Future Trends and Advances In Education and Technology

We all know what drones can do in the hands of the military and law enforcement. For recreational use, they're fun to fly around with a GoPro strapped to its belly. The commercial use of drones is ...

Students prioritize the use of "a variety of digital learning tools such as mobile devices" over Internet access, according to From Chalkboards to Tablets: The Emergence of the K-12 Learner, a new report from Project Tomorrow.

The exploding technology trend of 3D printing, which has already been used to manufacture everything from food to jewelry, has made its way into the realm of biomedical research, with one California company recently announcing that it had...

Could Apple have purchased the intelligent predictive search service, Grokr?

The basic mechanism behind noise-canceling headphones could boost both the speed and reliability of Internet connections, according to researchers that published findings via Nature Photonics.

Roel Vertegaal's PaperTab is like an iPad you can fold, spindle, or mutilate

A non-stop stream of Links to Infographics, Maps, Charts and many other worldwide Visualization...

According to reports, Google plans on building cellular networks in Africa and Asia to connect the next billion Internet users.

Here's an interesting perspective to take on technology in the classroom. A new report sheds some light on the people actually buying all that BYOD.

When self-driving cars reach the masses, thanks may be due to a 19-year-old high-school student from Romania who developed an artificial...

Google today unveiled Google Play for Education, which will allow teachers to discover apps designed specifically for K-12 students.

We'll reach a new state of web skills when we reinvent technology tools to better enhance our personal learning. We'll be at 3.0 when schools are everywhere and not viewed as daycare.

While many colleges offer open online courses, Georgia Tech is the first to offer a full-credit graduate program. What's more, the degree will cost about a quarter of those offered at traditional, onsite schools.

Today, we’re on the brink of a new digital paradigm, where the capabilities of our technology are beginning to outstrip our own. Computers are deciding which products to stock on shelves, doing legal research and even winning game shows.

As Google Now gains more functionality, we see more and more what a big deal™ it will become

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Cloud computing and mobile technology are the top technologies to watch in education, according to this year's K-12 Horizon Report, an annual publication from the New Media Consortium that highlights developing trends in ed tech.

Samsung’s technology for ultrafast data speeds currently requires a truckload of equipment.

Let's look at your digital footprint: By next year (2014), humans will generate 5 billion gigabytes of data every 10 minutes. By any standards, that's a whole lotta data. I'm imagining a pretty immense cloud here.

Google announced a new education program that will help teachers manage and push out apps and other educational content to classroom Android tablets.