Can Online Voting Fix Russia’s Broken Electoral System?
flickr / sime simon under Creative CommonsA growing disillusionment with democracy in Russia. Can online voting help? MOSCOW, Russia – Confidence in Russia’s electoral system is as low as it’s ever...
View ArticleFixing the Freelance Future: E-Work’s Brave New World Comes With Serious...
Flickr / Bark under Creative CommonsAs the next billion people come online, nations will need to ensure that their labor forces aren’t shortchanged in a hyper-competitive world. Science writer Julian...
View ArticleConsidering Liberty and Law in Uncharted Airspace
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — One of the current issues with expanding drone use is that there isn’t much legal precedent, said Elizabeth Skarin from the American Civil Liberties Union. She is the ACLU’s policy...
View ArticleNew technology helps farmers conserve fertilizer and protect their crops – On...
A software program from Cornell researchers aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save farmers’ crops. Now the big seed companies are taking notice. Read the rest of this article that we...
View ArticleTaking Filmmaking to New (Unmanned) Heights
SAN DIEGO, U.S. —Aerial MOB is one of a growing number of aerial cinematography companies utilizing drones for filming in commercials, TV shows and feature films. It has done work for shoe companies,...
View ArticleThe Digital Revolution: A Bluff Package for Diversity in Journalism
New media startups promise an exit from the journalism crisis through the digital door. Online publications like ESPN’s FiveThirtyEight from Nate Silver (formerly of The New York Times), the...
View ArticleSo You Want to Major in Drones?
Like many college sophomores, Ethan Voigt has homework, a job and classes to attend. But his homework includes flying an airplane three to four times a week. Voigt and about 150 of his classmates at...
View ArticleDrones Add a New Dimension to Crime Scene Investigations
Anyone who’s watched the U.S. TV show “CSI” has probably seen officers carefully measuring the distance between every object in a room, and between every speck of evidence, in order to precisely...
View ArticleBecoming Part of the Global Village: Telecenters in Rural South Africa
LIMPOPO, South Africa — The modern world demands that people be technology-savvy. The entire globe has become digitalized, and Internet use and our daily routines are intertwined. The ability to use...
View ArticleUseful at Last—The Rise of the ‘Tech Economists’
DAVOS, Switzerland — Many economists have good reasons to be more dismal than usual. After all, their academic discipline took a bashing in the wake of the financial crisis, and the practical relevance...
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