Technology

April 22, 2024

Caroline Mora

In 2016, two sophomores at the University of Washington became one of seven recipients of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for the undergraduate "Use It" category. The invention submitted was a pair of gloves with the technology to translate American Sign Language (ASL) into audible words. The gloves are called “SignAloud” and they use sensors to pick up different gestures and signs, sending them via Bluetooth to a computer where the information is then sorted, translated, and spoken through a speaker. This product, though a prototype, could have major benefits for deaf and hearing people alike...click here to read more

April 17, 2024

Uy Pham

What if you could walk forever in an immersive virtual world, yet still physically remain in the same place? With Disney’s new HoloTile floor, visitors at Disney’s various attraction parks may soon be able to do so thanks to this new technology...The HoloTile floor. It allows a person to walk infinitely in any direction; however, the person remains in the same place on the floor. The floor adjusts to a person’s movements in any direction and can manage users at any speed up to Usain Bolt’s sprinting pace. Multiple people can step on the floor at the same time, making the HoloTile floor an omnidirectional, multi-person treadmill apparatus...click here to read more

March 25, 2024

Ridhi Garg

Recently, AI has gained a lot of attention, and many are concerned that it could become overly dominant and begin to take over the world. Some fear that it may even be more intelligent than humans and that it will result in a large number of job losses. AI has become a major technology that has changed the game. This topic has been discussed extensively on social media. Because AI appears to be able to build memories in the same way that humans do, some people are worried about the future of the human race...click here to read more

February 27, 2024

Suri Le

   The merge of machine learning with the realms of atomic science and pure mathematics has transformed a new era of scientific exploration. This article dives into the captivating intersection between machine learning and these intricate fields, shedding light on groundbreaking advancements that promise to reshape our understanding...click here to read more

February 20, 2024

Janessa Angela Alerre

Firefighters, notable figures who ensure the safety of communities, go through risky endeavors. According to the U.S. Fire Administration and National Fire Protection Association, there have been 60 and 100 firefighter line-of-duty deaths each year. Consequently, they cannot avoid hazardous situations where their lives are on the line—putting out the fire and rescuing people. However, firefighting personnel encounter situations where they cannot access the fire site. This is due to extremely high temperatures, or the presence of explosive materials. Under such circumstances, how is it possible to minimize the risk of death among firefighters as they try their best to save others?...click here to read more

February 9, 2024

Sasi Kondru

The gender gap in technology-related fields has to continue to persist. Only 32.8% of entry-level positions related to computer science are held by women, and only 28% of jobs in computers and math and less than 16% of engineering and architecture-related jobs are held by women. However, many people are working to fight this gender gap in STEM, including Reshma Saujani. Saujani created an organization called Girls Who Code, dedicated to teaching girls about coding and encouraging them to pursue a technology-related career. In this article, we will take a look at who Reshma Saujani is, how she started Girls Who Code, and the numerous accomplishments of Girls Who Code...click here to read more

February 7, 2024

Amy Nangia

In a world where light transforms into captivating illusions, holograms emerge as the enchanting wizards of visual storytelling, bringing three-dimensional wonders to life and transcending the boundaries of ordinary perception. At its core, a hologram is a photographic recording of a light field, capturing both intensity and phase information. Unlike traditional photographs that flatten a scene into two dimensions, holograms reproduce the depth and parallax of the original objects. This is achieved through the interference of laser light. The process involves splitting a laser beam into two parts: one that directly illuminates the subject and another that serves as a reference beam. The light from these beams combines on a photosensitive surface, creating an intricate interference pattern. When illuminated by coherent light, such as another laser, the hologram projects a three-dimensional image...click here to read more

February 5, 2024

Kevin Yacub

Within the modern era, artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most rapidly developing fields of technology. This simulation of human intelligence has now become a significant part of life, from voice-activated virtual assistants to the recommendation algorithms on streaming services. However, with the development of AI, ethical considerations must be placed for the parameters of utilizing it as a form of service to one’s advantage. These ethical considerations would serve as a guiding framework that ensures AI technologies are developed and used in a manner that provides respect toward human rights and societal norms...click here to read more

