Articles My Message to Naysayers in the Nonprofit World First prototypes are not perfect, and ideas will always have naysayers, but the one should embrace this rather than letting it defeat her.Debra Sterling03 Feb, 2013
Articles Design for America: A Network of Students and Designers Solving Real-World Challenges Design for America pulls together teams of volunteer faculty, students, and professional mentors to work on solving community challenges.Sami Nerenberg26 Jan, 2013
Articles A Step Closer to Solar-Powered Clothing Scientists have designed the world's first fiber-optic solar cell, which could eventually be used in clothing.Adele Peters22 Dec, 2012
Articles How a Beetle Inspired Our Clean Fresh Water Technology Society is facing a vital struggle to meet fresh water demand. New technology—inspired by biomimicry—can help supply clean water with low energy use.Sara Beaini14 Dec, 2012
Articles Citizen Engineers Rally to Solve Real-World Problems Citizen engineers in the tech community seek real meaning in their work and use their knowledge of science and society to help solve real problems.Ryan Martens12 Dec, 2012
Articles At the Imagine Cup: Flash Food, a Hunger Fighting App Flash Food, a project created by six Arizona State students, gives extra restaurant food destined for the garbage to people who need a meal.Liz Dwyer12 Jul, 2012
Articles Czech Engineers Design Awesome, Impractical Flying Bike A group of Czech engineers has been working to design a six-motored flying bike. Sound too good to be true? Well, it probably is.Sammy Roth28 Jun, 2012
Articles How Tragedy Bred an Award-Winning Student Scientist Good mentors and a desire to prevent fires helped 18-year-old Rachel Davis earn a spot at a prestigious science competition.Good Is23 Mar, 2012
Articles Should Engineering Students Pay More Than English Majors for Their Degrees? A new survey shows that "differential tuition" programs are increasing in popularity.Liz Dwyer26 Feb, 2012
Articles Inspiring Students Combine STEM and Storytelling to Power Green LEGO City Thanks to LEGOs, hands-on STEM learning just got a lot more enjoyable.Liz Dwyer22 Nov, 2011
Articles New Software Could Help Engineers Create Greener Products For companies like Walmart, going green means making products that use fewer resources. Software companies are helping them get there.Sarah Laskow02 Oct, 2011
Articles Irish Students Design Software to Make Drivers Safer More than 3,000 people die every day because of traffic accidents, and that number is on the rise. The problem's so bad that the World Health...Liz Dwyer10 Aug, 2011
Design Education Event Recap: A Conversation About Growing Los Angeles' Tech Workforce Our panelists and audience were full of ideas on how to educate the STEM professionals of the future.Liz Dwyer03 Aug, 2011
Design Infographic: Solving the STEM Dilemma Find out how recruiting and maintaining a steady supply of classroom STEM teachers insures the competitiveness and strength of America's workforce.Hyperakt03 Aug, 2011
Articles NASA Creates Awesome iPad App for Science Education The new "Visualization Explorer" app takes NASA's trove of satellite data and brings it to life in a free app.Liz Dwyer31 Jul, 2011
Articles Education Event: Growing Los Angeles' Tech Workforce We're hosting a panel discussion on how schools, businesses and government can work together to educate the workforce of the future.Liz Dwyer29 Jul, 2011