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AGNES (Age Gain Now Empathy System) was developed atthe MIT AgeLabto provide a tool for students, researchers, government agencies and companiesto better understand, empathize and develop innovations to meet the […]

The past four decades have seen major transformation in the roles and evolving responsibilities of employerswith regard to the lives of their employees. While business has changed with the ‘times,’ […]

“Scandinavian Pain” burns crimson in the night in one photo by Ragnar Kjartansson featured in the new exhibition North by New York: New Nordic Art in celebration of the centenary […]

Heading to the beach this weekend? Depending on how you travel, you can save money and reduce your carbon footprint, with the help of an innovative new technology company. 

Let’s dream for a minute. What if we lived in a world in which students and educators… had access to all of the information in their textbooks – and an […]

We’ve all been floored by the footage and information about the Mw8.9 earthquake in Japan (video) and the tsunami that followed. Some of the footage is stunning – like nothing I’ve […]

I asked fellow BigThink blogger Kirsten Winkler if she would join me in writing about the recently-released 2011 K-12 Horizon Report. She’s done a nice job of summarizing the six […]

At the AAAS meetings last month, a panel focused on the relationship between journalists and climate scientists provoked a testy exchange.  As Bud Ward at the Yale Forum on Climate […]

Presuming we can be über rational about risk denies the reality of the risks that arise because we CAN’T be.

Rep. Anthony Weiner’s tearful apology for sending revealing pictures of his chest and underwear-covered genitalia at his press conference yesterday was agonizing. Painful for him, sure, but much more so […]

If a picture tells a thousand words, then the two images below from a recent report by the Global Information Industry Center at the University of California, San Diego are of […]

Yesterday we (Justin Medved and Dennis Harter) spoke about our efforts to broaden the conversation that we had been having within our department with our wider school and the leaders […]

New technology could help doctors communicate better to patients what the alternatives or the risks and benefits are of the test or treatment the patient is about to undergo.

“Volcanoes of the World” is an invaluable resource for volcano neophytes and aficionados alike. Check out some of its best charts and figures here.  

Well, it looks like Iceland is going to be in the news again this summer. Jon Frimann and others noted a sharp increase in seismicity under the Vatnajökull icecap at […]

I spent yesterday speaking to people in rural areas. Almost everyone was pro-Mubarak. You start to see some of the genius of the last two decades of information management.

The authors of Blown to Bits, an absolutely superb book on life ‘after the digital explosion,’ note that There is a difference … between ‘public’ and ‘readily accessible.’ Public records […]

n nGoogle’s attempt to make all of the world’s information searchable now extends to the human genome. As Walter Derzko of the Smart Economy blog points out, Google has just […]

As educators, parents, and citizens, we need to begin envisioning the implications of new characteristics for learning, teaching, and schooling.

I hate the whole concept of Fox’s television show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Here’s why… The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thought it would be fun to have local […]

Here is an e-mail I just received from the Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Definitely worth a read if you’re interested in privacy issues… April 6, […]

Whether asking for a raise or pitching an idea, “emotionalizing” your case helps people metabolize the information of your argument.

In a front-page story at today’s Washington Post, David Brown spotlights research on the comparative risks of nuclear and coal power.  As Brown reviews, nuclear power is far less of […]

Miguel took exception to my ISTE point/counterpoint article on using RFID chips to monitor schoolchildren in school. I knew my stance would be controversial when I wrote the piece, so […]

Hillary Clinton, of all people, made my day last week when she said the news in the United States consists of “…a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking […]

What should be a right in the digital age? On March 21st, the occasion of the human rights celebration in South Africa, a blogathon will address this question.

I’ve got a brief update about the activity at Taal in the Philippines to start us off: The news of a potential eruption at Taal continues – and the latest […]

New technology keeps business travelers working on the move but is a ripe environment for hackers. How to stay safe? Use whole disk encryption, VPN and avoid public Wi-Fi, for starters.

The Ames (IA) Community School District – my kids’ district – is hiring both a new superintendent and a new high school principal for next year. Below is the letter […]

The July/August “Ideas” issue of The Atlantic (still available on some newsstands) is chock-full of innovation goodness, including one of the best-written articles that I’ve read in some time about […]