January 31, 2024

Ela Selin Akgün 

Light microscopes are devices used in laboratories that operate based on the interaction of visible light with small objects and structures by providing magnified images. Compared to other microscope technologies, light microscopes have numerous benefits in terms of scope and versatility. To illustrate, it provides a magnification of 10x to 2000x, the most ideal magnification settings for biological fields such as histology, and the microscopic study of tissues. This promising technology is used in multiple other fields such as micrology, medicine, and material science...click here to read more

January 15, 2024

Reggie Dao

When we hear the word “cancer”, realization dawns upon us, as we constantly lose our close friends and loved ones due to this terrible disease that takes advantage of our cells and rips the life out of them. But as time progresses and we’ve gotten to know the tactics of this condition, many entrepreneurs and scientists have found ways to combat the severity of this disease. When cancer first enters the body and spreads cells outrageously to other parts, the individual with the disease is unaware that they’re even experiencing it. The chances of survival are higher when a patient figures out its arrival early, rather than finding out in the later stages of their body undergoing the condition. New inventions that are incorporated into our daily lives make it easier to tell if we’re infected, from a simple toothbrush to even a bra. The cancer-detecting bra is utilized for patients to tell if they are at risk for breast cancer. It can be hard to tell if the cells in the breast are uncontrollably growing in large amounts, so wearing this ultrasound bra can benefit millions of women when it comes to fighting cancer...click here to read more

January 8, 2024

Ridhi Garg

The world of sports has been significantly transformed through the influence of technology. With millions of passionate fans around the world supporting their favorite athletes in diverse sporting disciplines, sports have become a separate realm of excitement and competition. Over the years, the sporting industry has witnessed remarkable growth, and the introduction of innovative technologies has further facilitated this expansion. While the range of technologies implemented in sports is extensive, VAR and virtual reality have made a particularly positive impact on the field...click here to read more

January 3, 2024

Kathlyn Phan

From helping you answer your homework to effortlessly generating multiple complex lines of code, ChatGPT is an all-in-one generative AI chatbot that has the solution to any problem powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Although this technology is relatively new as it only came out a year ago, ChatGPT has been rapidly growing in usage to roughly 100 million monthly users in only two months. The AI is continuously learning and evolving itself with every question it’s asked with the help of machine learning. With other generative AI being produced by industry giants like Facebook and Twitter, what makes ChatGPT so special? How does it manage to make itself stand out and accumulate such a vast user base?...click here to read more

December 11, 2023

Jaydaniah Quitugua

Big data has become one of the most significant resources for innovation and decision-making in today's digital age. With continuously increasing amounts of data being generated every second, big data refers to the massive volume of structured and unstructured data that cannot be effectively managed by traditional database management systems. Other than its volume, big data is also characterized by its velocity and variety. It gathers data from a huge variety of sources. For example, social media platforms, online transactions, sensors, machines, and so much more...click here to read more

December 6, 2023

Janessa Angela Alerre

Humans use their imagination to visualize potential outcomes or situations daily. For instance, we imagine how our presentation will go, how the next day will begin, how a home-cooked meal will taste, and much more. However, rats, the pests roaming in society, were recently discovered using their imagination to move digital objects! But how did they identify this ability?...click here to read more

November 10, 2023

Janessa Angela Alerre

The term “social media” refers to the communication systems where individuals produce, share, and exchange information and ideas in virtual groups and networks. The largest social media platforms worldwide include YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. With teenagers having quick access to social media from their mobile devices, it becomes a daily and essential part of their lives. For instance, 95% of all youth between the ages of 13 and 17 have access to social media. Hence, the question arises, “What impact does social media have on adolescents?” First, it’s significant to acknowledge that it has positive and negative aspects on their mental health, views, and communication. Social media has allowed teens to communicate with others across geographic barriers, build awareness, and express themselves. However, it has also allowed teens to be cyberbullied, be exposed to inappropriate content, and develop self-esteem issues...click here to read more

