Changing the Face of Coding
Coding has made its way to the forefront of education, and it’s our job to make sure nobody falls behind. While coding may seem like...
How to Teach Young Children to Code
Coding has gained the stigma for being a “mature” technical skill. In reality, much like reading and writing, it’s a skill that should be taught...
How Robots in English Class Can Spark Empathy and Improve Writing
Mention robots to many English teachers and they’ll immediately point down the hall to the science classroom or to the makerspace, if they have one....
Using Soft Robots To Pick And Pack Produce
How do you build a robot that can pack fruit? Or pick up produce without hurting it? In an era where agricultural firms are facing...
How an iPhone is helping a legally blind athlete prepare for the Paralympics
Katie Kelly’s life has always revolved around sport, and living with a disability has not slowed her down. In her twenties, Kelly was diagnosed with...
Blindness Is No Obstacle for This Currency Trader in Mumbai
Feeling his way with a white cane, Vishal Agrawal, 29, reaches his foreign exchange trading desk on the fifth floor of Standard Chartered Plc’s office...
Personal Technology and the Autistic Child: What One Family Has Learned
How much time should children spend on screen? Which kinds of games, videos or online activities are harmful to young minds, and which are neutral...
How tech companies are making their apps more accessible to the disabled
Last football season, Yahoo’s Darren Burton did something he’d never done before: He commissioned a fantasy football league. That may not sound like a particularly...
How Apple Made The Watch Work For Wheelchair Users
In America alone, there are more than 2.2 million people who depend upon wheelchairs to get around every day. But most wheelchair users aren’t active....
Fancy footwear lets amputees get their game on
When Gyorgy (George) Levay lost both hands to a meningitis infection five years ago, many people might have assumed that his gaming days were over....