Social Impact
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…
Tech Deserts: Places Without Technology It is almost impossible to think that there are areas in the world where there aren’t any technology. However, these places do exist. Now, we’re not talking about common everyday technologies like a watch or even a car. We are talking about technology that we often associate with in places…
6 Ways Drone Technology is Used for Good Drone technology has been made popular by the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq and also by Amazon’s recent announcement regarding shipping with drone delivery. Sometimes called “quadcopters,” there are many other uses for these unmanned aerial vehicles. As with most technology, people have used drones to help…
Wearables in the Education Industry When the Google Glass explorer program was still in full swing, many believed that it held great promise for students and educators alike. Students could record themselves solving problems or conducting experiments for teachers to analyze later and provide feedback. Teachers could also record themselves while they were teaching and…
The United States of America makes up only 4.45 percent of the world’s population yet it makes up nearly 10 percent of the Internet users on the planet. For the 279,834,232 people in the US, Internet access is often taken for granted. People in the US have the ability to turn on their computer or…
Sometimes technology that sounds like a great idea turns out to be the wrong answer to the right question. Such is the case with municipal Wi-Fi networks, or city-wide Wi-Fi. A technology that was far too complicated for far too little payoff. In the age of ubiquitous connections over our cell phones, most cities let…