Hurricane Maria has pummeled Puerto Rico over the past week, knocking out power for the entire island. The island’s calls for help have been answered by an unlikely source…hackers. Several data security companies and hacker conferences have started collecting money and supplies for Puerto Rico. These are the good hackers,Continue Reading

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Typically during summer, families take exotic trips or trips around the country with their families for pleasure. What would your reaction be if your parents told you that you would be taking a 20 day trip around the country, not exactly for site seeing, but to be doing chores? DespiteContinue Reading

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Imagine being able to charge your phone in 20 seconds.  Or having a battery that can survive 10,000 charges compared to today’s 1,000 charges per battery. This is all a reality now because of 18 year old Eesha Khare, a high school student in Saratoga, CA.  She created her inventionContinue Reading

In a major language science breakthrough, computers are showing that they may be able to recover lost languages.  Previously, computers were only used to save languages as they were at risk of being lost.  The computers would record fragments of the language from the remaining speakers in order to helpContinue Reading

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Teachers in PS 177 high school in Queens, NY were struggling to find a way to help students with learning disabilities focus and advance in school.  Most of the kids in the special ed classes are autistic and the normal curricula did not help them. Adam Goldberg, a teacher atContinue Reading

A couple weeks after Hurricane Sandy, most households in the northeast finally had power again.  Although power was up, Internet access was still sparse in many areas. This is where a team of special individuals came to the rescue.  Joe and Debbie Hillis drove 1,600 miles from Saginaw, Texas withContinue Reading