged that Huawei and ZTE have ties to the Chinese government and run a potential cyber-security risk,… Continue watching
Aug 24 Apple Wins $1 Billion Patent Infringement Suit Against Samsung For the past year, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics have been locked in a showdown over dominance of a $200 billion-plus smartphone and tablet market. In April 2011, Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung, making accusations that… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch In Austin, Charged up About Smart Power Miles O'Brien examines power grid reliability in a neighborhood near Austin, Texas that uses "smart grid" technology to track - and control - its energy consumption. Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch Ray Kurzweil on Bringing Back the Dead An interview with futurist Ray Kurzweil on the possibility of bringing back the dead. Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch Ray Kurweil’s Immortality Cocktail The second of our interview outtakes with inventor/author/futurist Ray Kurzweil. Continue watching