November 7, 2023

Kathlyn Phan

Have you ever used ChatGPT before? How about a customer service chatbot? You may have interacted with artificial intelligence before at some point. In doing so, you might have unintentionally helped further develop one of the fastest-growing fields in recent years. Machine learning has rapidly become an in-demand skill because of how versatile, powerful, and continuously self-improving it is. Although some might question how trustworthy a computer is in analyzing mass amounts of data, machine learning has proven its worth over the past few years by examining and recognizing algorithms that help improve other fields such as marketing, business, education, and much more...click here to read more

October 25, 2023

Kevin Yacub

Artificial intelligence, commonly referred to as AI is defined as a simulation of human intelligence that provides digital computers or computer-controlled robots with the ability to perform tasks that are commonly associated with intelligent beings. In this modern era, AI has emerged as a significant sector within the technological industry, with an exponential proliferation of AI tools, which, as of August 2023, has surpassed a staggering 7000 in total. Over time, AI has not only multiplied in quantity but has also expanded in its capabilities. Unfortunately, many users would simply assume that AI tools are limited to mere question and generative answer systems such as ChatGPT-3.5 and Bing AI. In reality, AI possesses the capability to undertake tasks that are far beyond this spectrum, including neural machine translation, facial recognition, creating generalizations based on patterns within pre-existing data, and a multitude of other functions...click here to read more

October 13, 2023

Kathlyn Phan

Chances are that the majority of people have encountered, scanned, or generated a QR code at some point in their daily lives. We see them being used everywhere both in the digital and physical world around us. QR codes have been utilized to replace physical copies of menus in restaurants to prevent the spread of germs since COVID-19, to advertise by taking the user to a company’s web address, to share contact information conveniently, etc. According to Roselle from QR Tiger, QR codes have grown 443% year-on-year in usage in 2022 alone. Their rise in popularity stems from their vast capacity for storing URLs, text, photos, and videos. Barcodes can only contain 20-100 characters. Meanwhile, QR codes can contain up to 7,089 numeric and 2,953 alphanumeric characters. QR codes can contain multiple data types; such as numeric, alphanumeric, byte, and kanji. Additionally, whereas barcodes are limited by the amount of data they can store due to them only being able to be read horizontally, QR codes are two-dimensional and can be read both horizontally and vertically...click here to read more

September 24, 2023

Kieran Schmitt

It’s no surprise that the Amazon Alexa has spread into what seems like nearly every household, but there are things potential customers should know about these devices before making the purchase. Alexa is a personalized AI (artificial intelligence) powered voice assistant confined to a small speaker to be placed strategically around your house. The goal behind Alexa is to allow users to speak to it from anywhere in a room and receive support. This is designed to prevent distractions and increase efficiency in users...click here to read more

September 21, 2023

Tsz Kiu Amanda Leung

The James Webb Space Telescope, which launched on December 25, 2021, at 07:20 am EST is an infrared space observatory developed by NASA in partnership with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. Initial designs began in 1996, six years after the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed. It was first named the Next Generation Space Telescope, then named after NASA’s second administrator James E. Webb in 2002. Webb led the agency from 1961 to 1968 and struck a balance between human space exploration and scientific research, overseeing the Mercury, Gemini, Pioneer, Mariner, Apollo, and many more space programs, retiring just before the first moon landing in 1969...click here to read more

September 20, 2023

Fadwa Dalay

Picture this: It's a normal day and your phone vibrates, signaling that you've received a new message. You grab your phone, look into your camera, and then just like that your phone is unlocked! Have you ever wondered how exactly Face ID works? Why does it only grant users access to their phones, and not someone else's? And how does Face ID discern between an actual face and a close-up picture of said person's face?...click here to read more

August 28, 2023

Lara Villard

NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have garnered attention in the past few years. However, though NFTs have made a name for themselves, for most people that’s exactly what they have remained: just a name. The concept of NFTs remains foggy for the majority of the population, despite their worldwide reach. Therefore, in order to clear the clouds, here’s the general breakdown...click here to read more

