Tag: technology
Oct. 27, 2017
Playing a bad game of Russian roulette
We live in a deeply, perhaps uniquely dangerous moment. The Western imagination has been haunted for two millennia by the idea of apocalypse — of…

Oct. 6, 2017
Don’t let the robots take over
I can remember a time in my life when everyone used house phones, and the first flip phones were just being born. I know my…

Aug. 25, 2017
Saving our jobs from technology
There are countless factors that put a strain on our everyday lives, especially when we need to work. As ironic as this might sound, technology…

Jul. 14, 2017
Sticking to traditional books
As technology has continued to develop, a lot of new forms of media have been created. Television and radio are of course two of the…

Jun. 2, 2017
Inventor Leah Buechley talks equity in education
Leah Buechley,the third speaker in the ExCITe Center’s Learning Innovation Conversation series, spoke about equity, engagement and technology in education at the Bossone Research Center…

May. 19, 2017
For the times, they are a-changin’
You start to age the moment you are born. Everything fresh, new and efficient about your body gets older with every passing year. It’s a…

May. 12, 2017
Learning Innovation at ExCITe Center
Drexel University’s ExCITe Center, a place for students to collaborate on projects at the intersection of design, engineering, and entrepreneurship, deployed a new program called…

Mar. 17, 2017
On brain scans
Is it possible for a brain scan to tell whether a criminal committed a crime knowingly or unknowingly? Brain scan technology has come a long…

Mar. 10, 2017
On emissions
Unless you’ve spent your whole life living on the International Space Station, you probably know that cars emit toxic gases. These gases include carbon monoxide,…

Mar. 3, 2017
On drugs for Alzheimer’s
The Dental Institute of King’s College London discovered that tideglusib, an experimental drug designed to treat Alzheimer’s, can also be used to help teeth regenerate.…
