Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution
Adults TechnologyElectricity is all around us, all the time. It makes our lives easier, safer, more fun and most of us never think about it. But is there such a thing as too much electricity? Electronic devices emit an electromagnetic field, which is suspected to cause cancer. We read countless sources on this topic to summarize the results of the latest research for you.
Everything About Grain Bins (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day
Adults TechnologyFarmers are actual real life geniuses. They can feed themselves and fix anything. Serious respect.
What If The Internet Was A Country?
Adults TechnologyThe internet is an incredible (and scary) place! What happens if it becomes a digital country?
What Can The Most Powerful Satellites Really Do?
Adults TechnologyHow powerful are satellites up in space right now? What can they do to help us on Earth?
How do self-driving cars “see”?
Adults TechnologyTake a look at the LIDAR and integrated photonics technologies that help self-driving cars navigate obstacles, no matter the environment, weather or light.
Magnetic Micro-Robots
Adults TechnologyTiny robots activated by magnetic fields may be used in future biomedical procedures.
People are Manipulating You on Facebook
Adults TechnologyThank you Facebook for being so open to this discussion.
Why Can't We Get Power From Waves?
Adults TechnologyWave power hasn’t yet made a splash because it’s hard to use waves to spin turbines, and because the sea is a harsh place to build things.
Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap
Adults TechnologyI got upset that my package was stolen so I made a glitter bomb revenge package.
Elon Musk and Gayle King test drive his new Boring Company tunnel
Adults TechnologyFrom electric cars to spacecraft, tech titan Elon Musk is widely known as an industry disrupter. Tuesday night in Los Angeles, Musk unveiled the very first tunnel in what he hopes will become a network of underground highways.
Why It Is What Time It Is (The History of Time)
Adults TechnologyHow did we come up with our system of telling time? Why do we divide the day into 24 hours of 60 minutes each, and put 60 seconds in each minute? Where does the definition of a second come from? And who decides what clock shows the correct time? There's clearly a lot of questions when it comes to time.
Non-Invasive Brain Surgery
Adults TechnologyScientists have combined ultrasound, viruses and synthetic drugs to control regions of the brain.
How to Build a 4K Editing Computer
Adults TechnologyThe fast rendering capability of this new machine actually let me eat dinner with my family on the first night I used it. This is incredibly important to me.
Google Apps for English Teachers webinar
Teachers TechnologyLead by Kevin Brookhouser, Google Apps for Education Certified Trainer and Google Certified Teacher.
Learn some more ways you can use Google Docs & Sites in your English classrooms to have a collaborative writing process and dynamic assignments.
Engaging Generation Y with technology, 28th March 2013
Teachers TechnologyWe're not always teaching Generation Y, but learners think and behave differently than those from previous generations. These students were born into a world of information technology; they regularly multitask and they trust the ideas of peers and web videos more than their teachers.Generation Y is significant: it constitutes 20 percent of the world's population. As Gen-Y occupies the young end of the population demographic, we can assume many second language learners belong to this group; it demands our attention and understanding.
Learn English Apps
Teachers TechnologyCheck out these excellent apps for your mobile device of choice!
No Internet? No Problem!
Teachers TechnologyOne problem with integrating most technology is that schools and teachers rely too much on Internet access. We forget that even without the Internet, laptops and mobile devices are very powerful learning tools. Here are a few ideas of the many, I do with students that do not require a class Internet connection.