ByChristy RomerMarch 13, 2020 10 Good News Stories You May Have Missed Coronavirus continues to dominate headlines in newspapers, social media and on YouTube. Quarantine-themed recommendations have emerged for music…
ByChristy RomerMarch 13, 2020 Robotics Expert Ayanna Howard Explains How to Tackle Bias in AI Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere. Algorithms govern the advertising we see, the TV we watch, the people we…
ByReve FisherMarch 6, 2020 Andrew Yang Launches Nonprofit to “Rewrite” Economy Entrepreneur Andrew Yang has decided to found a nonprofit based on his revolutionary ideas as a US presidential…
ByChristy RomerFebruary 16, 2020 WATER BLOCK Wants to Give Local People Control of Their Cities In August 2005, disaster struck New Orleans. Brutal winds wrenched trees, cars and houses from the ground. Flood…
ByChristy RomerJanuary 10, 2020 NubAbility is Showing Limb-Different Kids That There There Are No Limits In Autumn 2018, a bunch of kids from the NubAbility sports camp watched from the stands as Seattle…
ByChristy RomerJanuary 3, 2020 MIT Grads Open Robot Kitchen in Boston After weeks of working away in a fraternity basement at MIT, Michael Farid, Luke Schlueter, Kale Rogers and…
ByChristy RomerDecember 16, 2019 Ben Graves, the Solar-Powered Teacher Sometimes the places that seem least likely to embrace change are those that end up leading the way.…
ByChristy RomerDecember 13, 2019 Robot Maker To Give $1,000 a Month to Workers Affected by Automation Makr Shakr is a US-based robotics company. Their newest robot, Toni, is the “first robotic bartender catered for…
ByChristy RomerDecember 10, 2019 The Enchanting Life of Japanese Pop Artist Yayoi Kusama You may not recognise the name Yayoi Kusama. But you may well recognise her artwork, which has had…
ByChristy RomerNovember 29, 2019 Stefano Ermon Wants to Use Satellites to Empower Poorer Communities Computer scientist Stefano Ermon, based at Stanford University, wants to help impoverished communities around the world. With satellites.…