Great Story: On Friday, January 8, several high-level officials from the Obama administration—including the attorney general, the White House chief of staff, and the directors of the FBI and the NSA—met at a federal office in San Jose with senior executives from Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, […]
What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?
February 25th, 2016 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: Fred Kaplan, John Thomas Flynn, MIT Technology Review, Silicon Valley and war on terror, TechLeader.TV
What Role Should Silicon Valley Play in Fighting Terrorism?
Drones Monitor Construction Workers’ Productivity on Sac Kings’ New Arena
August 27th, 2015 by admin
Categories: Blogs
Tags: California Technology Agency, Drones monitor construction progress, John Thomas Flynn, MIT Technology Review, Sacramento Kings Arena, Will Knight
Drones Monitor Construction Workers’ Productivity on Sac Kings’ New Arena
Is there anything drones can’t do? Monitoring progress, safety and design consistency as well… Drones are being used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings’ new stadium in California. For some construction workers, any thoughts of slacking off could soon […]
Learn a foreign language while empowering a startup
Learn a foreign language while empowering a startup
How could this apply to government… The Cleverest Business Model in Online Education. A startup called Duolingo taps the power of crowds to make learning a language free. Luis von Ahn, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, is the co-creator of Duolingo, a […]