by Dr. Jason Neiffer | May 22, 2014 | How-To, Make!
With summer coming soon, many teachers are looking for a fun, challenging project this summer to totally up their game on hacking and make skills. The Tech-Savvy Teachers recommend an Arduino, the inexpensive microcontroller. What’s an Arduino, you ask? Make...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | May 6, 2014 | Get your geek on!, The Future
I recently saw this excellent panel discussion on “the future” from the Milken Institute. There are number of interesting propositions here: the printing of human organs, exploring and mining asteroids, and expanding the boundaries of human capability....
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Apr 30, 2014 | ChromeBooks
[This part of my series on attempting to go Chromebook only as a mobile platform. See details about my experiment here.] I am nearing the end of my first week with the Dell Chromebook 11, the Chromebook I am using for at least the next two months as my primary mobile...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Apr 24, 2014 | Screening Room, The Future
There is no question that our means of interacting with technology is fast evolving, but even the most modern mobile devices and wearable technologies still have a limited interface. What’s next in this space? Check out this fascinating TED talk… the...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Apr 22, 2014 | ChromeBooks
There is no doubt that there is an incredible amount of excitement around the Chromebook, Google’s answer for an inexpensive, managed platform for putting computers in the hands of the masses. I’ll admit, I was initially very curious, and have before...
