We’ve seen Emotiv’s Epoc headset control cars and trapeze acts, but now a small posse of students at Columbia University is teaching it how to control a robotic arm. The appendage, aptly named ARM for Assistive Robotic Manipulator, was envisioned …
With its latest device, LeapFrog’s continuing to fight the good fight: teaching kids essential skills through the power of consumer electronics. LeapReader’s a sort of spiritual successor to the company’s Tag line, maintaining the reading tool’s p…
Lego’s new Mindstorms EV3 kit isn’t all just gun-firing robots and killer scorpions. Unfortunately, there’s also some learning to be done, with the new Mindstorm EV3 kit ready to land in schools this August. Lego reckons the kit touches on several…
If you’re interested in learning more about how our brains work, you might just want to pick up a comic book — or, at least, one very specific comic. Artist Matteo Farinella is teaming up with neuroscientist Dr. Hana Ros…
Alan F. Westin, the lawyer and political scientist whose work shaped the way we define online privacy, died last week at the age of 83. As the New York Times reports, Westin had spent the past 40 years teaching at Columbia Uni…
Blake Jennelle struggled to learn guitar. He started and then gave up three times while growing up, trying various books, teachers and online lessons. Finally, as an adult, he decided to build a way to teach himself. He and co…
Museums can be overwhelming — often, there’s simply so much to see that it’s hard to properly interact with each piece you come across. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is looking to change that with 82nd and F…
Let’s say you’re a brilliant person who got canned from your previous job because you supposedly did a poor job of working well with others. Where would you go next? If you’re former Windows president Steven Sinofsky, the answer is obvious: You’d become a Harvard professor! On his Twitter feed Wednesday, Sinofsky announced that he was “excited to return” to teach at Harvard Business School this coming spring, just weeks after he stepped down from his job at Microsoft (MSFT). CNET notes that Sinofsky had previously served as a “visiting scholar” at Harvard Business School in the late ’90s, so going back there to teach some classes seems like a logical transition gig for the former Windows chief.
It’s a story that we hoped we’d never have to report. Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on Earth’s Moon, has died at the age of 82 after complications from heart surgery three weeks earlier. His greatest accomplishment very nearly speaks for …
Last month, TED announced its new education initiative — fittingly named TED-Ed — with a YouTube channel showcasing teachers’ lessons presented as animated videos. Today, the program moved forward, as TED opened up a beta version of a website meant…
