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Five Ways Teachers Can Use Technology to Help Students

Darrell West | Posted 05.07.2013 | Technology
Darrell West

Technology has failed to transform our schools because the education governance system insulates them from the disruptions that technology creates in other organizations.

Miner Mike, the Bitcoin Minter

John Pavley | Posted 04.27.2013 | Technology
John Pavley

In 2009, my friend Mike was getting into bitcoin and I remember him explaining the whole concept to me: A virtual currency managed by a peer-to-peer network open to anyone with a computer and uncontrolled by any bank or government.

What Do You Want To Do With D.C.'s Laws?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.09.2013 | DC

Until recently, getting a full digital copy of D.C.'s laws was surprisingly difficult to do. The official version of the laws was available in an ...

5 Steps to Cutting Costs Through Open Source: DIY Drones

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.06.2013 | Technology
Peter Diamandis

I asked DIY Drones founder Chris Anderson to outline how a community can reduce the cost of product development by one or two orders of magnitude -- what are the advantages and pitfalls. Here's Anderson's list of five areas to keep in mind.

The DIY Revolution -- How to Remove 99 Percent of the Cost from Your Product

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.05.2013 | Technology
Peter Diamandis

Chris Anderson started the DIY Drones community fueled by his enthusiasm around what he had discovered and what he hoped to do. Chief among his learning on making the community work was his willingness to be open, authentic and intimate.

Renting, Buying, and Stealing: The Future of Software Applications

John Pavley | Posted 04.18.2013 | Technology
John Pavley

It's never been harder, or easier, for a developer of software applications to make an honest living. And it's never been more confusing, or simpler, for consumers to figure out how to get access to cool new tools and critical old ones for their computers, phones, and pads.

Open Source Design Tools for Human Rights Activists

Deji Olukotun | Posted 03.24.2013 | Impact
Deji Olukotun

The world's premier human rights organizations often have entire communications teams with dedicated graphic designers to celebrate their work. But not every organization can afford to have a designer. Not to worry!

The Cost vs. Quality Conundrum: Top Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2013

Sean Devine | Posted 02.20.2013 | Home
Sean Devine

Technology has transformed a variety of industries over the past decade, from ecommerce to entertainment. One could argue that 2012 was the year that technology accelerated its march to transforming education as well.

Kohere Launch!

Chris_Miller | Posted 02.17.2013 | Technology
Chris_Miller

The Huffington Post Tech Team is proud to have Kohere as our first open source project. We look forward to launching more open source products as well as working with the community in improving and extending our code.

The Power of Crowds on the TED Radio Hour

Eric Nuzum | Posted 01.23.2013 | TED Weekends
Eric Nuzum

This past May, the TED Radio Hour explored the fascinating ideas behind mass-collaboration. Crowd-based actions on the Internet, open-source city building, virtual music composition and performance... the journey into the world of shared expression is uplifting and powerful.

Do We Want An Efficient Economy?

Marcin Jakubowski | Posted 01.23.2013 | TED Weekends
Marcin Jakubowski

In 2008, I dropped my theoretical physicist's chalkboard and began developing the Global Village Construction Set -- an open source, collaborative project. Today, we are showing the results that come from having zero competitive waste. Our approach is collaborative. Our business model is helping others replicate our enterprise.

I Am a Heretic and I Talk to My Cat, Gustavo -- It's on the internet, So It Must Be True

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 01.20.2013 | Religion
Bruce Reyes-Chow

What I hope for is that, even in times when we disagree with one another so deeply on issues of the Christian faith, we can do so always knowing, believing and living the challenge that it is to be the Body of Christ. This is my prayer and I'm sticking to it.

"A New World Arising" - A Participant's Reflections on ReStart Romania

Daniel Ben-Horin | Posted 12.08.2012 | Technology
Daniel Ben-Horin

When we see eye-catching new developments in the online world, we focus on a website or a project, or the immediate political repercussions, but we don't necessarily recognize that social media has reconfigured social relations.

Prediction: Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users in 2014

John Pavley | Posted 12.06.2012 | Technology
John Pavley

I've crudely plotted Facebook's user growth in an old notebook, ignoring all sorts of factors that I don't know: attrition rate, macroeconomics, tech scalability, global warming, and the number of cat videos on the Internet.

MOOCs Shift From Curiousity to Employability

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 11.25.2012 | Business
Tom Vander Ark

MOOCs and other learning resources are reshaping how people prepare for employment. With clarity around job requirements, lots of learning options, assessments that let learners show what they know.

What Is The Meaning Of Art? A Master Of Arte Povera Gives The Answer

Simona Lodi | Posted 07.15.2012 | Arts
Simona Lodi

Piero Gilardi anticipated later movements, in seeing the aesthetic value of shared space and collaboration -- a value underpinning the open-source, Internet-based nature of tech-art today.

WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media

Shawn Amos | Posted 06.13.2012 | Technology
Shawn Amos

So are we in a tech bubble? Or is social media such a different animal that we need to redefine the whole idea of what a company is worth?

What Is the Hypernet?

Roger McNamee | Posted 05.07.2012 | Technology
Roger McNamee

The world thinks about the online world in terms of a network layer (The Internet) and a software layer (The Web). It's no longer so simple. I propose that we refer to the new network layer -- the sum of the wired Internet and the mobile data infrastructure for cellular and Wi-Fi -- as the Hypernet.

An Effort To Bring Open Source To Government Faces A Major Change

TechPresident | Posted 02.13.2012 | Technology

Civic Commons, a non-profit created to foster use of open-source technology in government and to encourage governments to release the software develop...

20 Big Ideas for 2012, Part Four

Don Tapscott | Posted 03.13.2012 | Business
Don Tapscott

What will happen in 2012? In the spirit of the aphorism "The future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved," let me suggest 20 transformations.

Best of TEDTalks 2011, #6: Open-Sourced Blueprints For Civilization

Marcin Jakubowski | Posted 01.07.2012 | Technology
Marcin Jakubowski

There is a growing desire around the world to fundamentally remix this relationship with machines and specialization -- to increase access, engagement, and understanding.2011-12-19-marcintedtedted.jpg

Marcin Jakubowski On The DIY Civilization

Posted 09.10.2012 | Technology

jQuery(function($) { $('#ad_sharebox_260x60').prepend(''); }); In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are ex...

Why You Can't Hire

Naval Ravikant | Posted 02.14.2012 | Small Business
Naval Ravikant

There isn't a shortage of developers and designers. There's a surplus of founders.

Federal CIO VanRoekel's 'Future First' Vision for Government Focuses on Cloud, Open Standards, Modularity, Shared Services

Alexander Howard | Posted 12.27.2011 | Technology
Alexander Howard

While no speech is going to simply fix an entrenched issue, articulating principles based upon the need for modularity, interoperability and open standards represents at least a breath of fresh air.

Six Things Liberal Critics Don't Understand About the Occupy Wall Street Protests

Jay Michaelson | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics
Jay Michaelson

Unlike in Egypt or Libya, there's no one bad guy to direct one's rage against. There's not even a single act that is the problem. The system is the problem, and that's abstract.