Technology

This 12-year-old girl built a robot that can find microplastics in the ocean

Source: Tween Tribune

Empowered to tackle a micro problem on a macro scale, this 12-year-old takes on the Earth’s oceans and the plastic within it.

Indian teen builds world’s ‘lightest satellite’

Source: BBC

Teen changes the world with the invention of a satellite small enough to hold in the palm of your hand.

The New Arecibo Message

Source: Planetary Habitability Laboratory

In 1974, our greatest minds gathered to craft a message broadcast to aliens. Look at a breakdown of what this message contained.

AR app lets kids with cancer escape into an imaginary world

Source: CNET

Watch the video to see how augmented reality can be used to help kids with cancer.

Girls Take Flight gives San Diego high school girls life-changing drone skills

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Read how a group of high school students are chipping away at the gender disparity in the drone pilot industry.

The real risks of artificial intelligence

Source: BBC

Science jouranlist Bianca Nogrady argues that we shouldn’t worry about AI taking over, but about AI solving problems incorrectly.

Here’s what’s really going on in your brain when you experience ‘FOMO’ — the fear of missing out

Source: Business Insider

One negative effect of social media, at least for many people, is having the feeling that others are living better lives than they are. This article takes a deeper look at this phenomenon, known as the fear of missing out.

Shareable quotes from experts about the impact of digital life

Source: Pew Research Center

How is life changing for people in the Digital Age? Click here to read quotations by a number of experts in the technology industry to find out how they responded to this question.