10 scholarships for the budding computer scientist

10 scholarships for the budding computer scientist

College tuition fees are becoming harder on the wallet each year, with tuition at in-state public colleges and universities averaging $9,970 per year and private school tuition averaging an aching $14,530 per year. But add room and board to those numbers, and students...
The real world of virtual reality training

The real world of virtual reality training

For decades, onboarding employees has involved a lecture, an industrial film, or an information booklet, followed by a brief test to make sure your budding hires know their way around a cash register. But a greater degree of expertise is needed when prepping workers...
Climate change and big business: Action time

Climate change and big business: Action time

The bad news: On June 1, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Accord. That agreement is the world’s handshake deal to limit the global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius (the threshold for avoiding dangerous global...
Three batteries that could power our future

Three batteries that could power our future

There are no rechargeable batteries we know and love. There are only batteries that we know and don’t hate. That’s because the batteries we know and use daily have as many negatives as positives. Efficient energy storage—especially portable energy storage—is one of...
5 products that became tech roadkill

5 products that became tech roadkill

We all know about the Newton, the Apple handheld computer that was supposed to become a game-changing PDA (personal digital assistant). The Newton’s failure almost obliterated the Cupertino company. But it’s far from the only crushing financial disaster in computer...