3 Ways STEM-Education Can Benefit Developing Countries

Sep 30, 2019 | Blogs

Encouraging STEM education and awareness is a key factor in social and economic development. Promoting science education benefits entire communities, creating more job opportunities, spreading health and technology awareness, and fighting prevalent cultural...

Vassar College, Growing Food Security with Simple Technology

Sep 25, 2019 | Blogs

Drought and famine are a fact of life for the people of La Paz Centro, Nicaragua. The town is one of the epicenters of water scarcity in Central America – the result of El Niño, the periodic weather phenomenon that diminishes rainfall on the Pacific Coast of the...
LEAFS Project- Oregon State Univ.

LEAFS Project- Oregon State Univ.

Sep 24, 2019 | Uncategorized

LEAFS Team at Oregon State Univ. Matt Harrison grew up in Arizona until he was 13 years old, during his sophomore year of high school, his family moved to Oklahoma where his father pursued a degree in chicken farming. Growing up on the farm Harrison was exposed to...

Internet of Things (IoT) – An Overview

Sep 23, 2019 | Blogs

The term “Internet of Things,” was first coined by Kevin Ashton in 1999 although it took another decade for it to come to fruition.  Internet of Things is a term that refers to billions of devices around the world being connected to the internet. From this point...

Ohio State University – Powering an Orphanage with Solar Energy

Sep 18, 2019 | Blogs

Montaña de Luz (MdL) is a home to children affected by HIV/AIDS in rural Honduras. One in 100 people in Honduras are living with HIV, half of which are teenagers. The mission of MdL is to provide refuge, hope, and empowerment to youth who have lost their parents or...