How 3D Printing is Revolutionizing the Design World Right now, there’s a profound level of disruption going on in the business world. Much of it is around rapidly advancing technology — and one of the biggest ones is three-dimensional design and representation. To be fair, there’s also the evolution of the smartphone, the rapid emergence…
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Can Video Games Improve One’s Mental Health? Today, many people think of video games in a negative connotation, with high violent content and childhood obesity coming to their minds. However, researchers are starting to discover that video games have the ability to be beneficial to the mental health of people of all ages. Video…
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Podcast: From Typewriters to Keyboards to Keypads As part of our Websmith Studio #NextGen innovation program, our mission is to cultivate and inspire the next generation of technologists to be creative thinkers, explorers, researchers, and learners. #NextGenVoices is an extension of our existing #NextGen innovation program and is designed to empower our next generation of…
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The Pros & Cons of Computer Programming as a Foreign Language In the academic world, there is a growing debate about the role of computer programming and computer science in the classroom. States are making changes to curriculums and discussing whether or not to allow computer programming to serve as a foreign language component of…
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How Virtual Reality Technology Can Change the World For Good If you watch Chris Milk’s 2015 TED Talk on “how virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine,” you might be in awe as I was after watching it for the first time. In fact, it was the inspiration for this blog post. There’s a…
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5 Ways Robotics in Medicine is Making Us Healthier Technology influences every part of our modern lives, but nowhere is the presence of advanced robotic technology put to the most obvious public good than in the healthcare industry. From accomplishing humble transportation tasks to performing surgeries, robots are helping us to live longer and…
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