August 16, 2023

Paola Crespo

Have you ever wondered about who maintains and protects your data? Cybersecurity is the field in the tech industry that addresses this concern. Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting computer systems and digital information from unauthorized access to prevent theft, damage, or attacks. Cybersecurity enables technology users to trust that their information is being kept safe...click here to read more

July 27, 2023

Ayushi Kasotia

In recent years, air fryers have gained significant popularity as a versatile kitchen appliance that promises to deliver crispy and delicious meals with little to no oil...This article aims to provide a basic understanding of air fryers, namely how they cook food without oil, their construction, a brief history, current examples, and a glimpse into their future...click here to read more

May 31, 2023

Krisha Gupta 

Nanotechnology is the application of STEM fields on a nanoscale between one and one hundred nanometers. It focuses on modifying atoms and molecules at the nanoscale to design, build, and implement devices, mechanisms, and frameworks. Essentially, nanotechnology is the study and manipulation of matter at the nanoscale scale...click here to read more

March 29, 2023

Ashlyn Tsang, Maya Puterman, Noa Essner

Ada Lovelace was born in London on December 10, 1815. Her father left Ada and her mother at a young age. From that point on, Lovelace was forced by her mother to study science and mathematics. She was taught by several tutors as well as the first professor of the University of London, Augustus De Morgan. In the 1820s, Charles Babbage, a mathematician and mechanical engineer, created the Analytic Engine and the Difference Engine. These inventions were able to do simple mathematical functions...click here to read more

January 2, 2023

Maya Puterman

You have likely encountered deepfakes while browsing the internet, scrolling through TikTok, or watching videos on YouTube, without even realizing it. Deepfakes have gotten better and better since they were first created to make people look like they are doing things that in reality they never actually did...click here to read more

May 25, 2022

Bianca Silvera and Samantha Zoltan

Many of our basic necessities such as electricity, heat, and transportation require the burning of fossil fuels. But when these fossil fuels are burned, they release extremely large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the air. These greenhouse gases in turn trap heat into our atmosphere, which has led to a situation known as the human-enhanced greenhouse effect. A greenhouse effect is naturally beneficial to the earth to regulate the planet’s temperature, but when exacerbated by humans when more greenhouse gasses are emitted, the planet warms up in a process known as global warming...click here to read more

May 23, 2022

Gabrielle Alder

When we think of virtual reality, our thoughts typically conjure up high-tech video games.  However, virtual reality is far more complex and is now being utilized for a number of important everyday functions. Virtual reality (VR) uses computer modeling to enable a person to interact with an artificial three-dimensional sensory environment. VR simulates reality using goggles, headsets, gloves, or bodysuits that send and receive information...click here to read more

May 5, 2022

Lily Freilich

Though only 74 years old, Israel has made a name for itself as being one of the leading countries in agriculture, technology, and entrepreneurship. Some of their revolutionary innovations include Waze, Mobileye, and Netafim. These help people everywhere, whether by providing the most efficient route to a specific location, alerting a driver of structures near them, or modernizing irrigation through an unapparent, yet simple strategy...click here to read more

May 2, 2022

Liviah Lewis

A Japanese company is planning on making curated specifically to their customers' saliva and taste. Human hearts for transplants are being grown in labs. Additionally, scientists are growing even closer to building houses, apartments, and other infrastructure on the moon. How is all of this happening? 3D printing...click here to read more 

April 22, 2022

Maya Puterman

The United Nations defines climate change as “long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.” Rising temperatures are causing natural disasters. The globe is already more than 1°F warmer than it was before the Industrial Revolution. Though seemingly insignificant, a temperature increase of just one degree is enough to wipe out an entire population of sea life and wildlife and disrupt the food chain...click here to read more

April 19, 2022

Maya Puterman

The term AI stands for artificial intelligence. AI refers to the ability of smart machines to perform human tasks through artificial intelligence that would normally require human intelligence. In 1950, Alan Turing, a mathematician, posed the question: “Can machines think?” His question led to his subsequent writing of a paper designed to explore this idea...click here to read more