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Joy Reid reports from the My Brother’s Keeper Hackathon, which is bringing young people of color together with some of the brightest in the tech industry.
Source: MSNBC
Documentary on the Power Kids program for 11- to 14-year-old public secondary school students in Lagos. Watch as our kids learn about renewable energy and energy conservation, visit a solar farm in Lagos and invent wind turbines, solar watering cans and hybrid cars.
Power Kids is only open to the TOP 50 public schools in Lagos.
Source: Lagos Energy
At 12 years old and 3 months, Joshua Colas earned the title of chess master making him the youngest Black chess master in history. He’s now looking to become the first American-born Black chess grandmaster. You can take a look at his indiegogo campaign here.
Source: GrandmasterJosh2014
Jaguar Land Rover is developing the 360 Virtual Urban Windscreen, which allows drivers to get a complete, unhindered view of the road. Watch the video to see the transparent pillars, Heads-Up display and ‘Follow Me’ Ghost Car Navigation.
Source: Jaguar
David Rose, the author of “Enchanted Objects,” sees a future where we can all live like wizards.
Source: NY Times.
Tech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, co-founder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet hookups. So Rotich and friends developed BRCK, offering resilient connectivity for the developing world.
Source: Ted
Pepper is a humanoid robot by Aldebaran Robotics and SoftBank Mobile designed with the ability to read emotions. It was introduced in a conference on June 5 and has been showcased to the public at Softbank Mobile stores in Japan since June 6. It will be available in February 2015 at a base price of JPY 198,000 ($1,931) at Softbank Mobile stores. Pepper’s emotion comes from the ability to analyze expressions and voice tones.
Source: Conscious AI
ZmartframeMax – Make your mega touchscreen ; Zmartframe – Turns old monitors into second PC
Source: Future Ideas & Technology
Google X wants to improve modern medicine with nanoparticles and a wearable device. It’s all an attempt to tackle disease detection and prevention.
Source: NewsyTech
Star producer Bryan-Michael Cox shows how he creates hits – from initial idea on iMASCHINE to polished production in MASCHINE STUDIO.
Source: Native Instruments