The life-changing power of assistive technology
Source: TED
Listen to accessibility champion Jane Velkovski explain why assistive technologies should be made more available to everyone who needs them.
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Yes, scientists are actually building an elevator to space
Source: TED
Watch this video to learn what building this massive structure would all entail.
What We Learned from 5 Million Books
Source: TED
Face it: we’re so overloaded with information that none of us can digest much of it. However, in this TED talk, Jean-Baptiste Michel and Erez Lieberman Aiden present ideas about what we can do—with the five million books and 500 billion words available online today. What do they reveal about who we were, are, and are becoming? Watch the video; then navigate to the site recommended by the speakers. Discover for yourself what five million books have to say!
Can an iPhone App Help Save an Endangered Language?
Source: Sapiens
Technology is being used to help preserve languages, such as Chickasaw, that have seen a drastic reduction in usage.
What turned the Wright brothers into pioneers of flight? Their library.
Source: The Irish Times
Gavin Weightman, author of Eureka: How Invention Happens, explains that like some other notable inventors, the Wright Brothers built a large library and taught themselves much of what they knew.
Greek Myths Have Scary Ideas About Robots and A.I.
Source: Futurity
While robots and artificial intelligence may seem like recent concepts, some argue that those ideas originated in ancient Greece.
Google Self-Driving Car Project
Source: Google
A self-driving car could well be a product of the not-so-distant future. How do you feel about a driverless car? What are the advantages? What do you think might concern people about such a vehicle?
Banks Warned That Crypto Could Replace Dollar Within Five Years
Source: Futurism
Is cryptocurrency a fad or here to stay? Read about recent survey results that say it’s not only here to stay, but dollars may become a thing of the past.
Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.
Source: Washington Post
Read about how smart phones and social media impact the social lives of teens.
Killer robots? Get real. It’ll be easier for AI to just erase our minds and steal our bodies
Source: The Next Web
Have you ever stopped to think that the robot uprising could potentially be more terrifying than certain death? Read this op-ed to learn more about this writer’s thoughts about the future.