Category: Tech4Good
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Making STEAM Dreams Come True, One Kit at a Time
Western Digital Blog – 3.13.20 (3.10.20) At Western Digital, we’re helping make STEAM dreams come true for the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers, artists and mathematicians by partnering with the San Jose Sharks Foundation and Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT). RAFT is a Bay Area-based non-profit that provides teachers with fun and engaging supplemental…
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Virtual Reality and the Science of Rehabilitation
HTC VIVE Blog – 3.13.20 (3.9.20) When you think of common applications for virtual reality (VR), several general topics and industries come to mind for most people – video games, entertainment, even fitness. It makes sense, since VR really got started in gaming. But where we’re really excited to see momentum is in the enterprise space – including in healthcare and…
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Join Us for International Women’s Day and Share Your Passion
Logitech Blog – 3.2.20 (2.28.20) At Logitech, we strive to create an organization that is inclusive and diverse. That’s one of the reasons we take time throughout the year to focus on people of all types, and why we celebrate International Women’s Day. Full Post: Join Us for International Women’s Day and Share Your Passion
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Simple Ways Neighbors Everywhere Can Help Build a Stronger Community
Ring Blog – 3.2.20 (2.28.20) We believe strong communities create safer neighborhoods. And building a stronger community happens when people come together and everyone chips in. With a little bit of time, teamwork, and these simple tips, you can create those connections and nurture relationships with your neighbors to help build a safer place to live.…
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Book recommendations from women around the world | International Women’s Day 2020
Kobo YouTube Channel – 3.2.20 (2.29.20) We asked women from Canada, France, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Netherlands to share the first book written by a woman that had a major impact on them, the book they recommend everyone read, and why they think it’s important for women’s stories to be told. Source: Book recommendations…
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Drone solutions to fight coronavirus outbreak
Drone Volt YouTube Channel – 2.27.20 DRONE VOLT UAV fleet can help in many ways to stem Covid-19/Coronavirus. Source: Drone solutions to fight coronavirus outbreak
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Meet humanity’s first artists through virtual reality
Google Blog – 2.27.20 We began our journey to the big cave days ago. Today we arrive and settle near the stone arch that spans the river. We light a fire, signalling to our people up near the caves that we’re here. We’ve brought small stone tools with us to sew the arrowheads we use for hunting.…
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Creating a world of good: Microsoft launches the Global Social Entrepreneurship program
Microsoft Blogs – 2.26.20 (2.21.20) Imagine what it would mean if communities that lack access to safe drinking water had a simple, affordable way to test their water supply for cholera, a water-borne disease that sickens 4 million people every year and causes an estimated 143,000 deaths? Or if we could skim plastic bottles, bags…
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Artificial intelligence makes a splash in efforts to protect Alaska’s ice seals and beluga whales
Microsoft Blogs – 2.19.20 When Erin Moreland set out to become a research zoologist, she envisioned days spent sitting on cliffs, drawing seals and other animals to record their lives for efforts to understand their activities and protect their habitats. Instead, Moreland found herself stuck in front of a computer screen, clicking through thousands of…
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Expanding the path for Black leaders of the future
Amazon Blog – 2.17.20 (2.13.20) As part of Black History Month, Amazon hosted its first-ever conference for students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)—“Beyond the Yard: Your Path, Your Future.” The conference brought Amazon HBCU alumni and 225 students from 42 HBCUs together in Nashville to learn, connect, and think big about their future…